Out of Control®

If you use yum to update MySQL on an Ensim X server, and you are on RHEL5 (other variations may exhibit the same results), you might get the following error: PLAIN TEXT CODE: MYSQL ERROR: Can't create/write to file '/var/lib/mysql/#sql_728b_0.MYI' (Errcode: 13) No fear, the solution is simple. The updater sets ownership of /var/lib/mysql to [...]

Apparently armed with nine lives, my server came back. Although a fair amount of HD cleanup was required, everything tested fine. The Planet has updated where their updates are, so you will want to pay attention to this page now for data center updates. From postings, this was the most interesting little bit this morning: [...]

Life at The Planet left May with a Bang! At some point Saturday afternoon May 31st, The Planet's Houston H1 data center suffered a generator melt down. The fire department quickly determined that the data center needed to be brought offline for a few hours until the situation could be properly assessed. Unfortunately, it was [...]