Scheduled Inventory Server Maintenance at Main Server Restart Time?

[Ayesha Askham]

LL

Is this:

1) Wise?

2) Actually going to run concurrent with Main Server Restarts?

[Perrie Juran]

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Ayesha Askham wrote:

LL

Is this:

1) Wise?

2) Actually going to run concurrent with Main Server Restarts?

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I just looked and there are no times posted for Main Server Upgrades.

As far as I recall there are no scheduled times now for simple restarts if there is no new code being released.

 

[updated] Scheduled Inventory Database Maintenance

[updated 9:45am PDT, 18 March 2013] Today’s inventory server maintenance has been rescheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday, March 19, 2013 from 5am PST to 7am PST.  During this time, some residents will be logged off and will be temporarily unable to log in for a brief period. This maintenance may disrupt transactions and logins. Please check back here for updates.

 

eta the notice

[Griffin Ceawlin]

The grid status page does say that the server deploy is scheduled for 5-11am. However, if one clicks more details...

 

Second Life Server Deploy

Tue, March 19, 12pm – 6pm

[Astarte Artaud]

Fortunately....Tuesday is quietest day of the week, but 12-6pm,  really....the busiest time of the day for events !!!! whoever at LL thought of that !!!!    Or  maybe  the further detail is in GMT time.

[Ayesha Askham]

Griffin

Clicking "More details" gives me:

 

 

Second Life Server Deploy

When	Tue Mar 19, 2013 5am – 11am Pacific Time

[Ayesha Askham]

Now that still suggests two parts of Linden Lab working on the SL servers at the same time, from 5 until 7 am PST.

Sorry, but in my book that is just plain stupid.

 

Perrie

This will be a new Server version, it is not a "simple Restart".  Unless of course the restarts are being re-arranged and they just haven't bothered to communicate it. :matte-motes-sour:

 

[Griffin Ceawlin]

Clickin on Second Life Server Deploy shows that...

 

 

... but clicking on more details opens up Google Calendar in a new window which shows this:

 

[Griffin Ceawlin]

Second Life Server (main channel)

The main channel is the maint-server project that was previously on Magnum.  This project fixes some bugs.

https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_Server/13#13.03.08.271457

Scheduled Tuesday 2013-03-19 05:00-12:00 PDT

 

http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Second-Life-Server/Deploys-for-the-week-of-2013-03-18/m-p/1936689

[Theresa Tennyson]

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Ayesha Askham wrote:

Now that still suggests two parts of Linden Lab working on the SL servers at the same time, from 5 until 7 am PST.

Sorry, but in my book that is just plain stupid.

 

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The inventory servers are separate hardware running separate programs from the simulator servers. It would be the equivalent of one mechanic working on your car's brakes while another works on the engine at the same time. Saves you from having to take the car in twice.

[Ayesha Askham]

Theresa

I know you know a good deal more about the workings of systems such as Second Life than I, but I don't think that analogy holds.

If an account's inventory is unavailable when it's home sim-server is restarted, then that, to me, is like a mechanic bleeding a car's brakes while another mechanic has the front hubs off the car to work on the discs.

You may well be right and I am worrying unnecessarily, but it just looks like sloppy coordination to me.

Griffin

I don't see that when I click on more details...odd.  I get what I posted.

[Alexi Raynier]

Well apparently LL reconsidered and the inventory maintenance has been canceled for today.

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[Ayesha Askham]

Alexi

Unfortunately all that has occurred is that LL did some editing of the entry. Last news was that the maintenance was being "extended".  A lot of folk cannot log in and are getting "Inventory System Unavailable" errors as a result. :smileysad: