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Please Post Forums Issues - July 2005

 
Cheryl Griffin
Honored Contributor

Please Post Forums Issues - July 2005

Hi Everyone,

Please provide feedback on any technical issues you may encounter while using the forums during July.

Please include URLs from your browser associated with error messages, and please include the date and time the errors occur.

You can also post your forums **successes** for July at:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=932951

Thanks to everyone for your continued feedback.

Best regards,
Cheryl and Dan
"Downtime is a Crime."
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Devender Khatana
Honored Contributor

Re: Please Post Forums Issues - July 2005

Hi Cheryl,

I read of some recovery that was going on in last months thread for your servers. Is it over ? I still face a lot of problems related to delayed mail notifications or no mail notifications at all.

Moreover it is quite late to start the thread as there were many threads flying arould in last three days which could have been reported here.

Regards,
Devender
Impossible itself mentions "I m possible"
Michael Schulte zur Sur
Honored Contributor

Re: Please Post Forums Issues - July 2005

Hi guys,

I was also missing email notifications last week.

Michael
Geoff Wild
Honored Contributor

Re: Please Post Forums Issues - July 2005

Just an unusual slowness today...

Example - took 2.5 minutes to get to this thread...another minute before I could type after hitting reply...


Rgds...Geoff

Proverbs 3:5,6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make all your paths straight.
Pete Randall
Outstanding Contributor

Re: Please Post Forums Issues - July 2005

Dan/Cheryl,

A little late because of the holiday, but here's my monthly attempt to summarize the most grievous, most oft-repeated issues

1) Recover the content lost during the 9/20/03 conversion/update - there are
numerous threads which suffered partial content loss, Merijn's statistics
postings being a prime example. Other examples point out that the benefit of
the ITRC database as a resource has been severely compromised. An excellent
dialog on wiping disks via various commands has now been rendered non-sensical
because much of it has been lost.

*Has something been done to fix this? I searched out the disk-wiping thread
( http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x24b53a7b3682d611abdb0090277a7
78c,00.html )
*and discovered that it seems to read OK now. By the same token, checking a
*couple of my old congratulatory posts shows that parts are still missing???

2) a. Allow a thread to be closed without it being moved to the top of the list.
...b. No points - no bunny
...c. (my personal opinion) Is the close facility really necessary?


3) Create a new category under HP-UX for congratulations, humor and other
miscellaneous off-topic threads so that those who don't wish to view these
items can bypass them.

4) Repeat the bread crumb navigation links at the bottom of the page so we
don't have to page all the way up to the top of long threads. Also, add the
same links to the notification pages.

5) Could we possibly have a real, functional search engine? Please??

6) Other forms of URLs need to be recognized (https, ftp) as the http ones
are.

7) Allow for formatted text that does not lose spaces, so script snippets can
be understood.

8) Provide the ability for a user to customize the forum subjects they view by
setting up their own groupings (like: all of HP-UX, plus Servers (9000), plus
Workstations (hp-ux based), plus all of Storage - well, you get the idea).

9) From Merijn: The ability to have a fixed signature in one's profile.

10) A new hat for the 50,000 point level.

11) Is it possible to fix it so the "javascript.open" function works the
same in different browsers - in Netscape, firefox, Opera, etc., the link
opens in the same window.


Pete

Pete
MarkSyder
Honored Contributor

Re: Please Post Forums Issues - July 2005

I would like to add my backing to Pete's points 2a, c, 4, 8, and 9.

Mark Syder (like the drink but spelt different)
The triumph of evil requires only that good men do nothing
Cheryl Griffin
Honored Contributor

Re: Please Post Forums Issues - July 2005

The servers are still being updated. Mail notifications are being turned on and off routinely as necessary while the updates are going on.

The ITRC and BSC forums are going through changes. A lot is taking place behind the scenes which we have purposely tried to accomplish to maintain service. There will be a lot going on that will be visible too.

You will see more notices of maintenance posted shortly.

We continue to ask for your patience and understanding.
"Downtime is a Crime."
Michael Schulte zur Sur
Honored Contributor

Re: Please Post Forums Issues - July 2005

Hi,

I have got these annoying can not login again. I have the following questions.
1. Is it planned to make logins known on the asian and the europeean site?
2. I have set English as my preferred language, however it keeps changing back again.
3. The link to alpha servers on the support & drivers page seems to be wrong.

thanks,

Michael
Geoff Wild
Honored Contributor

Re: Please Post Forums Issues - July 2005

On a positive note - the response times on the forums are quite fast today! :)

Rgds...Geoff
Proverbs 3:5,6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make all your paths straight.
Stuart Browne
Honored Contributor

Re: Please Post Forums Issues - July 2005

*nod*nod* I agree, forums have a much snappier response today! :)

Anyway, lost post, in need of a home:

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=935436
One long-haired git at your service...
melvyn burnard
Honored Contributor

Re: Please Post Forums Issues - July 2005

thread moved
My house is the bank's, my money the wife's, But my opinions belong to me, not HP!
Pete Randall
Outstanding Contributor

Re: Please Post Forums Issues - July 2005

This is *interesting*!

I just pinged my "who is NOT" and "who IS" going to HPWorld threads and the NOT thread levitated to the top of the list as expected:

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=928097

but the IS thread never rose, despite a second pinging, neither of which show in the tread:

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=928099

I'll keep trying to post to it out of curiosity.



Pete


Pete
Pete Randall
Outstanding Contributor

Re: Please Post Forums Issues - July 2005

OK, it finally floated to the top, after 4 attempts, each of which got the "Reply Acknowledgement" screen. Wierd!!!


Pete

Pete
Michael Schulte zur Sur
Honored Contributor

Re: Please Post Forums Issues - July 2005

Hi,

another request for improvement.
When I set the filter to see only threads without answer I do also get moved threads.
Could you update the number of postings also in the header or exlude these threads from being shown?

thanks,

Michael
Uwe Zessin
Honored Contributor
melvyn burnard
Honored Contributor

Re: Please Post Forums Issues - July 2005

duplicate removed
My house is the bank's, my money the wife's, But my opinions belong to me, not HP!
Michael Schulte zur Sur
Honored Contributor

Re: Please Post Forums Issues - July 2005

Geoff Wild
Honored Contributor

Re: Please Post Forums Issues - July 2005

Here's a duplicate post:

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=936890

The one I replied to is here:

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=936818

Rgds...Geoff
Proverbs 3:5,6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make all your paths straight.
melvyn burnard
Honored Contributor

Re: Please Post Forums Issues - July 2005

thread moved
duplicate deleted
My house is the bank's, my money the wife's, But my opinions belong to me, not HP!
Michael Schulte zur Sur
Honored Contributor

Re: Please Post Forums Issues - July 2005

Eric Antunes
Honored Contributor

Re: Please Post Forums Issues - July 2005

testing...
Each and every day is a good day to learn.
melvyn burnard
Honored Contributor

Re: Please Post Forums Issues - July 2005

duplicate has been removed
My house is the bank's, my money the wife's, But my opinions belong to me, not HP!
Cheryl Griffin
Honored Contributor

Re: Please Post Forums Issues - July 2005

The forums are back in business.

Ohhhhh say can you see?
A 1-Star Olympian and a 2-Star Olympian ...



sweet
"Downtime is a Crime."
A. Clay Stephenson
Acclaimed Contributor

Re: Please Post Forums Issues - July 2005

A Green Salad with a star is still just a Green Salad. Croutons or Bacon Bits would have made more sense. If you are asking me would I have been happier with a Mad Hatter's Hat then the answer is yes. Anyway, the Forums do seem faster and I'll see if there is a search engine that works now.

Regards, Clay
If it ain't broke, I can fix that.
Stuart Browne
Honored Contributor

Re: Please Post Forums Issues - July 2005

Cheryl,

I wonder if it's possible for you to let us know what sort of equiptment is running these forums now (how many of what class of server, rough amount of disks and size etc.) ? And roughly how many requests a day go they serve out ?

Just curious..
One long-haired git at your service...