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Sorry to say that we might have a major server problem. I might even have made it worse. Really worried and my heart keeps skipping a dozen beats. Running on backup server now. I think my weekend (at least) has just been ruined

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Matt @ 22/04/2011 16:00  

Big Hammer and poke with screw driver

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JP @ 22/04/2011 16:12  

I might even have made it worse. Clumsy lad, stop fiddlin' lol

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Sandi @ 22/04/2011 16:48  

Theres 2 drives in case 1 fails..1 is failing and I think the good one might have just become corrupted. Kinda by me in the process of fixing the broken one.

Please cross ur fingers for me.

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Matt @ 22/04/2011 16:52  

I wotn eb albe ot ypte if I do

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Sandi @ 22/04/2011 16:56  

lol good try though. Main server back online now but I think it's corrupt. Running on main server now while it tries to rebuild the GOOD disk from the BAD disk. Already had 13 warnings/errors but I hope it continues and rebuilds ok. 4 more hours remaining, then I'll try to copy the main server to a new hard drive group (RAID) and see what happens.

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Matt @ 22/04/2011 17:34  


Gonna be bouncing the server a lot over the next couple of hours so I apologise in advance for all the downtime. Sorry but I can't help it, desperately trying to save the server

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Matt @ 22/04/2011 19:42  

It's dead :-( Wont start up

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Matt @ 22/04/2011 19:54  

If anyone can get it going,you can....things always go wrong at holiday times!! You are doing your level best Matt, please don't stress too much?? X

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Deleted Member @ 22/04/2011 20:43  

Please can I ask people NOT to use BikerMatch this weekend unless absolutely necessary? We're in total crisis, catastrophic failure! I even smoked a cigarette for God's sake!! ME!

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Matt @ 22/04/2011 21:33  

ah soz to hear this matt.... darn viruses there is too many idiots out there... hope you get it sorted soon chuck and im sure im not the only one who mucho appreciates all your doin to save it...... got all me bits crossed for ya x

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Deleted Member @ 22/04/2011 22:49  

i wish it was a virus! Server hardware failed during backup... causing me to lose server AND backup! Now all I have is a backup from May last year on DVDs but I don't even know if that's gonna work now

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Matt @ 22/04/2011 22:53  

Main server back online from an old backup. Gotta check/rebuild/repair it before moving the sites back onto it.

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Matt @ 23/04/2011 00:06  

Matt , I guess it's times like these that we get to fully appreciate what your up against ! H ere's hoping it will be resolved and all the best HB x

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honda baby @ 23/04/2011 00:44  

yea thanks. Does anyone know how to retrieve the IIS config from the file system and registry without being able to boot into the OS?

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Matt @ 23/04/2011 00:56  

3am and still nowhere near finished. :-(

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Matt @ 23/04/2011 01:43  

So what have I learnt? That cigarettes do NOT help when you're panicking and stressing. Really don't know how people smoke and enjoy it, it sucks. Also learnt that having a good mate to talk to me and keep me calm has helped save the day. I was freaking out! Starting to look a bit better now. Got an old (1 year old) backup restored. Rebuilding the RAID now. Need to rebuild the config on this backup as it's way out of date. Upgrade mail service, apply updates to Windows, install new security software etc. I don't see any sleep for me tonight

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Matt @ 23/04/2011 02:31  

Back on the main server now, it's not fully repaired though so I'm not holding my breath now. Gotta leave the RAID rebuild going for a few hours. Gonna try to get some kip. Mods - please phone me if the site goes down. Thanks

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Matt @ 23/04/2011 02:39  


Please feel free to use the server normally now. It will run a bit slow for the rest of the weekend I think (70% of resources dedicated to rebuilding the data and checking integrity)

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Matt @ 23/04/2011 02:59  

Matt you are a genius. Be lost without BM. Huge hugs coming your way.(((((Matt)))))

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