> Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:19:28 +0000 > From: River Tarnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Toolserver-l] downtime > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > the maintenance is finished now. the problem was caused by > filesystem corruption on clematis:/aux0, the QFS filesystem > where hemlock's /home is currently mounted from, when the > connection to the iSCSI array was broken. i have replaced > this filesystem with a VxFS filesystem, which should be more > resiliant against problems like this. > > the iSCSI problem was my fault, so sorry for that. to > prevent it happening in the future, i've asked for the array > to be connected directly to clematis's NIC, which should be > more reliable. in the longer term the plan is to move > hemlock's /home back to a local array; this should happen > either this month or next, when a new array is installed at knams. > > a very small number of files were unrecoverable from the > damaged /home. > if any of your files are missing, mail ts-admins or file a > bug and they can be restored from a backup. > > - river.
river - thanks for your efforts to get things back on the air. Much appreciated. Do you have a list of what files were unrecoverable? I suppose we all, as good developer hygiene, should maintain a list of everything we have (and an offsite backup) but .. :) Larry Pieniazek Hobby mail: Lar at Miltontrainworks dot com _______________________________________________ Toolserver-l mailing list [email protected] http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/toolserver-l
