Reconfigure RAID on IMAP Mail Server

Email

Reconfigured the RAID disk on the IMAP email server (ms.emu.edu) so that the WRITE CACHE is enabled.

Although it was hoped this would be a fairly simple change, the reality was that an image of the 8gb disk had to be made and the RAID was then completely rebuilt. The actual reconfiguration effort began about 10am and was completed about 6pm. However, as a backup strategy in preparation for this procedure, the IMAP mail services were shutdown before the nightly backup of the server at 2am.

We believe this should improve the I/O performance of the IMAP mail server.

8+ Hr Webmail Server Outage.

Email

The webserver service on the webmail server died about 4:00am, Sunday, 2/16. Adam Nolley notified Jack about 11:30am. Jack contacted Ben Beachy at home who was then able to dial in to the system, diagnose the problem and fix it. Service was restored about 12:20pm. Cause of problem was a program that was installed during a build of the server. The program was not being used but it’s license expired and it did not shutdown gracefully. The program has now been removed totally from the server.

All-Day Server Outage – Saturday, 1/18/03

File Server

Info Systems is performing a major Novell server upgrade on Sat, 1/18/03. Work will begin shortly after 6am during which time the Novell servers will be unavailable. The outage could last to as late as 9pm, however, it is hoped that it can be completed before 5pm.

During the outage there will be no access to the Novell servers (i.e. network drives and printers). Users will also NOT be able to use email during the outage.

Status of the outage will be posted on the Critical Information Notice on the EMU home page throughout the day.