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July 6th, 2005, 11:22 AM
#11
Im sure your organization will be alot more upset when the server decides to take a nose dive without backups or when their crucial data disapears and shows up in the competitions hands, then they would be if you drop the server for a few hours to do this correctly.
You dont want to take chances on mission critical servers. A little downtime now WILL save you a lot of downtime later. spread the work out over a few days.
Run backups one night while no one is working, maybe a weekend. Gather all the software that you will need, find all CD keys, and create backups of your configs for each program.( I swaer there is nothing more frustrating then not being able to find a disk or a cd key when trying to meet a deadline) All of this can be done and the box is still operational. Write down all the IP information, all the little settings that may only take a few minutes to look up but will bite you in the ass when you are rushing to get it back online. Then one night do a differential backup of the box to go along with the full you did over the weekend. Order you a nice pizza, and some caffinated beverage of your choice and spend your night doing the following.
Format
Reinstall
Patch
Update
Restore
Test
Go Live.
then take the next day off.
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July 6th, 2005, 12:22 PM
#12
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Thank you all folks.. for your help.. Yeah XTC I suppose I will have to go for this procedure now. Still learnt a lot from all the recent R & D performed in order to clean. Got some positive results too. But am aware that the packet storm will start again if left alone.
Starting afresh is the only option .. . this week seems going to be verry busy for me now. Anywayz pizza with a bear is something I like most while working late at nights. THe procedure decided and the bash going to kick off. ..
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