Server Upgrade

[-justin-]

Hey everyone, sorry for the downtime. It was essential that we update some hardware and it turned out to be a painful and aggravating experience.

You might notice that some of your posts are missing -- that's because we had to load a previous backup of data.

If you have any questions, email me at webmaster@polkaudio.com.

Thanks,

~Justin

[hoosier21]

That is not cool, Sid lost at least 300 post's off his count, he is down to 3329

[spasticpitbull]

lol

[polkatese]

Justin,

it looks like a backup from 1/22/04 was used....so is it safe to assume, we won't see pior postings from 1/23/04 to 1/27/04?

just wondering....thanks

[Jstas]

Is there any chance of recovering the lost posts? There was alot of information lost in the car audio forums from users who asked questions.

[Zero]

Should have just become an engineer Justin... ;)

Sorry to hear of the growing pains. Im sure you'll pull through just fine!

Sean

[hoosier21]

Originally posted by Jstas
Is there any chance of recovering the lost posts? There was alot of information lost in the car audio forums from users who asked questions.

I would say it is safe to assume if they could, they would have.

[Steve@3dai]

Justin, hire me! I'll help you guys out :)

[TroyD]

....the well oiled machine that is Club Polk.......

Now I can't go back and see who it was that suggested we raffle off tickets to bitchslap Dan. I was going to send them a free receiver.

BDT

[dorokusai]

All the Polk Audio - Texas Gathering photos are gone also, :)

I see that all the forum junkies are immediately online and checking the forum, like freakin' vampires and heroin addicts.

[polkatese]

hell, I lost sleep over this....

[nadams]

that sucks.... there were lots of good posts in there

[Vr3MxStyler2k3]

hmm...I lost posts? oh well......

[Rush Limbaugh]

:(

[pixiedave]

i went through withdrawl

[nadams]

yeah, really.... there were, like, two tomorrows in there! "Come back tomorrow..." "IT IS TOMORROW! WAAAAAA"

[Frank Z]

Originally posted by hoosier21
That is not cool, Sid lost at least 300 post's off his count, he is down to 3329

He'll be back up to his previous post count by 8-9pm today.;)

[spasticpitbull]

does that mean all PM's got lost too???? I also see System showcase updates got lost....

[hoosier21]

No computer wiz here spastic, but yes and yes.

Now I wonder if I sold something on the flea market, and the post is now gone, can I sell it again?

[madmax]

I've been in a bad mood for almost two days now...
madmax

[Vr3MxStyler2k3]

Originally posted by Frank Z
He'll be back up to his previous post count by 8-9pm today.;)

Nah...doubt it...lol

Gotta detail 2 cars...track my preamp (which arrives wednsday!) WOO HOO! And...gotta do a buttload of hw...and....and....and.....I dunno...im sure I will find something to do

[hamzahsh]

:eek: my thread is lost!
:mad:

[weavercr]

Some time server upgrades do go as planed, I am sure they would of restored to the last backup.

[Vr3MxStyler2k3]

I lost over 20 private messages...........

[-justin-]

Last time I checked, pms was a bad thing, so I did you a favor.

:)

~JB

[PoweredByDodge]

i've still got almost 2,300 posts... god i'm pathetic.

"you haven't lost a server, you've gained an '88 Ram D150 long bed work special"

--- yup -- it's rollin into the driveway tonight. :)

... now all i have to find is an engine... and a painter.

[dorokusai]

How do you send PM's to yourself Trey? :)

[Vr3MxStyler2k3]

No idea never tried.

Actually those were PMs about deals --- IE: Selling/Buying stuff....so...uh...im kinda at a lost here

[F1nut]

Originally posted by -justin-
Last time I checked, pms was a bad thing, so I did you a favor.

:)

~JB

Gold Jerry Gold!!!

[nadams]

Just out of curiosity, have you now changed your upgrade plans to include **make a new backup before proceeding!!!** ?

[geralopez]

Why the Webmaster didn't make a backup before to update the hardware?
mmmm... I think it was not a programmed task, it smell that was a hardware crash and was an "obligated update". When a server is going to be turn down normally you back-up all your files. mmmm... probably the hard disk had a failure and no body did the daily backup.
It is better to said the true than to give other excuses...
Well anyway... it will be a bad experienece for every body but its not the end.
Be happy

-GLopez

[cmy330go]

Coming from another network engineer. Cut them a break!

Regardless of weather it was an upgrade or a downed server, bringing up a new server can be a huge pain in the butt.

Thanks for your hard work Polk!

We appreciate it.

[Frank Z]

Feces Occurs!

Did any of the members here actually loose anything as a result? I doubt it. We'll all recover....even Sid will get his post count up in no time.;)

[HBombToo]

Originally posted by geralopez
mmmm... probably the hard disk had a failure and no body did the daily backup.


crontabs need managed also. Can any1 remember if there have been polk fights deleted? Now that would be a TRADEGY!!!


:D

1/4 Twin

[nadams]

I wasn't trying to come down on them or anything. I hadn't thought that it might not have been a planned downing, but the title "Server Upgrade" tells me that it was planned (unless theres some sarcasm that was missed). I, too, am in IT, and I know that sometimes things go wrong. That's why before you do any kind of server upgrade, it's good to run the backup routines. No, we didn't lose anything critical, but some information has been lost and that's never fun.

In short, it's no big deal..... I know a webmaster who accidentally deleted half of the user database while doing a forum upgrade. Everyone recovered eventually.....

[dorokusai]

You do a great job Justin, rock on Polk Pimp!!!!

[HBombToo]

Originally posted by nadams


In short, it's no big deal..... I know a webmaster who accidentally deleted half of the user database while doing a forum upgrade. Everyone recovered eventually.....

If that happened in my group I would not be the 1 losing a job.

Evil Twin

[dan t]

Cool. Maybe you can add a spell check to this BBS.

Dan

[F1nut]

Hehe, now that would be a BONUS!!!

[dan t]

;) Never know till you speak up. Spell check is offered on other BBS's I know.

I know this Board can use one ( You know who you are )

Dan

[dan t]

In short, it's no big deal..... I know a webmaster who accidentally deleted half of the user database while doing a forum upgrade. Everyone recovered eventually.....


Backups are the key. Back-up your hard drive folks to CD. You'll be glad you did.

Dan

[dorokusai]

I have a Roxio Easy CD Creator 6 prog, that refuses to let me backup....any words of advice or direction?

[dan t]

When I bought my Hewlett Packard burner for my Gateway PC, it came with software by Veritas called "HP Record Now". I can burn MP3, files, and CD to CD copy. No problems here.

Dan

[dan t]

I have a Roxio Easy CD Creator 6 prog, that refuses to let me backup

Did you register the program?

You may want to try another program if Roxio gives a fight for not forkin over the dough ;)

Dan

[brettw22]

Originally posted by dan t
;) Never know till you speak up. Spell check is offered on other BBS's I know.

I know this Board can use one ( You know who you are ) I think that it would be funny as hell to see what the system would suggest for the crap that Ganzo types out........Probably some error message like "TYPE WITH TWO HANDS YOU PERVERT"

[dan t]

LOL :p

[F1nut]

Put yourself in his shoes. Now, how would you feel when reading a garbage post like that?

Ganzo is very good natured about his typing/spelling, but come on now, you're just being mean.

[RuSsMaN]

No, it's true man. Ganzo types like someone talking with a mouth full of biscuits and gravy. It's not his mental state though, you need to understand that. The guy is brilliant, he just has cloven hooves instead of hands.

Don't worry guys, I'm working on the Ganzo Decoder Ring v2.0 RIGHT now, v1.0 sold out in record time, even with the inherit bugs.

Cheers,
Russ

[dan t]

Is that the $99 software program you were talking about?

Where can I download that at?

Dan

[F1nut]

Originally posted by RuSsMaN
It's not his mental state though, you need to understand that. The guy is brilliant, he just has cloven hooves instead of hands.



Ed Zachary

[dorokusai]

Dan - No actually its a burn, but I probably just need to read the directions. I hate stuff that comes with the print it yourself manuals...ugh, oh well. :)

[-justin-]

Thanks guys!

Yes, not to go into too much boring detail, but I did back up everything before the scheduled work, and there was a problem with ghosting the drive during the hard drive transfer. To just GET IT UP (no laughter please) I made the decision to just restore the most recent tape backup of the server which is performed weekly. I thought I covered all my bases by making a ghosting of the current hard drive, but sometime unexpected hardware failures happen -- and piss me off :)

~JB

[geralopez]

Excellent!! That's the true,
Now every body forgive you (well, at least I did) and you are redeemed of any fault. Everybody will help to re-build all threads and post lost :p

[fireshoes]

Wait, there's a problem with the upgrade...we've lost the video games forum!! :eek:

[-justin-]

Very funny :)

~JB

[organ]

Hey Justin, you forgot to enable avatars;).

Maurice