ADMINISTRIVIA: IBM-MAIN Outtage

Darren Evans-Young

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Jan 30, 2002, 1:17:10 PM1/30/02

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Yesterday, Tuesday 01/29, a squirrel made its way into an
Alabama Power substation and touched the wrong things. This
resulted in a power outtage that lasted from approximately
11:15 AM to 6:00 PM. Once power was restored, we had an I/O
board failure on the server that runs IBM-MAIN. Hours later,
the board was replaced with a new one, but that one turned
out to be bad. Hours and hours later, we received a new board
and other than some minor problems, we came back up at 11:45 AM
Wednesday. Apologies for the outtage, but stuff happens.

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Edward E. Jaffe

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Jan 30, 2002, 1:59:53 PM1/30/02

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Darren Evans-Young wrote:

> Yesterday, Tuesday 01/29, a squirrel made its way into an
> Alabama Power substation and touched the wrong things. This
> resulted in a power outtage that lasted from approximately
> 11:15 AM to 6:00 PM. Once power was restored, we had an I/O
> board failure on the server that runs IBM-MAIN. Hours later,
> the board was replaced with a new one, but that one turned
> out to be bad. Hours and hours later, we received a new board
> and other than some minor problems, we came back up at 11:45 AM
> Wednesday. Apologies for the outtage, but stuff happens.

Yeah. Especially with SUN equipment. :-)

Dave Juraschek

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Jan 30, 2002, 3:03:33 PM1/30/02

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Darren Evans-Young wrote:

> Yesterday, Tuesday 01/29, a squirrel made its way into an
> Alabama Power substation and touched the wrong things. This
> resulted in a power outtage that lasted from approximately
> 11:15 AM to 6:00 PM. Once power was restored, we had an I/O
> board failure on the server that runs IBM-MAIN. Hours later,
> the board was replaced with a new one, but that one turned
> out to be bad. Hours and hours later, we received a new board
> and other than some minor problems, we came back up at 11:45 AM
> Wednesday. Apologies for the outtage, but stuff happens.

Yes, but is the squirrel o.k.? ;-)

-Dave

Matthew Stitt

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Jan 30, 2002, 3:17:33 PM1/30/02

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At least it's nuts got roasted.

James Lund

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Jan 30, 2002, 3:20:50 PM1/30/02

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On Wed, 30 Jan 2002 10:48:12 -0800 Edward E. Jaffe said:
>
>Yeah. Especially with SUN equipment. :-)
>

In all fairness to SUN equipment, it also happens to *any* machine,
UPS or not, with EPO trigger-happy Network folks around. I think it'll
be well into the next decade before anyone here forgets that one!

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Tom Anderson

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Jan 30, 2002, 3:25:43 PM1/30/02

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Dave Juraschek wrote:
>
> Darren Evans-Young wrote:
>
> > Yesterday, Tuesday 01/29, a squirrel made its way into an
> > Alabama Power substation and touched the wrong things. This
> > resulted in a power outtage that lasted from approximately
> > 11:15 AM to 6:00 PM. Once power was restored, we had an I/O
> > board failure on the server that runs IBM-MAIN. Hours later,
> > the board was replaced with a new one, but that one turned
> > out to be bad. Hours and hours later, we received a new board
> > and other than some minor problems, we came back up at 11:45 AM
> > Wednesday. Apologies for the outtage, but stuff happens.
>
> Yes, but is the squirrel o.k.? ;-)
>
> -Dave
>

Yes. It was last seen hitch-hiking its way back to Redmond.

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Chase, John

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Jan 30, 2002, 4:11:14 PM1/30/02

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On Wednesday, January 30, 2002 1:48 PM, Dave Juraschek

[SMTP:DAVID.F....@CUSTOMS.TREAS.GOV] wrote:
> Darren Evans-Young wrote:
>
> > Yesterday, Tuesday 01/29, a squirrel made its way into an
> > Alabama Power substation and touched the wrong things. This
> > resulted in a power outtage that lasted from approximately
> > 11:15 AM to 6:00 PM. Once power was restored, we had an I/O
> > board failure on the server that runs IBM-MAIN. Hours later,
> > the board was replaced with a new one, but that one turned
> > out to be bad. Hours and hours later, we received a new board
> > and other than some minor problems, we came back up at 11:45 AM
> > Wednesday. Apologies for the outtage, but stuff happens.
>
> Yes, but is the squirrel o.k.? ;-)

Looked a little over-cooked in the picture....

-jc-