Hi all...

Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 22:49:27 +0200 From: "DaB." Subject: [Toolserver-l] SQL-S2 down and new status-files To: "Toolserver-ML" Message-ID: 200709032249.31619.WP@daniel.baur4.info Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

Hello all,

perhaps anybody (someone?) didn't notice it: The msql-db on zedler

(=S2 and

userdatabases) crashed. The restore is in progress, please wait a

bit.

We get many questions from tool-user "The tool xyz does not work" or

"Why is

the toolserver defect/crashed/explode?".

To inform our tool-user better in future, I created some files:

http://tools.wikimedia.de/status_s1 (same for s2 and s3).

I think that ERRO and DOWN should be compulsive for tools, INFO and

WARN is

optionally.

I plan to update the rules for this at October 1, so please use the

time to

update your tools. Suggestion are of corse very welcome :).

Sincerly, DaB.

A small typo in these files... several times it says "planed" such as

"#A Information (like a planed maintaince in far future)."

The correct english word here is "planned"... there is also some a/an confusion and some other minor typos....

In fact here is the entire http://tools.wikimedia.de/status_s1 file,  but with my suggested corrections incorporated into it... # This file shows the status of S1 # # The format is # STATUS;Text # # Lines with # at the beginning are comments. # # The following STATUSes are possible: # # OK: # All Ok, nothing to show. # # INFO: # An Informational message (like a planned maintenance activity in thefar future). # Please show the line in your tools as information to give users notice. # # WARN: # A Warning (like a planned maintenance activity in the near future). # Please show the line in your tools as information to give users notice. # # ERRO: # An Error (like a unplanned maintenance activity or some other issue) # Please show the text instead of your tools # (or be very sure that your tools do work). # # DOWN: # Like ERRO, but planned. # OK; #EOF #

Hope that is of some help. I think being able to show canned status from the system is a nifty idea, thanks for making it happen.

Larry Pieniazek Hobby: lar at miltontrainworks.com