FORUM CLOSURE Friday 22nd April 22:00

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  • Andrew Slater
    Full Member
    • Mar 2007
    • 1790

    FORUM CLOSURE Friday 22nd April 22:00

    Please note that the forum will be closed for about 30 minutes from 10pm on Friday for a vital upgrade.

    This should allow the avoidance of more unexpected outages of the kind that occurred a few weeks ago.
  • Andrew Slater
    Full Member
    • Mar 2007
    • 1790

    #2
    Just bumping this up as a reminder.

    Mark advises me that the database has increased in size considerably since the last upgrade, and the backup which he carries out for safety prior to the upgrade, could well take beyond the half-hour. We'll be back ASAP after 10pm.
    Last edited by Andrew Slater; 22-04-16, 16:38.

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    • french frank
      Administrator/Moderator
      • Feb 2007
      • 30250

      #3
      Bumping again to remind people. Forum will close at 10pm. The upgrade may be a bit tricky, so best of luck to Mark over in California and to Andrew. You can have a when you've finished
      It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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      • MarkSealey
        Administrator, Moderator
        • Feb 2007
        • 28

        #4
        We don't think there's any cause to worry :-)

        In order to ensure that the CMS used to update parts of the main FoR3 site will continue to work, we need to upgrade the version of PHP on which it runs.

        I order for this Forum to work, we need to upgrade its software to a version slightly later than the one on which t's currently running… one compatible with that later version of PHP.

        I have a nice bottle of Muscat lined up (really wanted to experiment with a Tokaij - but nowhere local has any). Every single time that Andrew and I have done this before it's gone without hitch; the same for every time I did it before Andrew so kindly stepped in.

        But better safe than sorry - so we're taking every reasonable precaution… the MySQL database is being zipped on the fly as I back it up because this forum has proved so successful and its posts are so many .

        Originally posted by french frank View Post
        Bumping again to remind people. Forum will close at 10pm. The upgrade may be a bit tricky, so best of luck to Mark over in California and to Andrew. You can have a when you've finished
        --
        Mark Sealey

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        • Andrew Slater
          Full Member
          • Mar 2007
          • 1790

          #5
          Five minutes to go .....

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          • Serial_Apologist
            Full Member
            • Dec 2010
            • 37602

            #6
            Originally posted by MarkSealey View Post
            I

            I have a nice bottle of Muscat lined up
            Better check that my computer screen's the right way up when the forum comes back on!

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            • Andrew Slater
              Full Member
              • Mar 2007
              • 1790

              #7
              All should be restored now: took 23 mins.

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              • Suffolkcoastal
                Full Member
                • Nov 2010
                • 3290

                #8
                Very prompt work, well done! Can you please come and take over the IT Department where I work!

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                • french frank
                  Administrator/Moderator
                  • Feb 2007
                  • 30250

                  #9
                  I'm afraid Andrew has a lifetime chain contract with us!
                  It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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                  • MarkSealey
                    Administrator, Moderator
                    • Feb 2007
                    • 28

                    #10
                    Far too early for anything like that here.

                    Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
                    Better check that my computer screen's the right way up when the forum comes back on!

                    --
                    Mark Sealey

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                    • Nick Armstrong
                      Host
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 26523

                      #11
                      Originally posted by MarkSealey View Post
                      MySQL database is being zipped on the fly
                      Very bold.... though also stylish - and practical.

                      "...the isle is full of noises,
                      Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                      Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                      Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                      • Serial_Apologist
                        Full Member
                        • Dec 2010
                        • 37602

                        #12
                        Originally posted by MarkSealey View Post
                        Far too early for anything like that here.


                        Many thanks for your good work, Mark!

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                        • french frank
                          Administrator/Moderator
                          • Feb 2007
                          • 30250

                          #13
                          Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                          Very bold.... though also stylish - and practical.

                          Well, he does things like this for a living (I think - I'm not sure what a software engineer does ).

                          Anyway, last night was interesting. As the email messages whizzed past me from Andrew to Mark it was like being at Wimbledon:

                          It's Andrew to Mark, Mark to Andrew, Andrew to Mark, Mark to Andrew, And… to Mar…, Mar… to And…, A… to M…, M… to A… A… to M… oooh, I SAAAY
                          It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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                          • DracoM
                            Host
                            • Mar 2007
                            • 12960

                            #14
                            Yes, excellent work all round, admins! Many thx.

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                            • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                              Gone fishin'
                              • Sep 2011
                              • 30163

                              #15
                              Originally posted by DracoM View Post
                              Yes, excellent work all round, admins! Many thx.
                              [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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