From mjbaysek at cs.cmu.edu  Fri Aug 19 17:03:18 2011
From: mjbaysek at cs.cmu.edu (Michael J. Baysek)
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:03:18 -0400
Subject: [auton-users] Auton and Neill Compute System Going Down
Message-ID: <4E4ECF96.4040904@cs.cmu.edu>

All,

I am forced to shut down the system immediately due to the power and 
cooling challenges being faced by our machine room.  I intend to bring 
it all back up tomorrow, conditions permitting.

Mike

-- 
Michael J. Baysek
Systems Analyst
Carnegie Mellon University / Auton Lab
412-268-8939 - mjbaysek at cs.cmu.edu
http://www.autonlab.org








From mjbaysek at cs.cmu.edu  Mon Aug 22 14:14:43 2011
From: mjbaysek at cs.cmu.edu (Michael J. Baysek)
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:14:43 -0400
Subject: [auton-users] Auton System Status: "Backups are Down"
Message-ID: <4E529C93.2060403@cs.cmu.edu>

After the powerup on Saturday after the power loss, the
following services were not started:

Windows File Sharing to /auton space
Subversion

These services are now running.

However, one internal server did not come back up on Saturday.
That server was called LAIR and its job was to act as a backup
NIS, DNS and DHCP server, in addition to storing about 3 TB of
backups.  As a result of this server being down for the medium
term, the following backups are not happening that affect the
general Auton Lab user community:

1) Staff Linux desktop backups are not being synced to a server.
    They are being stored only on your local hard drive.
2) /auton/home/* are not being backed up.
3) /auton/archive/* are not being backed up.
4) Databases on LYRE are not being backed up.

The LAIR server is sitting on my desk, and will be repaired or
replaced as soon as is feasible when I return from vacation on
Aug 29.  Until then, please take your own precautions when using
the above mentioned directories and services, and know that there
are no active backups happening there for the time being.

I will work over the next days to get as many of these backups as
possible working again in a temporary fashion, and will keep you
posted as that work is completed.

-Mike

P.S.

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From mjbaysek at cs.cmu.edu  Mon Aug 22 18:45:19 2011
From: mjbaysek at cs.cmu.edu (Michael J. Baysek)
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:45:19 -0400
Subject: [auton-users] upload.autonlab.org SFTP and FTP is down
Message-ID: <4E52DBFF.7070106@cs.cmu.edu>

All,

This mail is for any of you who use or collaborate with sponsors who use 
upload.autonlab.org to transfer large files.

The server that hosts this service has been flaky for a long time and it 
did not come back up after the power crisis.

If (and only if) you and a sponsor need to transfer files until I can 
fix it (in ~2 weeks) please send them to 
https://www.autonlab.org/filesend and have them create an account 
there.  After creating an account, the user should email me so that I 
can enable upload rights to their account.

Please remember that I am on vacation this week.  You should not expect 
an immediate response regarding this issue.

Best,

Mike