topic Re: had to shutdown -h do to flood...need answer asap in Operating System - HP-UX

had to shutdown -h do to flood...need answer asap

Richard Darling — Mon, 15 May 2006 06:39:57 GMT

We are flooding and the power company is shutting us down in 15 minutes. I ran a shutdown -h and hit the power button. Should I just pull the plug now - power light is flashing...

Richard

Re: had to shutdown -h do to flood...need answer asap

Florian Heigl (new acc) — Mon, 15 May 2006 06:42:15 GMT

YES!.

Re: had to shutdown -h do to flood...need answer asap

Florian Heigl (new acc) — Mon, 15 May 2006 06:43:07 GMT

And also turn off all Your breakers and UPS's, or You might see Your roof lifting.

Re: had to shutdown -h do to flood...need answer asap

Robert-Jan Goossens_1 — Mon, 15 May 2006 06:44:37 GMT

Yes all power! If you have time, mark your disks and bring them to save place!

Re: had to shutdown -h do to flood...need answer asap

Florian Heigl (new acc) — Mon, 15 May 2006 06:44:56 GMT

Well, and if there's a chance the flood will rise, You should take a (waterproof *g*) marker pen, put numbers on all disk drives and remove them, too.
Put them to another building if possible, or store them with Your companies bank.

Re: had to shutdown -h do to flood...need answer asap

Arunvijai_4 — Mon, 15 May 2006 06:46:29 GMT

Hi Richard,

Isolate your system now, unplug power ..

-Arun

Re: had to shutdown -h do to flood...need answer asap

Florian Heigl (new acc) — Mon, 15 May 2006 07:53:42 GMT

Richard,

I hope You managed ok and that the water stopped below Your critical infrastructure.

If You want something *recovery* after the worst is over: the attached might be a useful tool in situations like these.

Re: had to shutdown -h do to flood...need answer asap

Richard Darling — Mon, 15 May 2006 18:39:00 GMT

Florian,

Thanks for the email.

Our systems are located on the 5th floor of our building in Lawrence, MA; so there was no danger of the water reaching that level. However, our entire basement and half of our 1st floor is under water.

The Merrimack River is expected to crest tonight at 32 feet above normal; and we won't get power back until Wednesday.

I pulled my drives, had a complete backup tape, as well as a recovery tape.

Thanks for the quick response from everyone, and I'll repoen the thread on Wednesday with an update.

Thanks again!!!

Richard

Re: had to shutdown -h do to flood...need answer asap

Richard Darling — Mon, 15 May 2006 18:40:18 GMT

Thanks again!