Questions tagged [failsafe]
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Reliable file transfer over slow or flaky network link
I need to transfer a number of files files over a low-quality broadband link to a server. The files are large, and take approximately 30 minutes to transfer per file.
I use scp, but it sometimes hangs -- the transfer doesn't fail with an error, it…
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Are different RAID cards setups compatible?
I'm setting up a new NAS/SAN system with RAID5, and I was wondering if going the software or hardware RAID way because I had this question in mind:
If my hardware-RAID card fails, will I need to substitute by one exactly the same, same brand is…
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Two ESXi host servers connected to eachother's second NIC
Essentially I have two physical servers (Both identical, both ESXi hosts, each with 2xdual gbit nics) in a private rack in a data center. They will both be running a variety of db/web/storage server guests and each has a large redundant storage…
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Safe way to deploy iptables using ansible
I would like to deploy iptables rules in a "safe" way using ansible where for safe I think at something like the shorewall command safe-restart.
So I'm looking for a workflow like this:
install the new rules;
wait for 30 seconds for a confirmation…
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Can Apache be configured to ignore corrupt .htaccess files but respect them if they are correct?
I have a program writing and updating some RewriteRules in an .htaccess file (the main config is in the vhosts section).
This works fine most of the time, but sometimes the file gets corrupt.
When this happens, the server responds with 500 Internal…
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Configure Suse Enterprise Linux to automatically boot into Failsafe mode
We have a server which has trouble booting normally. The server is an HP Proliant DL380G6, running SuSe Enterprise Linux 10 Service Pack 2. When we try to boot it, it goes into some sort of disk check. The disk check gets stuck half way through…
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CISCO DHCP Relay and Server
I want to setup a cisco router to be a DHCP relay but i want to answer dhcp requests locally if the DHCP Relay request won't answer.
In the other word, I want to setup a dhcp relay with fail safe(Which assign ip from its own DHCP pool)
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How to boot RHEL5 into failsafe mode from GRUB?
I'm locked out of a Red Hat Linux 5 machine and need to "break in" to reset the root password. I've done this before by interrupting GRUB and putting the machine in failsafe to get to root, but I can not remember the details. Once I stop GRUB,…
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related to fail safe on linux suse machines
Mechanism for swithing virtual ip if one server goes down to other server sharing same virtual ip as secondary ip
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Usıing a mounted drive as Maildir for imap mails
I want to use a mounted drive as Maildir for imap mails but it always has data loss possibilities because of connection problems etc..
What type of solution should I use for this?
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Linux - How to clone and restore the root(/) partition on a running system
I have a specific situation with one remote Debian(Stretch) server. Mainly there is no one at the site and I need to do some risky upgrades and reconfigurations remotely.
I'm looking for a way to implement a fail-safe system to prevent the situation…
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Is there a way to have a failsave networking configuration kick in when networking goes down?
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When changing network configurations remotely, is there a way for the networking to attempt to use a different configuration file in the case of a failure?
Background - tldr;
I've been searching around but I'm not really seeing any…
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