Re: [Sheflug] Are we back yet?

["Richard Stevenson" <nospam [at] adv.net.nz>]

On 26 Jun 2000, at 12:31, Sean Liddall wrote:

> Alex Hudson wrote:
> > 
> > Just an email to see if the list is working again.. ?
> 
> It appears that the main VUW mail hub no longer accepted responsibility
> for _any_  mail sent to vuw.ac.nz (this is NOT a good thing (tm)).  It
> appears to be resolved but things might be a bit rocky as I prepare
> myself for a few days off and let the other systems guys know what's
> going on.

And while Sean's away, VUW's ITS "management" will try to replace the 
entire mail system with an NT-based solution, forgetting about the fifty 
million other services also running on those mail hubs, thereby entirely 
destroying the University's ability to function when the following things 
suddenly happen:  

1.  All printing anywhere on campus stops;
2.  Workstations fail to boot because there are no DHCP servers any more;
3.  DNS fails because the servers aren't there any more;
4.  The VUW web site disappears;
5.  The VUW news server disappears, along with the vuw.* hierarchy;
6.  Most of the VUW web cache capacity suddenly disappears;
7.  The VUW FTP server disappears;
8.  All user authentication fails, including dialup lines and POP/IMAP 
mailboxes;
9.  Helpdesk can't log in, so can't actually *do* anything;
10.  The Appletalk <-> IP conversion systems fail to boot, making large 
sections of the network fall off;
11.  ITS goes broke because billing for Internet IP traffic stops.

Hey Sean, there aren't any ITS management types on this list are there? <g>

Cheers

R


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