Problems with bowser
This server isn’t coming up when rebooted. It’s now being moved to a new machine. Should be back up shortly.
Update: this was completed but the post wasn’t resolved. Sorry about that.
.This server isn’t coming up when rebooted. It’s now being moved to a new machine. Should be back up shortly.
Update: this was completed but the post wasn’t resolved. Sorry about that.
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March 6th, 2008 at 7:18 pm
Please fix quickly
March 6th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
first major outage for me in over a year…I feel kind of excited because it is like I am part of some elite club, but also kind of sad because my site is down. The two feelings are causing some nausea.
March 6th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
Moved to a new machine,
Well, there are some signs of progress here.
March 6th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
@tim -
No, the elite club will not get your machine running faster. But a +2 stick of sharpiness would feel better than a kick to the groin.
March 6th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
I see no progress
[bowser]$ uptime
20:05:20 up 23 days, 5:02, 4 users, load average: 1.71, 0.98, 0.74
[bowser]$ date
Thu Mar 6 20:05:26 PST 2008
So it has not being rebooted or replaced…
March 6th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
Ok, i can take it back - it could be a box swapped in (renamed/reIPed) without rebooting.
But still - it does not seem to work.
March 6th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
+2 stick of sharpiness…
Someone plays D&D.
March 6th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
why are some emails getting through but others aren’t? I’m getting emails from organizations but not from individuals.
March 6th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
Judith: Your e-mail issue is probably related to the e-mail slowdown they mentioned in another post. If you are using their Junk Mail filtering then they are working on it and trying to alleviate the load. If you are not using the Junk mail Filter then you should send in a report through the system panel.
See http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2008/02/25/mail-delay-on-junk-filtered-domains-3/ for more details.
March 6th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
that problem seems to be from a week ago. are they still having problems??
March 6th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
sorry if this is a beginner’s question but can anyone tell me how to get into the web panel to report a problem? my email address and web panel password will not log me in. my cookies are enabled. is there some other reason I’m unable to log into this?
March 6th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Yes, as they said they will leave that one as unresolved until the final dregs of it goes away. As this is an e-mail issue it can take a while for it to get cleared up and the queues processed properly as there is always more mail coming in.
The one thing I didn’t see emntioned was whether disabling the filtering would speed up subsequent e-mail to your domain. Hmm… Guess I;ll post that question in the other thread…
March 6th, 2008 at 9:27 pm
@confused
Actually, the uptime you’re seeing is that of the NEW hardware that the logical machine “bowser” was moved to. When an old machine is “failed over” to new hardware the new hardware may have been online for quite some time. A reboot is not required so a very high uptime in this case is not uncommon. As it is taking the place of the old hardware all of the IP addresses will remain the same. The only thing that changes is the hardware itself. The whole process of failing over a server usually takes an hour or two and some services do take longer than others to come back online.
March 6th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
Judith: Maybe scrounge up your old e-mail they sent you with the ID/Password and check that you are using the proper id? Also, did you try the “forgot password” link to reset your password?
March 6th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
Judith: It is also possible that you might need to delete your existing DreamHost cookie, and try again if you are sure your web id and password are correct. This often corrects a login issue.
March 7th, 2008 at 4:33 am
@confused: we have spare hardware already on and running. Failing a web machine over to new hardware does not require a reboot.
March 7th, 2008 at 4:33 am
whoops! david already covered that
March 7th, 2008 at 6:36 am
@judith -
You can always get a message to them using this link- http://www.dreamhost.com/contact.cgi and get a conversation going so you can figure out what your login should be.
March 7th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
why is all of dreamhost.com down?
March 7th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Yeah, same for me. Everything is down.
March 7th, 2008 at 8:45 pm
> why is all of dreamhost.com down?
AGAIN (with no status report)
March 7th, 2008 at 8:45 pm
email. gone. web. gone. server. gone.
dreamhost. gone.
March 7th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
same here, right in the middle of a 400 mb ftp upload of clients pictures… thanks as usual dream host… wasnt it just last friday we played this same game? lets not make it a habit!
March 7th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
dude. get it together.
March 7th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
^_^~ At least it’s not just me. For a minute there, I was worried I broke everything!
March 7th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
yes, everything is down rite now and nothing is working.
please fix soon alot of people depend on these name servers, as well as everything else that makes this scene work properly…
DH User
March 7th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
Fix soon? Way to state the obvious. I’m sure they were just going to get some coffee first.
March 7th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
Down down down. Everything is dooooowwwn.
March 7th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
AAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
Not again!
I demand a refund!!!!
March 7th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Calm down, everyone, just take it easy. If you’re so concerned about 125% uptime, then go spend the money and get a dedicated server.
If not, chill out and wait with the rest of us shared hostees.
March 7th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
“^_^~ At least it’s not just me. For a minute there, I was worried I broke everything!”
I.. uh… thought so too.
March 7th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
I’m sure Dreamhost have noticed.
March 7th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
This same behavior happened two days ago, starting around this comment:
http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2008/03/05/spunky-file-server-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-135131
Notice that this was AFTER the “Spunky” error had been resolved. Like today, the status forums were just the only place we could communicate.
It came back within the hour, but there was absolutely NO status followup on what had happened. Seems a rather serious outage for them to sweep under the rug. Let’s hope there’s some feedback this time…
March 7th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Katie,
I thought I broke it too haha. I just tried installing two one click app things, but the 2nd one didnt go. Guess I gotta redo it later. HOPEFULLY not too much later.
March 7th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
Sunny, I know, freaky!? It scared me massively!
Y’know… I wonder if they have people there 24/7, or some kind of alert that gets sent to a maintenance team when something goes wrong.
March 7th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
you guys don’t know, but it’s run by super midget monkeys…. you know, the lemurs they have on Unix books….. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/images/060626-lemurs-africa_big.jpg
March 7th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
This is ridiculous! Seriously….So 1 hour two hours how long will it be?
March 10th, 2008 at 11:22 pm
Awwww!!!! Love the lemur pic! That is so cute!!!!
As a Sys Admin elsewhere I wish that was the image people had when thinking of me rather than a BOFH. LOL