Frank's Activity Log

Admin

• Backup
  • New problem -- NW has tape stuck in LTO drive (BOO!) -- Ugh -- NW thought it was till backing up to the tape from a savegroup that finished last night.
  • Replaced bad disk in SATABeast
• LDAP
  • Update broke -- non-ascii characters in a name
  • Update broke notifications disabled.... re-enabled
  • Privacy flags set
  • OpenLDAP 2.3.39 build/test -- syncrepl issue

Posted by at 8:40 AM | Permalink

Admin

• Backup
  • Work on cloning script
  • Schedule SecurShred for hard disks/tapes
• LDAP: delta-syncrepl investigation

Posted by at 1:34 PM | Permalink

Admin

• Backup
  • Tape Wrangling
  • AFTD filled up... emergency cleaning

Posted by at 1:33 PM | Permalink

Admin

• WebCT: Reboot guest system to fix clock issue
• Accounts: re-lock account that was opened up to allow email retrieval
• LDAP: one Banner non-authoritative manually processed
• Accounts: move scripts to new server

Posted by at 7:23 AM | Permalink

Admin

• LDAP: three "non-authoritative" errors to deal with manually
• LDAP: slurpd done away with
• Accounts: one account reactivated
• LDAP: server acting funny... scheduled reboot for later tonight
• Backup: clones???
• LDAP: emeriti faculty issue -- not showing up correctly -- Aha... Banner thinks the person is still active!

Posted by at 3:32 PM | Permalink

Admin

• Backup: EMC 20292396 -- respond to requests
• LDAP: work on CatCard feed preliminary info
• LDAP: remove another slurpd feed
• Backup: tape wrangling
• Measurements: update smtp measurements

Posted by at 7:51 AM | Permalink

Admin

• Backup: TLS drive7 three flashing leds problem -- wound up rebooting storage node to clear all residual problems
• Backup: EMC 20292396: provide the ulimit -a and truss output requested to show that the memory issue is not real in this recover 7.3.3 on aix problem
• Backup: Work on cloning script
• Backup: Start manual cloning of one save group that failed to clone over the weekend

On Call

• All Quiet on the pager front

Posted by at 10:36 AM | Permalink

On Call

• In-MailGW critical
• /rack5d space

Posted by at 11:59 PM | Permalink

On Call

• Temporary HDISK error
• In-MailGW critical -- three times

Posted by at 7:15 PM | Permalink

Admin

• WebCT: monitor system from 3:40 to 5:30 to see if yesterday's changes fixed the problem
• LDAP:
  • JOIN failures fixed
  • Feed changes requested from SOR owners
• Backup:
  • DataDomain 31715: reboot 460 to ensure it is correctly configured
  • EMC 20242686: download replacement nsrmmd binary
  • Meeting with COMIS about backups for them

Posted by at 7:29 AM | Permalink

Admin

• LDAP:
  • Meeting with Catcard office about feed change request
  • Privacy flags set
  • JOIN failures repaired
• Backup:
  • schedule reboot of dd460c with Data Domain
  • Telecon about VTLs and possible path to get to them
  • Spec new disk storage requirement
• Accounts: "finish" work on porting to new system

Posted by at 9:26 PM | Permalink

Admin

• Accounts: work on moving scripts
• Backup: replace broken storage node
• Backup: brief meeting about disk storage vs VTL

Posted by at 9:27 PM | Permalink

Admin

• Accounts: locked up the accounts that are scheduled for removal
• LDAP: manually fix the join problems from the weekend
• WebCT: power off and unplug the old SUN server! ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST!
• Backup: semi-automatic cleaning of tape drive worked!
• Backup: one client is causing long delays in one save group. Killed the group so it can run again tonight and the rest of the clients will successfully backup.

Posted by at 6:04 PM | Permalink