Forum Maintenance Sunday (5/28) AM

dory36 · 05-26-2006, 10:06 AM

We'll be doing some maintenance on the forum Sunday morning early, probably well before 7am Central time. Sleep in, and you might well not even notice it -- except it should be faster.

This will change the "IP" address for the forum, and while everything SHOULD go smoothly, if your PC was on continuously from the last time you look at the forum before the change, your PC might require a reboot to flush out any cached results from your PC.

BigMoneyJim · 05-26-2006, 10:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dory36

Sunday morning early, probably before 7am Central time.

You stay up that late?

dory36 · 05-26-2006, 11:05 AM

Ha! No, I'm built the other way. I'm much more likely to see 5am than I am to see 11pm.

I think I was the only one in my army basic training class that thought their wake-up times were perfectly reasonable!

kat · 05-28-2006, 03:47 AM

Did you finish, or not start yet?

kate, at 4:47 am EST, who's also built that way.

dory36 · 05-28-2006, 07:51 AM

It was a false start.

No changes made, and we're still on the server we were on.

cute fuzzy bunny · 05-28-2006, 09:51 AM

Hmm, and it felt a little faster.

Did you wash it?

dory36 · 05-28-2006, 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cute Fuzzy Bunny

Hmm, and it felt a little faster.

Did you wash it?

A fresh coat of wax.

cute fuzzy bunny · 05-28-2006, 05:04 PM

Then not only is it faster, you're going to make it rain.

Swell. Thanks.

donheff · 05-29-2006, 07:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dory36

It was a false start.

No changes made, and we're still on the server we were on.

I lost access for a while I assumed it was releated to the DNS change. Did you do nothing, or just nothing successful?

dory36 · 05-29-2006, 07:38 AM

I put the forum in maint mode so no more posts could be made, then backed up the entire shebang. Then I restored the backup on a different server (with the same basic configuration), and switched the IP address for the forum to the new server.

That should have been sufficient, but the forum software wouldn't operate properly on the new server. After about 20-30 minutes of looking for the problem, I reset the IP address back to the original, so the folks who need a dose of the forum with their morning coffee wouldn't go into withdrawal.

So from about 4:30 until about 7:00 am yesterday, you should have gotten to the forum, with a "maintenance mode" message. From about 7:00 until about 7:30, you'd have gotten errors (if your first try to get to the forum after powering up your PC was after the first IP change).

This is one of those things that, as the other geeks among us will attest, either works fine right from the start or with very minor changes, or else it take hours to track down the problem. So rather than keep the forum offline for an indefinite period, I just backed out for now.

cute fuzzy bunny · 05-29-2006, 10:44 AM

So how do we know if we're on the actual forum, or an exact copy. And how do I know you're all you and not cloned exact duplicates?

dory36 · 05-29-2006, 12:10 PM

Don't know what would make you think that.

Just double check at Google... (I sure wish I knew how to do this...)

cute fuzzy bunny · 05-29-2006, 02:38 PM

Swell. It looks like i'm stuck inside the forum and cant get out.

HFWR · 05-29-2006, 03:59 PM

A funny thing happened on the way to the forum...

BigMoneyJim · 05-30-2006, 07:55 AM

A comedy tonight!

05-26-2006, 10:06 AM	#1
dory36 Early-Retirement.org Founder Developer of FIRECalc Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,823	Forum Maintenance Sunday (5/28) AM We'll be doing some maintenance on the forum Sunday morning early, probably well before 7am Central time. Sleep in, and you might well not even notice it -- except it should be faster. This will change the "IP" address for the forum, and while everything SHOULD go smoothly, if your PC was on continuously from the last time you look at the forum before the change, your PC might require a reboot to flush out any cached results from your PC. __________________ Often uninformed, seldom undecided. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. Mark Twain

05-26-2006, 11:05 AM	#3
dory36 Early-Retirement.org Founder Developer of FIRECalc Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,823	Re: Forum Maintenance Sunday (5/28) AM Ha! No, I'm built the other way. I'm much more likely to see 5am than I am to see 11pm. I think I was the only one in my army basic training class that thought their wake-up times were perfectly reasonable! __________________ Often uninformed, seldom undecided. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. Mark Twain

05-28-2006, 03:47 AM	#4
kat Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 465	Re: Forum Maintenance Sunday (5/28) AM Did you finish, or not start yet? kate, at 4:47 am EST, who's also built that way.

05-28-2006, 07:51 AM	#5
dory36 Early-Retirement.org Founder Developer of FIRECalc Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,823	Re: Forum Maintenance Sunday (5/28) AM It was a false start. No changes made, and we're still on the server we were on. __________________ Often uninformed, seldom undecided. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. Mark Twain

05-28-2006, 09:51 AM	#6
cute fuzzy bunny Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ... Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Losing my whump Posts: 22,527	Re: Forum Maintenance Sunday (5/28) AM Hmm, and it felt a little faster. Did you wash it? __________________ Many an optimist has become rich by buying out a pessimist

05-28-2006, 05:04 PM	#8
cute fuzzy bunny Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ... Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Losing my whump Posts: 22,527	Re: Forum Maintenance Sunday (5/28) AM Then not only is it faster, you're going to make it rain. Swell. Thanks. __________________ Many an optimist has become rich by buying out a pessimist

05-29-2006, 07:38 AM	#10
dory36 Early-Retirement.org Founder Developer of FIRECalc Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,823	Re: Forum Maintenance Sunday (5/28) AM I put the forum in maint mode so no more posts could be made, then backed up the entire shebang. Then I restored the backup on a different server (with the same basic configuration), and switched the IP address for the forum to the new server. That should have been sufficient, but the forum software wouldn't operate properly on the new server. After about 20-30 minutes of looking for the problem, I reset the IP address back to the original, so the folks who need a dose of the forum with their morning coffee wouldn't go into withdrawal. So from about 4:30 until about 7:00 am yesterday, you should have gotten to the forum, with a "maintenance mode" message. From about 7:00 until about 7:30, you'd have gotten errors (if your first try to get to the forum after powering up your PC was after the first IP change). This is one of those things that, as the other geeks among us will attest, either works fine right from the start or with very minor changes, or else it take hours to track down the problem. So rather than keep the forum offline for an indefinite period, I just backed out for now. __________________ Often uninformed, seldom undecided. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. Mark Twain

05-29-2006, 10:44 AM	#11
cute fuzzy bunny Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ... Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Losing my whump Posts: 22,527	Re: Forum Maintenance Sunday (5/28) AM So how do we know if we're on the actual forum, or an exact copy. And how do I know you're all you and not cloned exact duplicates? __________________ Many an optimist has become rich by buying out a pessimist

05-29-2006, 12:10 PM	#12
dory36 Early-Retirement.org Founder Developer of FIRECalc Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,823	Re: Forum Maintenance Sunday (5/28) AM Don't know what would make you think that. Just double check at Google... (I sure wish I knew how to do this...) __________________ Often uninformed, seldom undecided. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. Mark Twain

05-29-2006, 02:38 PM	#13
cute fuzzy bunny Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ... Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Losing my whump Posts: 22,527	Re: Forum Maintenance Sunday (5/28) AM Swell. It looks like i'm stuck inside the forum and cant get out. __________________ Many an optimist has become rich by buying out a pessimist

05-29-2006, 03:59 PM	#14
HFWR Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ... Join Date: May 2005 Location: DFW Posts: 5,404	Re: Forum Maintenance Sunday (5/28) AM A funny thing happened on the way to the forum... __________________ Have Funds, Will Retire Two turntables and a microphone...

05-30-2006, 07:55 AM	#15
BigMoneyJim Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,392	Re: Forum Maintenance Sunday (5/28) AM A comedy tonight!

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