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

On 28 Feb 2002, milkfilk wrote:

> Yep, but you can send the CTRL-BREAK over telnet which can do the same
> thing if you are root.

Err, no. Only a break sent to the console will drop the machine to the Ok prompt.

> If this isn't right, I've done something similar and I'm merely giving
> the wrong details. But I have done a Stop-A over telnet and hung my
> Sparc workstation at home while toying with this horrible idea.

You can hang the telnet session, but not the actual OS.

> Very true! Maybe that's why I should have cloned myself to have a
> dedicated backup scripter!! We are very busy and lots of running with
> large swords around here. But anyone who's in the industry knows how
> it is. If not, please send me your recruiter's email! :) LOL

I'm available for contract consulting work. Maybe I could set your company on the right track?

> Very true. I'm still reading about how to do a Stop-A nicely (there
> may be no such thing).

IF you mean stop the OS, man init, shutdown, etc.

> What do people do when they DO hit Stop-A and say "D'oh!"?
> - go?
> - sync?
> - shutdown?

Depends on the circumstances. On a desktop system, there's no reason not to type "go" and get on with life.

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