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Root :: AMANDA :: Supernova

May 16, 2008

Craty2 not running 

By: TeX
Time: 20080516 2316Z
Music: None


While doing my checks, I noticed that craty2 is down.
Emailed the north, asking if I can just turn it on, or must stop the run
first.

0018Z	Ethan says supernova is separate, so can do craty2 powerup.

0026Z	System crate has a red 'SYSFAIL' led lit. The system boots,
	but cannot find a boot disk. External drives are powered on,
	but I don't know if there is an internal disk?

	Emailing the north.

20080517 0131Z	Ethan says:
	Re: craty2 system down at MAPO
	From: Ethan Dicks 
	To: "tex@usap.gov" 
	CC: SPO-IcecubeWO , A.Gross@mpi-hd.mpg.de, Andreas Tepe
		, piegsa@uni-mainz.de,
		thomas.kowarik@googlemail.com
	Date: Today 13:22:54

	On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 12:30:11PM +1200, tex@usap.gov wrote:
	> I turned on craty2 and several problems were immediate:
	> 1) SYS FAIL LED is on
	> 2) System cannot find a boot disk so I'm assuming we have
	>       a disk failure. External hard drives are powered on.

	Hmm... unfortunate.  We'll need a 50-pin SCSI drive to replace
	a bad one.  Those aren't in large supply.  Alternately, I found
	a couple of HD68-to-IDC50 adapters in the cabinet that might
	work if we have any 68-pin drives (perhaps in the workstation
	spares cabinet in the ICL) and if is enough room in the external
	SCSI case for it.  I do not recall seeing any SCA adapters anywhere.
	There should be a few 50-pin drives here in B2; I've made a point
	of making sure they don't get retroed or discarded.

	We'll need to coordinate with the folks at Mainz as to what
	they would like loaded on the disk.  Craty is running RedHat 9.3.
	I am not certain where to lay hands on installation media.

	At least the present incarnation of SN is robust enough to
	run with only craty running.  A few years ago, this would
	have been catastrophic.

	> Is there a contact person for this system?

	Thomas Kowarik is the person who usually pings us about stuff...

	thomas.kowarik@googlemail.com

	Other guys I know who are associated with SN are:

	Timo Griesel 
	Alexander Piegsa 

	-ethan

Music is now: Peaches

Edgar Nielsen | 16 May 2008 20:31 GMT | AMANDA/Supernova | | permalink