Downtime for Site Upgrade

Post by **DrSpooky** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 12:55 pm

The site is currently running on what most would consider a very old computer. We have a new computer to host the site on and will need to shutdown to make the transition of the forum in a consistent way. I expect the down period will be a few hours. There should be no obvious changes except the computer is faster. Smile

I am unsure of precisely when this will occur but wanted to give at least 24 hours notice to everyone. So it will not happen before Sunday afternoon Huntsville time (CST).

Post by **DrSpooky** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 10:28 am

OK OK.. I didn't do it Sunday. I will start on it shortly. I am going to try to put up a temporary page during the transition so people don't worry.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 8:53 pm

Good on you. Many thanks.

Post by **DrSpooky** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 8:11 am

The upgrade did not happen. I was not satisfied that everything on the new machine was configured correctly and after a couple of hours of frustration, gave up. I will try again in the near future.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 11:07 am

May the force be with you!

Post by **DrSpooky** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 8:47 am

I just updated the site software. If there are any weirdnesses, ping me or spooky.

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 10:37 am

DrSpooky wrote:If there are any weirdnesses, ping me or spooky.

I have this downward growing hair in my nether regions. Can you help me Doc? I feel too embarrassed to ask Spooky

Post by **DrSpooky** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 1:58 pm

Perhaps you need to schedule an appointment with DrJ.

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 8:58 am

Er...since the time of posting it seems to have miraculously healed

Post by **DrSpooky** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 9:57 pm

Hi All,

Just a quick note to say that the software running the board has been updated. Hopefully other than a few seconds of downtime, no one will notice anything.

If you see anything odd with The Board, please pass it along.

Turquoise Pajamas Pt Deux · Sun Jun 18, 2006 12:28 am

FYI, I keep getting the following error message when I try to access the site. I wasn't able to view the site for almost a week. Not sure what it means or why it sorta works now (still getting the error, but have some functionality). I didn't know where to put this; hope it's ok to post this here.

TPPD

phpBB : Critical Error

Error updating sessions table

DEBUG MODE

SQL Error : 126 Incorrect key file for table './eucjw_elvisfans/phpbb_users.MYI'; try to repair it

UPDATE phpbb_users SET user_session_time = 1150608390, user_session_page = -9 WHERE user_id = 536

Line : 360
File : sessions.php

Post by **DrSpooky** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 8:17 am

Is anyone else seeing this error? I haven't seen it at all and no one else has reported it.

I investigated the message and repaired the table "phpbb_users". There are hints on the web that this might be spurious so if anyone else sees it please report it.

I hope I have fixed it but don't know for sure.

Thanks.

Turquoise Pajamas Pt Deux · Sun Jun 18, 2006 1:44 pm

DrSpooky wrote:Is anyone else seeing this error? I haven't seen it at all and no one else has reported it.

I investigated the message and repaired the table "phpbb_users". There are hints on the web that this might be spurious so if anyone else sees it please report it.

I hope I have fixed it but don't know for sure.

Thanks.

Thanks Doc! So far so good.

Post by **DrSpooky** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 8:42 pm

I can only hope.