[Sysadmin] tempest dead?

[David Kaufman]

Hi John,

"John Handelaar" <john at userfrenzy.com> wrote:
> Hm.  For future reference, I'm don't think that a reboot is ever the
> first resort.  And certainly not when >1 people from sysadmin can
> usually be found on IRC.
>
> jh

The number of people on irc notwithstanding, I took Dean's "Might need to 
request a reboot" to mean that, with the web site down, the server 
unreachable via ssh and not responding to pings, that a reboot was in 
order.  And I agreed.  Not being on irc that appeared to me to be enough 
consensus.

Since none of us have physical access the only other option is to report a 
server outage to the techs at The Planet and have them go plug in a monitor 
and take a look-see at the console.  In hindsight, I suppose I should have 
done that, except:

1. I'm never sure if they're going to charge us dozens of dollars an hour 
for tech time, or how long they will take to respond

2. It seems that I'm the only one who's able (or perhaps no one else is 
willing) to login to the account to request reboots open tickets.

3. it seemed likely that a reboot would get us back up and running with a 
minimum of downtime.

Turned out it did not, and a tech is now investigating anyway.

I hope he is prompt.

And free.

-dave


> 2009/1/23 David Kaufman <david at gigawatt.com>:
>> i dunno
>> but i just rebooted it thru the control panel so it should be back 
>> shortly
>>
>> -dave
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dean Mah" <dean.mah at gmail.com>
>> To: <sysadmin at lists.evolt.org>
>> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 2:33 PM
>> Subject: [Sysadmin] tempest dead?
>>
>>
>>> Anyone know what's happening with tempest.  w.e.o is throwing:
>>>
>>> Warning: mysql_connect(): Can't create a new thread (errno 11). If you
>>> are not out of available memory, you can consult the manual for a
>>> possible OS-dependent bug in
>>> /store/host/www.evolt.org/includes/database.mysql.inc on line 31
>>> Can't create a new thread (errno 11). If you are not out of available
>>> memory, you can consult the manual for a possible OS-dependent bug
>>>
>>> ssh is throwing:
>>>
>>> ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host
>>>
>>> Might need to request a reboot.
>>>
>>> Dean
>>>
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------
>>> so, are we gonna get this vote on for
>>> the EvoltSysadmin mascot or what?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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>> so, are we gonna get this vote on for
>> the EvoltSysadmin mascot or what?
>>
>
>
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> so, are we gonna get this vote on for
> the EvoltSysadmin mascot or what?
>
>