Welcome, Guest. Please Login 3dfx Archive
 
  HomeHelpSearchLogin  
 
Page Index Toggle Pages: 1
Send Topic Print
Forum Upgrade - FAILED... (Read 266 times)
FalconFly
YaBB Administrator
*****
Offline


3dfx Archivist

Posts: 2445
5335N 00745E
Gender: male
Forum Upgrade - FAILED...
09.06.07 at 16:01:33
 
Oh well...

It has been an interesting 24 hours for me with lots of work and little sleep.

In a nutshell, here's what happened yesterday :

1130Z : old Forum taken to Read-Only state
1230Z : new Forum is installed
1245Z : first Automatic Forum Conversion failed
1330Z : alternative Automatic Forum Conversion used
1430Z : finetuning to the new Forum because many Settings did not make it over
1530Z : FTP Client suddenly begins transferring corrupt/incomplete data
1545Z : new Forum rendered unusable
1600Z : 2nd attempt to fix with two other FTP Clients
1630Z : important access restrictions cannot be set on the server for unknown reasons
1655Z : fiddling in and out of Forum Directories, old Forum Messages are deleted instead of the new Forum Messages - "human error"
1656Z : Seismic Institutes throughout Germany sense a highly localized 5.5 earthquake around this location
1700Z : old Forum is taken offline (InOp)
1715Z : Primary Harddrive failed - Installation damaged and LimOp
1730Z : desaster recovery in progress
1800Z : a single (!) functional most-recent Backup of the old Forum is rescued to a DVD-RW
2130Z : Primary Harddrive replaced, System recovery in progress
0230Z : Primary System is back up (LimOp)
0800Z : Completion of core assets on Primary System
1000Z : old Forum restoration in progress
1345Z : functionality checks completed, old Forum restored....

So if anyone wants to become a Forum Admin.... Think twice before you make that decision Wink
Back to top
« Last Edit: 09.06.07 at 22:45:30 by FalconFly »  
WWW  
IP Logged
 
SAT+KABEL
Junior Member
**
Offline


3Dfx rulz !

Posts: 53
Germany
Gender: male
Re: Forum Upgrade - FAILED...
Reply #1 - 09.06.07 at 17:28:03
 
OMG so many bad things happened on one day  Shocked

So the board version keeps for now ?
Back to top
 
339652609  
IP Logged
 
FalconFly
YaBB Administrator
*****
Offline


3dfx Archivist

Posts: 2445
5335N 00745E
Gender: male
Re: Forum Upgrade - FAILED...
Reply #2 - 09.06.07 at 17:40:53
 
Yes, definitely... At least until I can make sure the new Forum is 100% operational and all Settings are in place.

I'll likely try again end of this month Smiley
Back to top
 
WWW  
IP Logged
 
paulpsomiadis
God Member
*****
Offline


-=3Dfx still rox!=-

Posts: 2011
Newcastle U.K.
Gender: male
Re: Forum Upgrade - FAILED...
Reply #3 - 09.06.07 at 18:49:29
 
An advanced warning might be in order next time! Wink

The one thing you can ALWAYS count on with computers is Roll Eyes:

"To ERR is HUMAN - But to foul things up COMPLETELY 'requires' a computer" Grin

...that and you can NEVER have enough backups! Wink

You did an AWESOME job considering the circumstances @Falcon! 8)
Back to top
 

-=To MOD or not to MOD, that is a DUMB question - just MOD it!=-&&&&+May God stand between you and harm in all the empty places you must walk.+
themadhaxor  
IP Logged
 
Lucidtomr
Junior Member
**
Offline


I love YaBB 1G - SP1!

Posts: 58
Coldest City in New York
Gender: male
Re: Forum Upgrade - FAILED...
Reply #4 - 12.06.07 at 06:14:21
 
Sorry FalconFly I haven't been in that much. I'm still here, and still love my voodoo 3 3500 tv card, and the drivers you host, and your site here. I think it's nice the way it is.... unless you want to upgrade the script to catch sp@m b0ts. My old site got hit with them hard, and because I was just starting to learn php to use some scripts I found (I was made admin by another admin), I got booted from the server I shared the site with.... So I see if that's what you're doing if you're doing that. But your site still looks great. But Argh, programming, it's a pain, I remember my C++, always getting errors, missing programs... you know the deal. See you guys later.
Back to top
 

Kuze - For the Citizens part, they don't even recognize the massive explotation inherited in the system. They absorb only the information that appeals to them that's easy to accept. Theirs is a phony society, I want to open their eyes to that fact.
anti_ai_boy_24 Lucidtomr  
IP Logged
 
FalconFly
YaBB Administrator
*****
Offline


3dfx Archivist

Posts: 2445
5335N 00745E
Gender: male
Re: Forum Upgrade - FAILED...
Reply #5 - 12.06.07 at 10:30:37
 
Yeah, it was mainly for security (AntiSpam) and a load of nifty new Admin Options.

But other than that, it also offers lots of new Member Options that IMHO belong to a modern Forum.

Since the new Forum can work fully parallel to the existing one, people will be able to check it out without losing anything here in the old Forum.

Back to top
 
WWW  
IP Logged
 
Page Index Toggle Pages: 1
Send Topic Print