Non-motoring > Server shutdown	Miscellaneous
Thread Author: car4play	Replies: 32

New Wed 30 Mar 11 12:28   Server shutdown - car4play

Just to let you know we plan to shut down this site between 6 and 7 am tomorrow morning to relocate the servers. Downtime should not be more than 20 mins. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 30 Mar 11 12:56   Server shutdown - Zero

What you should say is "back in an hour" and then surprise and delight us by having it back in 20 minutes. My money is on 2 hours downtime tho! Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 30 Mar 11 12:58   Server shutdown - car4play

>> My money is on 2 hours downtime tho! That's what I call "zero optimism"! ;-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 30 Mar 11 13:21   Server shutdown - Pat

They will all be in bed at that time...thanks for letting me know:) Pat Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 30 Mar 11 13:23   Server shutdown - Clk Sec

>>They will all be in bed at that time No they won't... Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 30 Mar 11 16:18   Server shutdown - MD

No they won't. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 30 Mar 11 16:21   Server shutdown - Armel Coussine

Some of them will. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 30 Mar 11 13:23   Server shutdown - Iffy

...Downtime should not be more than 20 mins... Don't hold your breath, wasn't something similar said at the old place? Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 30 Mar 11 13:46   Server shutdown - Old Navy

>> ...Downtime should not be more than 20 mins... >> Across how many time zones? Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 30 Mar 11 14:27   Server shutdown - swiss tony

Reminds me of the I.T. at a place i used to work. We never asked how long the system would be down for. we asked how long it would be up for.............. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 30 Mar 11 14:45   Server shutdown - Focusless

>> Don't hold your breath, wasn't something similar said at the old place? That's a good point - will we recognise it when(/if) it comes back up? :) Reply to this message | Report message       1

New Wed 30 Mar 11 14:48   Server shutdown - nyx2k

its a ploy by hj to shut it down so he can poach back his missing forumites. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 30 Mar 11 14:57   Server shutdown - swiss tony

If so... I'll start up a forum everyone can join........ ;-) Reply to this message | Report message       1

New Thu 31 Mar 11 00:54   Server shutdown - VxFan

Perhaps it should be mentioned that the person responsible for the temporary shutdown in the other place isn't the same person as here. That person here offered you refuge while the other place was shut down, and has continued to do so since. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 31 Mar 11 01:29   Server shutdown - RattleandSmoke

Now I wonder who can wake up first, me or the new server? Good luck with it. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 31 Mar 11 05:05   Server shutdown - Pat

5.05 and I'm up before it shuts down:) Pat Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 31 Mar 11 06:11   Server shutdown - smokie

I haven't been to bed yet but then I'm 5 hours behind in Florida... :-) Either it went down and up real quick or the team aren't out of bed yet ... Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 31 Mar 11 06:23   Server shutdown - car4play

.. the guys in London are running 15 mins late. Just shutting down the backup server at the mo. It's doing a load of updates to a Windows server in one of the virtual machines. Had to be out late last night - so not many hours sleeep! Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 31 Mar 11 06:24   Server shutdown - car4play

>> That person here offered you refuge while the other place was shut down, and has >> continued to do so since. .. at least you can be my friend Dave. ;-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 31 Mar 11 06:27   Server shutdown - MD

Still up here.....the server that is. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 31 Mar 11 06:29   Server shutdown - Perky Penguin

Looks pretty seamless to me. On the site at 06.25 which is early enough for me and many of us - well done the team! Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 31 Mar 11 06:31   Server shutdown - car4play

That's cos if you read my post you will see I haven't turned it off yet! Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 31 Mar 11 06:35   Server shutdown - Pat

Those guys in London can't get out of bed then. Pat Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 31 Mar 11 06:39   Server shutdown - car4play

Taxi was late by 1/2 hour. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 31 Mar 11 06:56   Server shutdown - Perky Penguin

Sorreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 31 Mar 11 07:22   Server shutdown - Pat

They're having a management meeting with tea & toast now before they start work. Pat Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 31 Mar 11 07:26   Server shutdown - MD

They don't know the meaning of the word Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 31 Mar 11 07:30   Server shutdown - Pat

Work or management Martin? Pat Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 31 Mar 11 07:31   Server shutdown - Zero

This is the world of IT Pat, they don't have tea and toast breakfast meetings. It's French patisserie and java coffee. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 31 Mar 11 08:30   Server shutdown - Pat

They're paid far too much....they didn't even pave My Drive:( Pat Last edited by: pda on Thu 31 Mar 11 at 08:31 Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 31 Mar 11 08:33   Server shutdown - car4play

Don't worry we are now working on it. I am fully confident that none of you will like the new site. ;-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 31 Mar 11 08:32   Server shutdown - car4play

Ok - all seems to be sorted now. - as for the long delay in getting going - all down to a couple of Windows VMs which decided they needed x million updates before they would power off. One with a helpful "Installing xx of xx updates" and the other with just a blank screen but CPU flat out - so guessing it was doing the same. It's powering up that Windows VM now, and there are more messages about it doing updates - sigh. So some other client will be waiting for their website to appear. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 31 Mar 11 20:56   Server shutdown - MD

Congrat's for a swift resolution. Would have had to look at the weather report tonight otherwise!! Reply to this message | Report message