[tech] [ucc] Minutes of Meeting on Wednesday, 28th September 2016

Mitchell Pomery mjpomery at ucc.asn.au
Fri Oct 14 20:43:53 AWST 2016


Hey Zanchey,

If I organise a night next weekend would you/someone be able to walk me 
and someone else through the upgrade/be contactable in case something goes 
awry (over the phone or in person)? Preferrably before 10am or after 9pm 
to minimise disruption to the clubroom and services.

Mitch

On Tue, 4 Oct 2016, David Adam wrote:

> On Tue, 4 Oct 2016, Oscar Hermoso wrote:
>> UCC Committee Meeting Minutes 2016-09-28
>> ========================================
>>
>> Machine Technical Reports
>> =========================
>> Servers
>> -------
>> - molmol HDDs are awaiting installation in machine room, awaiting SAS card
>>
>> Action Items
>> ============
>> - Molmol
>>   - [CHS] told [BG3] to order the bits 2016-09-20
>>     - Last weeks minutes said it wasn't done
>>       - Lies
>>   - HDDs waiting in machine room
>>   - SAS card is in transit
>>   - The receipts are in Treasurer's folder
>>
>> Current Action Items
>> ====================
>> - [BG3] to Molmol
>
> Hi Mitch (et al),
>
> When it comes time to install the SAS card in Molmol, we should use the
> opportunity for the downtime to upgrade the OS to FreeBSD 11.0. There's a
> definitive fix for the issues we were having earlier in the year, as
> confirmed by someone else who was having the same problem.
>
> The process takes about 30 minutes and a lot of it can be done before
> shutting down; if you're not happy with freebsd-update(1) then I can talk
> you and anyone else who's interested through it.
>
> Cheers
>
> [DAA]
> zanchey@
>


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