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ta0

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PROBLEM WITH SERVER
« on: October 27, 2018, 11:56:41 AM »

There was a problem with the server and the backup did not restore the last couple of months of posts  :'(
I'm trying to solve this.
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Re: PROBLEM WITH SERVER
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2018, 06:10:46 PM »

Still trying to restore the latest backup.
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Re: PROBLEM WITH SERVE
« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2018, 07:03:36 PM »

Ahh that’s a bummer. I was just looking today for that spinning ballerina post in the unrelated section. And PMs are gone as well. :(
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Re: PROBLEM WITH SERVER
« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2018, 08:57:16 PM »

Bad news. The backup was not working well. It seems the last good one is from August 31st. I'm still hoping that I can recover them, but we may have lost those posts  :'( :'( :'(
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Re: PROBLEM WITH SERVER
« Reply #4 on: October 28, 2018, 04:22:13 AM »

that's a major crash !

even the personal messages have vanished
i have much info there concerning the marines festival
i hope you can restore a backup


could it be a treacherous attack from the Voltanians ?

jim
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Re: PROBLEM WITH SERVER
« Reply #5 on: October 28, 2018, 07:14:17 AM »

Oh oh!  So sorry to hear about that.
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Missing pm
« Reply #6 on: October 28, 2018, 08:07:15 AM »

Hallo,
I've lost most of the 2018 pm, please write to me anymore.

Maurizio
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Re: PROBLEM WITH SERVER
« Reply #7 on: October 28, 2018, 08:08:14 AM »

WoW bad news... i lost my pm too
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Re: PROBLEM WITH SERVER
« Reply #8 on: October 28, 2018, 09:32:43 AM »

It looks bad. The server is set for automatic daily and weekly backups. But the backup service was not working well and it gave no alarms. The timing between the fail of the backup and the fail of the server during a normal reboot was very bad luck. I cannot believe this happened.
At this point, most likely we lost the data. I'm very sorry.
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Re: PROBLEM WITH SERVER
« Reply #9 on: October 28, 2018, 09:34:16 AM »

Later today I will restore the accounts of the people who registered in the last two months.
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Re: Missing pm
« Reply #10 on: October 28, 2018, 11:59:38 AM »

Hallo,
I've lost most of the 2018 pm, please write to me anymore.

Maurizio
I have my pm's until early September of this year. You should have only lost pm's from the last month.
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Re: PROBLEM WITH SERVER
« Reply #11 on: October 28, 2018, 04:26:50 PM »

That's too bad. It's fortunate that the loss of information was limited to a relatively short period of time.
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