Survivor Library

I’m moving the new Linux Server into the Server room tomorrow then all of this coming week is devoted to getting the site back up and running with the Library available and everything else working. Other than a Dentist appt and Optometrist visit and a Vet visit I have put other projects on hold until the site is restored. The Librarian

Between the four Dell R710s I was able to swap, mix and match and get a good working server up. Ubuntu Linux installed, PHP, Apache, MySQL and WordPress. Still have some configuration to do but since this site only has a couple items installed I should d be able to just move the database across then get the HTTTPS bindings done, the SLL certificate added and I can swap them out. I’m going to maintain this machine/server as a backup server and on a daily basis backup the database and WordPress directories. The every week or two I’ll update those on the backup server so it is always fairly up…

I forgot that I have three more PowerEdge R710, like the one that failed, shrink wrapped out in the barn/shop. Doing some rearranging in my office to move in a large table so I can bring them in and go over them to check their condition. Almost done rearranging enough to get the table from the greenhouse and set it up in here. Then the servers later today and we’ll see where that leads. The Librarian

I’m going to delay restoring the complete site right now. One of the first steps I decided to take was to set up a daily backup of the Website and all configuration data. I remember now why I had no backup when the old Server drives died…. IIS has no practical backup process without third party software and even then there are caveats. Why would a Major Corporation release and continue to develop a “WebServer” that cannot be backed up??? So I’m going to bite the bullet now and move the site to a Linux Server running Apache which I’ve wanted to do for a couple years. With the old…

2026-06-11 SERVER BACK UP I’ve got the Physical Site back up and running. As some of you know the older server died with 3 of 4 drives in a Raid-5 Array all dying at once or at least the same day. In 50 years of working with computers and servers I’ve never seen that occur. That also trashed the backup files. I ran several days of testing on the Dell R710 I’ve used for many years. I couldn’t find a problem. I still replaced the Raid Controller, the Power supplies and the drive backplane. I started reinstalled everything but started experiencing problems. Ram slots being arbitrarily and randomly disabled on…