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Title: Server emergency - new members cannot register Post by: kris on February 20, 2007, 10:40:23 am A routine upgrade of the operating system on the server running virtualmeet.net failed to install cleanly taking down a software library required for logging into the server, e-mail and whatnot. Since login is not possible, it will probably mean that the server operating system will need to be reinstalled shortly. The forums are still working, but new member registration is not.
Besides having backups, all data should be intact as the server has all contents mirrored to a second hard drive (so-called RAID-1 for the techies out there), but the base system would still need to be configured before the data can be migrated. Thank you for your patience, this issue will be resolved as quickly as possible after which the meet results can be published. Title: Re: Server emergency - new members cannot register Post by: kris on February 20, 2007, 06:41:08 pm Update: the company hosting my server has been very slow to respond to this, but I have put in a request for remote hardware access (KVM over IP) so I can go ahead and reinstall the base operating system. After waiting for six hours, I hope I can soon begin the re-installation progress which will be bundled with a long-awaited upgrade of OS version. In a nutshell: Virtualmeet.net is expected to be down for a few hours without further notice.
Thanks for your patience! ;D Title: Re: Server emergency - new members cannot register Post by: kris on June 19, 2007, 06:08:40 pm In hindsight, "a few hours" was only mildly optimistic... The server crashed a second time in April and I ended up bundling the needed reorganization with wholesale software upgrades and large-scale improvements to the site itself. Most importantly, the issues have been resolved and we're back.
The show will go on. PS. Those interested in the gory details, can read this (http://tsampa.org/archives/2007/03/#post_383) and this (http://tsampa.org/archives/2007/04/#post_384) at my personal site. |