Re: Quick Tale: Lost production database because of keyboard and Veritas Cluster Server

gerg_at_panix.com (Greg Andrews) wrote in message news:<a5kgj3$5o4$3_at_reader2.panix.com>...
> "RSH" <RSH_Oracle_at_worldnet.att.net> writes:
> >
> >I forgot about those!! Age is creeping up on me. Well at least I did say
> >'something approved by Sun' and 'make sure you test it'... sigh.
> >
> >Well regardless, (what IS this STOP-A stuff? I never heard it before, what
> >is it in ASCII... rut roh, please don't tell me they changed ASCII?!!), the
> >poor guy didn't do this on purpose, I don't believe; and you do have to
> >admit regardless, that any single signal shouldn't trigger a mess like this
> >without some 'are you really sure you want to create weeks of Hell for
> >everyone in IT' screen, instead of dropping the system instantly.
> >A physical button on the machine itself, okay. But not a signal that can be
> >generated so easily and unintentionally, and that can't be redefined by the
> >customer and at least be more than one keystroke separating life and death.
> >
>
> Never mind that it's lore that's discussed often in these newsgroups
> and in other places where Sparc administrators congregate, and therefore
> can be found via Google or other web search sites.
>
> Your friend went up to a server. A server that was not powered down,
> but up and running. A **production** server.
>
> What did your friend do with this production server? Unplugged hardware
> from it. The keyboard. Part of ths system console.
>
>
> The issue here is not why a Sparc might halt when the keyboard is
> unplugged. That's nowhere NEAR the issue. Neither is the question
> of KVM switches on Sparc servers.
>
> The issue is, WHAT THE HECK was your friend doing unplugging hardware
> from a *production* server that was *running*?!? Hardware that's not
> designated as hot-swappable!
>
>
> In my opinion, your site needs to implement change control procedures
> as quickly as you can.
>
>
> -Greg

Mark 1 well-deserved flame on the boards gentelmen.

I'm sure I'm the only the only one with stories like this. Mine is just more recent than many. :) Received on Thu Feb 28 2002 - 16:22:08 CST