Hey everyone, I am migrating my sites to a newer faster server. I don't have a lot of time to spend on this, mainly whenever I get a free moment. So there might be a point where I say , ok lets do it now and then I will shut down the site, migrate it and then re-open. If I do this, don't panic. I will throw up a message on the front page as well for those who haven't read this.
It should be a relatively painless process...Hopefully.
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Are we gonna lose anything important?
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We shouldn't lose anything. I am going to stop the forum so that the database is locked and then I am just going to do a simple copy from one server to the other. The software I am using makes sure that the two sites are mirrored and then gives the ok.
The old server will be in standby mode just in case.
The old server will be in standby mode just in case.
This is true. Hopefully that will not be our case. I'm actually impressed with the improvements to the linux tools that handle the migration. It sure was a lot more painful years ago...Visitor wrote:Good luck. I've seen a few sites go dark for days because migrating to the new server caused problems.
Like our dignity? Self respect? Sense of place in this world?Omega Woman wrote:Are we gonna lose anything important?
Nah, we all left those at the door the minute we signed up here!!!
How strange are the ways of the gods ...........and how cruel.
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Good luck with the transition, but be ready for the unexpected. I am a firm believer in the saying, "Nothing is ever as easy as it is supposed to be". I also agree with the saying, "To err is human, but to really mess things up use a computer".
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Ive begun migrations but I won't migrate this site until weds night/thursday night. Just an update.
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Been nice knowing you all!
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And me without a bomb shelter.... or bottled water... or canned meats....
Guess I'm screwed.
Guess I'm screwed.
^^^Well, I hope you remembered the Travel Scrabble delux edition to pass the time
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So as of now, the other sites migrated successfully. Now I am testing to make sure the DNS can switch over with no issues. Of course there will be issues but if I can iron them out by tomorrow, then the forum will be dark from some point on Weds to Thursday morning. If it fails, we still have the original server intact.
I picked this date since it will be right before producers start advertising for the week...Either way I don't anticipate more than a day of downtime.
I picked this date since it will be right before producers start advertising for the week...Either way I don't anticipate more than a day of downtime.
Thanks for the site!!!
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See you on the other side!
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Welcome back! Let me know if anything seems strange...
Thanks for having the site and the hard work.
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I had to resign in, but other than that I haven't noticed any different at all. Seems like all went well!
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tallyho wrote:Well, now you mention it there was that election result thing , that seemed a bit oddMightyHypnotic wrote:Welcome back! Let me know if anything seems strange...
Hey, great, now we have someone specific to blame it all on. Thanks, Ambassador!
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I have been working on the email issue. THat should clear up soon...
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I think we fixed it. Let me know if you're still not getting emails.