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Damaged /vmlinuz and /initrd.img symbolic links after Kernel uninstall

OS: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server Edition We just rolled back an kernel update using the following command: sudo apt-get remove linux-image-2.6.24-24-server The uninstallation was successful, but it had the following message before apt-get exited: The…
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Zero downtime uploads / Rollback in IIS

I'm not sure if this is the right way to ask this question, but here's basically what i'd like to do: 1.) Push a changeset to a site in IIS. 2.) Don't interrupt the users. 3.) Be able to roll back effortlessly. So, there are a few things that I…
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Track, save and revert file system modifications made by a program under Linux

I'd like to be able to, when a program such as an installer is ran, track the list of the modifications made to my filesystem so that I can revert them afterwards. EDIT: This concerns a non-packaged program. I use apt-get as far as I can. Ideally…
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ZFS test rollback doesn't work as expected

I am confused about how ZFS snapshots and rollback are supposed to work. I have a zpool containing a couple zvols (each made from partitions of a mirrorvdev). I make a snapshot like this: ~$ sudo zfs snapshot nvme-tank@roll_test Then I boot a VM…
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How to roll back or uninstall Microsoft patch using WSUS?

Is it possible to use WSUS to roll back a patch? Specifically KB2501584?
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What happens to running queries when stopping a Microsoft SQL Server instance?

Consider that a MS SQL Server instance is executing a long-running query the service is stopped via services.msc or - as it actually happening - a system shutdown triggered by a UPS as the server is in a developing country which experiences rolling…
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zfs rollback/recovery of snapshot on different server

I have created a snapshot of zroot/jails/jail1 as jail1@2020-01-10T17:31:40 on server1 and sent this snapshot to zroot/backups/jail1 on server2 The snapshot was properly created on the server2 machine as root@server2# ZFS list -t snapshot NAME …
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How to rollback an update on Linux when deploying an enterprise application

What's the best practice to do a rollback to an already deployed enterprise application on Linux? Consider this situation, We have an application server(let's say it django served by gunicorn), a data server(mysql), and a task server(celery). And I…
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Can't see progress of rolling back SPID with KILL WITH STATUSONLY

I have a SPID on SQL 2005 that shows in Activity Monitor as "ROLLBACK" mode (because a transaction log filled up, not because it was manually killed). I tried to see how much time it has left to roll back with a KILL 115 WITH STATUSONLY but it…
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Rolling back to Apache 2.2 on debian

Is there a way to replace Apache 2.4 with Apache 2.2 on debian? All the "apache2" packages now install 2.4.
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Monitoring MySQL Rollback Segments

I recently discovered the default open transaction ceiling of 1024 in MySQL. I have since increased the limit using innodb_extra_rsegments. However, I would like to keep my eye on this moving forward. My MySQL version is 5.1.48. Is there a way to…
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What are the best practice for monitoring Oracle's rollback segment?

Occasionally, we run out of rollback segment space causing the query/update to fail. What are the best practices that I can expect from an Oracle DBA to ensure that this is monitored pro-actively and the appropriate measures taken before trouble…
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Can I Boost Priority to a Process that I Killed and is Rolling Back?

I have a job that usually runs for about 2 hours. This morning it was still running at 5 hours and I decided to kill it. It has been in a "KILLED/ROLLBACK" status for quite a while now. When I run the KILL command again to get the status of the…
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SQL database testing: How to capture state of my database for rollback

I have a SQL server (MS SQL 2005) in my development environment. I have a suite of unit tests for some .net code that will connect to the database and perform some operations. If the code under test works correctly, then the database should be in…
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Windows 2012R2 as RDSH and rollback to clean state

I am in the process of installing a new Windows 2012R2 server in Remote Desktop Session Host mode that will work as a "terminal server" inside a classroom. The idea then is that after the server is set and ready to install applications, I get a…
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