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WebWord Weblog Posting Posting Date: January 06, 2003 WebWord Comment -- The painful server migration is now complete. We did lose some data because the two servers were doing different work for a few days. I apologize for this loss and I will try to get it back. However, don't hold your breath. For what it is worth, I have several good items to post. I'll take care of that later today. Thanks for being patient!
Reader Comments...
Is there a problem with the DSN in MT? http://d97967.u27.qwknetllc.com/mt/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=1320 Posted by: Mac on January 6, 2003 01:01 PM
...something else that I need to fix later today. I need to dig into the bowels of Movable Type and set or reset some code. If I am lucky it will work. If not, I will continue to suffer. This migration has been nasty. I am extremely unhappy that I had to make this change because my hosting provider decided to upgrade their servers. This should *not* be a user problem but that is what happened. In turn, the entire WebWord community is suffering and I look like an inept buffoon. I truly do not enjoy system administration and I fully respect those individuals with skills in this area. Posted by: John S. Rhodes on January 6, 2003 02:24 PM
What about the upgrade meant that you had to change servers? Is not changing servers part of the web development cycle? Web technologies are evolving. We cannot expect servers to stand still, or always be backwards compatible. Posted by: fnord on January 6, 2003 04:12 PM
Here is the scoop. My web hosting provider decided to upgrade their servers. Bigger, faster, stronger. I have no idea what they really did. It was not my choice. They forced me to move all of my data and all of my scripts and tools (e.g., Movable Type) to an entirely new server. I had to move my own data and completely reconfigure everything to work correctly on the new server, including paths, database conversions, updating DNS entries, etc. It was like moving to a new hosting provider entirely. I don't feel this is something I should have to do. Perhaps I am being too demanding, but it caused me a couple of days of lost work and aggravation. Posted by: John S. Rhodes on January 6, 2003 10:29 PM
I think that everything really is fixed now. If you see problems, please let me know! Posted by: John S. Rhodes on January 6, 2003 11:06 PM
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. It should be "whom". When you write "who to credit", you're actually writing, "to whom shall I give credit". If you wrote it as "who gets credit", then "who" is appropriate. Since you used the preposition "to", it's whom. Reference 1 Need more, John? ;) Posted by: MadMan on January 6, 2003 11:23 PM
What the f***? I posted the above comment in response to another entry, not this one. What on earth is going on? Posted by: on January 6, 2003 11:25 PM
John, I don't understand how your server migration got so screwed up. See, if they simply moved the files to another server and recreated their existing setup, then all your paths should remain the same. As for modifying DNS entries, I suppose your hosting provider provides the nameservers. So how do you have to change DNS entries? Maybe you can post an article about it. Posted by: on January 6, 2003 11:30 PM
"See, if they simply moved the files to another server and recreated their existing setup, then all your paths should remain the same." Exactly. That's what I thought. However, the paths did change. Trust me on that. It caused me major pain.
In my case, I think I was kind of lucky. I have an account with Register.com and that made it easier. I'm not in love with Register.com but it was easy to go to the site, log in, and modify my DNS entries there. This was perhaps the easiest part of the migration.
Good idea. I'll think about that. Right now I have two articles in the works and really need to get a WebWord Newsletter sent out. I'm behind. Ack! Also, I've been happy with this hosting provider and I don't want to bash them. Posted by: John S. Rhodes on January 7, 2003 12:06 AM
In terms of domain management Register.com does a pretty good job. Their SafeRenew is a little bit of a worry ... but some of the domain editing an approval process is ok. Posted by: daniel szuc on January 7, 2003 05:08 AM
Hey Mac .. thank you for the link on your web site to http://www.whattimeisit.com/ - finally I have found a site that makes time conversion and easy! Well easier ... Posted by: daniel szuc on January 7, 2003 05:11 AM
i like directnic.com, if you have multiple urls you can set them all to a default nameserver set and by editing your default setting, all the others will fall inline Posted by: Mick on January 7, 2003 07:59 PM
John, the site is working 50% faster for me now! This is great! Has anyone else noticed a speed increase? Posted by: Joshua Kaufman on January 8, 2003 08:17 AM
I am using a dial up connection at the moment (worth revisiting this experience for those who have migrated to cable over the years) and the site is performing nicely :) Posted by: Daniel Szuc on January 8, 2003 08:22 AM
John, will the publically available usage stats be returning ? Posted by: Mac on January 13, 2003 09:41 AM
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