[Info-vax] The dangers of extended uptime. Was: Re: swap and page files

[Paul Sture]

In article <kc4j5b$gqf$1 at speranza.aioe.org>,
 glen herrmannsfeldt <gah at ugcs.caltech.edu> wrote:

> Paul Sture <nospam at sture.ch> wrote:
> 
> (snip)
>  
> > A friend who is a *nix system administrator has the following problem:
>  
> > 2 Solaris boxes, one with an uptime of 3 years, the other with an uptime 
> > of 6 years. These are configured together using Veritas Cluster Server 
> > (VCS) such that for limited time periods one box should be able to cope 
> > with the workload of both.
> 
> Solaris/SPARC or Solaris/x86?

I am assuming Solaris/SPARC.

<snip>

> Favorite reason for SPARC systems not comming back is that the battery
> in the TOY clock has failed. Ones I remember won't boot at all with it
> down. For x86, I don't know.

<snip>
 
> 
> I have before made copies of the file systems of running machines
> (I don't remember SunOS or Solaris), fsck them (it is a copy of a
> running system, so obviously not shut down) and then booted.
> 
> That is one that I would try here. (Assuming a spare system to
> get running.)
> 
> Used SPARC boxes are pretty cheap, used x86 even cheaper.

Many thanks. I'll pass the info on.

-- 
Paul Sture