Remote Administration
May 15, 2008
Fortunately, everything is likely back to normal. I say “likely” because I can’t confirm my assumption that the mail server is restored. I can only go on faith.
Our neighbor from across the street was graciously willing to get into our garage and investigate why the mail server was offline, with my assistance over the phone. We quickly realized the server was simply off, and so with a single push of a button, it booted back up.
I found out later from the neighbor that we had a power outage for a couple hours yesterday. The UPSes probably lasted as long as they could, but eventually gave out. (We don’t yet have a generator.) Apparently, the other server hardware all restarted automatically when power was restored. But the mail server didn’t.
However, while I think the server is back in regular operation, I can’t test it. I’m in a land without wifi or even land-line Internet access. I’ve been searching around for coffee shops or any other signs of network service, but so far, I’ve failed. It’s quite annoying. I have a lot of work I need to get done, but it all requires some form of network connectivity.
Likely what I’ll have to do is take today and tomorrow off as “vacation” days, then work on Saturday when we’re back in Boston (which I’m pretty sure has a handful of spare connections to the Internet).
