Server upgrade with changing of paths and password - 08/19/2002 10:54 PM
Hi!
While it was announced that there will be an upgrade with moving to other server,
within of 14 days,
only at friday ( 18 days later ) i got an email with new paths/passwords, inclusive "preview" URL.
Anyway they "forgot" to send me MySQL password (any info at all like name of DB )
Monday i got the answer to my email and MySQL info,
then ONE HOUR later the domain was linked to the new server,
and the old wansnt available anymore.
I think, i'm just in bad dream... how can it be possible ?
OK, i'm lucky, this was just my "backup" server,
i keep just in case something happens to the primery one,
so i can switch immediately to the other one.
But it i do one day, this one would become my primery server,
and i would make an upgrade probably too for more traffic ...
I imagine, if it would be my main server with forums,
and i would be in holidays in south somewhere,
or i buyed the tickets and arranged the vacation time with my firm
a month before this "upgrade" ?
My forums simply would be dead, exept i would give my email account
to someone, who would administrate the my site,
but as you see it seems to be even not easy,
since they "managed" to forget to send me MySQL info,
and there was only 3 days or less for all changes, just the WE,
monday in the morning the old server wasnt there anymore.
Then, what's with all the data ?
They did not annouced when they copy all the data !
Just informed after that, or a while after that, who know,
so to be sure that no posts are lost,
a manual copy would be needed,
which could be a lot of work with big forum.
My question is -
is it something, that can happen to you with every provider,
or this provider is just so bad ?
I'm really mad now, i still can not believe...
( this provider was recommended me by a friend,
and in half year there wasnt any problems... )
While it was announced that there will be an upgrade with moving to other server,
within of 14 days,
only at friday ( 18 days later ) i got an email with new paths/passwords, inclusive "preview" URL.
Anyway they "forgot" to send me MySQL password (any info at all like name of DB )
Monday i got the answer to my email and MySQL info,
then ONE HOUR later the domain was linked to the new server,
and the old wansnt available anymore.
I think, i'm just in bad dream... how can it be possible ?
OK, i'm lucky, this was just my "backup" server,
i keep just in case something happens to the primery one,
so i can switch immediately to the other one.
But it i do one day, this one would become my primery server,
and i would make an upgrade probably too for more traffic ...
I imagine, if it would be my main server with forums,
and i would be in holidays in south somewhere,
or i buyed the tickets and arranged the vacation time with my firm
a month before this "upgrade" ?
My forums simply would be dead, exept i would give my email account
to someone, who would administrate the my site,
but as you see it seems to be even not easy,
since they "managed" to forget to send me MySQL info,
and there was only 3 days or less for all changes, just the WE,
monday in the morning the old server wasnt there anymore.
Then, what's with all the data ?
They did not annouced when they copy all the data !
Just informed after that, or a while after that, who know,
so to be sure that no posts are lost,
a manual copy would be needed,
which could be a lot of work with big forum.
My question is -
is it something, that can happen to you with every provider,
or this provider is just so bad ?
I'm really mad now, i still can not believe...
( this provider was recommended me by a friend,
and in half year there wasnt any problems... )