I was planning to begin the server downtime at 2300 GMT [6:00 p.m. Central], but because the datacenter has not yet given me access to the NAS backup server due to downtime on their part. I don’t plan to start the downtime anytime before 0500 GMT [midnight Central] tonight. I wish to use the NAS backup due to the ability to stay within the datacenter itself and, therefore, leverage the high bandwidth of that internal-to-the-datacenter connection to minimize the downtime after the operating system is reloaded.
Until the downtime begins, there may be sporadic periods of server instability as we are still vulnerable to brute force attacks. This vulnerability will be addressed during the downtime.
Thank you for your continued patience.
Update, 0327 GMT [10:27 p.m. CDT]: Still no word from the DC. I’ll be on the phone with them in the morning.
Backup Connection Established
We finally resolved all connection issues with the NAS backup at the datacenter. I am presently running cp -r /backup/* /mnt/backup to have a nice backup of everything on the NAS. I’ll probably “accidentally” delete one of my accou…