PBW status

[LordAxel]

real time client appears to be down

[geoschmo]

LordAxel said:
real time client appears to be down

Should be working now.

[Slynky]

BUT, down again today, it seems.

[AdmiralMartin]

Still down http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/fear.gif

[ExSentinel]

Well Geo does have a real job after all. I am sure it will be up when he gets home from work.

[Cipher7071]

Right. Geo can't spend all his time in his basement. Anyhow, 12:54 EDT: I get absolutely nothing when I try to access PBW.

[RCCCL]

Same here. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

[Captain Kwok]

PBW was working at 7:45am EST, but not at 7:50am EST. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[geoschmo]

Captain Kwok said:
PBW was working at 7:45am EST, but not at 7:50am EST. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

Well, what did you do to it at 7:47 Kwok? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Normally I'm not here right now, but I had to come home early today cause my kid was sick. She's the most unsick sick kid I've ever seen, but she had a little temperature and they don't like kids with temperatures at the daycare.

Anyway, it should be back up now.

Geoschmo

[Phoenix-D]

Just ran a turn without anything exploding, so it looks like its fine. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Slynky]

But it seems down again. Could be something here as we just had thunderstorms a bit ago but I can get to other sites.

[Phoenix-D]

It was unreachable for a little bit, but it seems to be back..

[geoschmo]

Slynky said:
But it seems down again. Could be something here as we just had thunderstorms a bit ago but I can get to other sites.

You know if you weren't on the site 24-7 you might not notice every one of these little outages. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

The server was fine this time, but my isp went out for a bit. Had to reset the modem to get it back up. I knew right away there was a problem cause I happened to be on it at the time.

[Slynky]

Hehe, if it wasn't for the anticipation level of the games PBW (and you) serve up, I wouldn't be searching all the time... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[psimancer]

hmm something funny going on
btw tell her we hope she's well soon so can go see her friends again soon if she's anything like my exp with my niece she's annoyed to not be playing with her friends

[geoschmo]

Back up. Server was fine, it was the isp again. The isp's been a bit flakey the last few days. Might be the heat.

[psimancer]

heat ??? todays high in south central texas 91
ohio ???

[Slynky]

Wondering if I'm the only one who can't reach PBW. Tried several hours ago without any luck and thought I'd NOT be the one to post THIS time (LOL). But now that several hours have passed and no one else has said anything...wondering if it's just me.

[geoschmo]

Rofl. If I had been a couple minutes faster I'd have had it fixed before you posted Slynk. I just noticed we had a problem myself. I haven't been online today.

[DarkAnt]

pbw fall down, go boom

[geoschmo]

Yah, and unfortunatly I have class tonight and won't be able to look at it till late, like close to 11PM est. If it's what I suspect the ISP is down and it may come up on it's own before then. Otherwise, you'll have to hang on a bit.

[Slynky]

geoschmo said:
Yah, and unfortunatly I have class tonight and won't be able to look at it till late, like close to 11PM est. If it's what I suspect the ISP is down and it may come up on it's own before then. Otherwise, you'll have to hang on a bit.

Hanging on here, boss! (oh, and crossing fingers for the ISP prayer... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif )

[Slynky]

geoschmo said:
Yah, and unfortunatly I have class tonight and won't be able to look at it till late, like close to 11PM est. If it's what I suspect the ISP is down and it may come up on it's own before then. Otherwise, you'll have to hang on a bit.

Ooo, OOOOO, (in my best "Toodie" voice ["Calling all Cars"]...it's up. Finger-crossing worked!

[psimancer]

well down right now hope geo cecks the modem before going to work or hopefully the isp fixes their problem and we get auto restore

[Randallw]

It gets stuck loading.

[geoschmo]

Unstuck now.

[Randallw]

Seems offline again.

[douglas]

Same here.

Edit: Back up now.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Bouncy, bouncy, bouncy...

(No offence to Geo. Geo does an awesome job keeping it going. Insulting the server.)

[douglas]

Down again.

[Slynky]

douglas said:
Down again.

Yep...just have to meditate and wait for Geo to "do his thing".

[geoschmo]

Thing is done.

[Slynky]

geoschmo said:
Thing is done.

Thanks, Geo. Yu da man!

[douglas]

PBW seems to be down again.

[Parasite]

It looks down now.

I found I forgot to upload my turn after lunch. I went to the site and the lower portion filled in, but no buttons appeared on the top. I clicked my yellow game and got an error. Repeated several times (in different windows). It was acting slow. I once got the lower portion to show with a network error at the top. I finally got so most or all of the buttons showing at the top. Clicked on the game. Got the correct JavaScript, but the game page was very slow and did not completely fill in. I tried again and now I am getting Network errors. Tried to go to the main page to try text mode, but again got network error. It is fine to blame me, but I do not know what I did to make it go bad except maybe click on a link too fast.???

{edit for clarity and cursed to douglas and his evil fleet. Bet he was checking the same game I was. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif )

[Cipher7071]

Still down. No access at all.

[Rathar]

Anyone shot Geo a message yet regarding this? I recall him saying that that was the best/quickest way.

Rathar

[Slynky]

Rathar said:
Anyone shot Geo a message yet regarding this? I recall him saying that that was the best/quickest way.

Rathar

He usually gets home in the early evening ('cept for class day). I'm sure he has this tread toggled to notify him in email.

[douglas]

Actually, I went looking and it seems he doesn't:

geoschmo said:
Guys, I'm sorry, I had no idea we were down until just now. It just needed a simple reboot to get it going again. Looks like all is working now.

I'm pretty wrapped up with school so I haven't been around here much lately and I only visit the PBW site about once a week unless I know we are having a problem. If we have another problem feel free to send an email to admin or me directly, or send me a Shrapnel PM.

I don't have this topic flagged to automatically notify me when someone responds because a lot of people like to use this thread for general questions and comments. That's not a problem, but it tends to fill my email box if I have it email me.

So feel free to shoot us or me an email if you notice the site is down and then post a message here telling everyone else you've emailed us so we don't get innundated.

Geoschmo


I'll email him.

Edit: That was pretty quick. PBW is back up. Thanks, Geo.

[geoschmo]

Should be working now. I wasn't checking email most of the day.

[Rathar]

Thanks Geo!
/salute!

[AdmiralMartin]

Seems to be down again http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

EDIT: Right after I posted that it started working again...weird...

[douglas]

Down again

[Cipher7071]

1:13 PM, still down.

[geoschmo]

Should be working again now.

[Parasite]

I got a 500 error. Root cause "Out of Memory". The top of the screen displayed, but the larger bottom part did not, it showed the error. I did not really need to see anything there, so I am leaving it alone for now. I will also pop Geo an Email.

[geoschmo]

Rebooted the server. SHould be good now.

[psimancer]

im sorry fyron i didn't mean to i was just reading my pm's really it just happened i couldn't do anything when the phong battleship appeared from nowhere and blasted the heck out of se.net

nurse: there now his message has been delivered maybe he'll finally rest
sincerly nurse roche
quadriplegic burn unit
henry hudson medical planet

ps couldn't find his email address in my address book so only place i know he looks at (eventually http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)

[Slynky]

Damn! Hurried through my turn and though it was up 10 minutes ago, it's down when it's time to upload the turn...LOL. Been my story all day long. That and a ----ing HP all-in-one networked device I could take a chainsaw to!

[Slynky]

And now, BACK UP! Cool!

[geoschmo]

The cable is out at the house this morning so the server is offline. I am hoping to have something going on it later this morning.

[geoschmo]

Ok, should be working now. Cables back up.

[Glyn]

I'm getting a time out message when I try to connect to the PBW site.


Never mind it working now.

Thanks.

[ExSentinel]

Is anyone else having trouble accessing the site?

[Slynky]

ExSentinel said:
Is anyone else having trouble accessing the site?

Not working for me, either.

[psimancer]

an interesting stat would be monthly incidence of outage divided by category of cause
i would be interested in the following categories

1 down due to inet connection
2 down due to hardware fault
3 down due to power fault
4 down due to pbw server software fault
5 down due to pbw server operating system fault


i think this stat would be useful in showing us how important it is to contribute
plus it would indicate how severe a need for update is in each area compared to the other

just a thought somebody tell me th the thread where this message should go and i'll move it (that meaans delete and submit in correct thread)

[Slynky]

It must have been one of those that fixed itself, like Geo says happens, 'cause it's up now.

[geoschmo]

psimancer said:
i would be interested in the following categories

1 down due to inet connection
2 down due to hardware fault
3 down due to power fault
4 down due to pbw server software fault
5 down due to pbw server operating system fault


I don't really keep records like I guess I should, but I'd estimate that recently #1 is about 4/5ths of the outages. And any time where it fixes itself before you see a comment from me, like this morning, you can be sure it was #1.

We haven't had an outage due to #2 in over a year. The other 1/5th would be divided among 3, 4 and 5, but sometiumes it's hard to pin down exactly. What looks like a software problem a lot of times can be caused by power glitches. We haven't had a software problem that required code changes or software reload to fix in quite a while though. The only ones we've had that I would even think of clasifying as a software problem were fixed with a reboot.

We probably need to add a couple more categories though.

#6 Dumb-*** Geo again
#7 Psycho Phong Cat

The funny thing is we used to blame it on the Psycho Phong Cat whenever we had a problem we couldn't explain, but I didn't even have a cat. Well we got a cat now and damn if the thing isn't psycho, and look a little bit like a Phong. I'll have to upload a picture and see if you guys don't agree. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Slynky]

Not coming up for me. Wondering if it's #7 Psycho Phong Cat again... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Atrocities]

Yup down. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

[Jake Monroe]

Oh snap, I have to actually do something else. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[Slynky]

Seems to be down as of this post.

[Atrocities]

Yes, we need to donate more money, looks like it needs some help. I have $10.00 in paypal account that I can donate!

[Slynky]

Atrocities said:
Yes, we need to donate more money, looks like it needs some help. I have $10.00 in paypal account that I can donate!

I sent $50 in April when there was talk of some new drives and such. Not sure whatever happened but I'm sure Geo uses the money where it's needed.

[Will]

Looks like it's back up for the moment...

[Slynky]

Yeppers, sure is.

[Will]

Is there something up with the PBW server? Seems like the same 5 games have been "Waiting for Processing" for the past five or so hours.

[geoschmo]

We might. I'm investigating. It looks like it will run games if I force the turn, but it might not be running the processes for the timed games and kicking off turns when all the players upload.

Which games are you in?

[geoschmo]

It appears that the server has not been processing email turns for about three weeks. I appologize if anyone tried to let me know about this. I don't remember getting a message about it. There was an email with some garbage in it causing it to hang. I'm not sure if that was related to the problem reported this morning, it may not be.

If you use the email turn submission and you get a bunch of replys this morning about not being able to process your turn, it's because it's going through all the old emails and getting caught up. There were several hundred sitting in the mail box.

[EaX]

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif pbw seems to be down

[Nomis]

PBW is down very often, lately... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

[geoschmo]

It's all back up now.

[Ed Kolis]

PBW seems to be down again... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

[Black_Knyght]

Yeah, it's down and out again....

[Slynky]

Working now!

[Phoenix-D]

Looks like it went "splat" again.

[geoschmo]

*Sigh*. Must be the cable again. I'll be home in a little while. I'll kick it.

[Slynky]

geoschmo said:
*Sigh*. Must be the cable again. I'll be home in a little while. I'll kick it.

Yeah, maybe that cat again... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[geoschmo]

Well, it should be working now.

[Caduceus]

Anyone having trouble with PBW? Top bar isn't working for me.

Never mind. Got it to work.

[dumbluck]

I can't get PBW to load at all.

[Intimidator]

Dito

[geoschmo]

geoschmo said:
Well, it should be working now.

What he said.

[Cipher7071]

8:29 AM EDT October 5.
PBW appears to be down. I got the login screen when I first tried, but couldn't actually log in (Action Canceled). Now the page doesn't come up at all.

[Cipher7071]

11:30 AM EDT October 5
It's working fine now.
I see there have been no posts since I reported this. It must have been a very short lapse.

[mac5732]

I just tried to dl pbw game it it comes up internal server error, then after awhile, it shows the game download, but all the files are missing except l and that is listed as a 0.. Trried several times and get the same thing, anyone else having this problem as of now??

[geoschmo]

mac5732 said:
I just tried to dl pbw game it it comes up internal server error, then after awhile, it shows the game download, but all the files are missing except l and that is listed as a 0.. Trried several times and get the same thing, anyone else having this problem as of now??

Should be working now.

[Randallw]

seeme to be down.

[geoschmo]

Oh, hey. I didn't see this. Been having trouble keeping up on this thread since they split the forums. Looks like the site is ok now. Most likely we were hit with another ISP outage that cleared up on it's own.

[Black_Knyght]

geoschmo said:
Oh, hey. I didn't see this. Been having trouble keeping up on this thread since they split the forums. Looks like the site is ok now. Most likely we were hit with another ISP outage that cleared up on it's own.



LOL - Yeah, it's a lot harder to get noticed when you've been seated in the far back corner... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[psimancer]

internal server error 500 when i tried to load the test side listing of my games

started at 730 pm is now 8:37 all central time oh and i sent my turn to my gm for stellar balttles since the game is due to run the turn at 830 which is why i was checking it to upld

[psimancer]

great i post and he fixed it that second thanks geo

[Ed Kolis]

Oh dearie... I seem to have downloaded too many shipsets and knocked out PBW again http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[Prophet-PBW]

Looks like PBW is down again. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/eek.gif

[Caduceus]

Still down

[Colonel]

Down Down http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

[geoschmo]

Should be up and running now.

[Prophet-PBW]

Thanks geoschmo! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[Randallw]

I can't get it.

[Caduceus]

Nor can I.

[geoschmo]

Well now, I haven't checked this thread for a couple days. I don't think we've been down since the 11th, but it does appear we are down this morning again. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif Probably an ISP issue so hopefully it will clear itself up. I'm not at the server right now to do anything.

[Prophet-PBW]

Still down as of 10:45am EST. I'll try again tonight when I get home.

[geoschmo]

It should be all working ok now.

[Prophet-PBW]

Yup, looks good. Thanks again.

[RCCCL]

I'm getting this when I try to look at the games listing.

Error: 500
Location: /graphic/games.jsp
Internal Servlet Error:

javax.servlet.ServletException
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspSe rvlet.java:508)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet .java:853)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.doService(Se rvletWrapper.java:405)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.Handler.service(Handler.jav a:287)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.service(Serv letWrapper.java:372)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.internalServ ice(ContextManager.java:797)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.service(Cont extManager.java:743)
at org.apache.tomcat.service.connector.Ajp13Connectio nHandler.processConnection(Ajp13ConnectionHandler. java:160)
at org.apache.tomcat.service.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(Po olTcpEndpoint.java:416)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable. run(ThreadPool.java:501)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:484)

Root cause:
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError
<>


Can someone confirm?

[PvK]

I'm currently not seeing a problem.

[capnq]

The first thing to do whenever PBW throws an error like that is to try again in the other UI.

The graphic UI doesn't play well with browsers other than Internet Explorer. If you use something else, you'll probably get fewer errors with the text UI.

capnq
PBW admin

[Glyn]

I'm getting a time out on connecting to the PBW site!

Wow what service! about the third time I've posted about a problem connecting to the PBW site and it's fixed right after I post.

(yes I tried three times before posting.)

Thanks.

[Slynky]

Glyn said:
I'm getting a time out on connecting to the PBW site!

I'm connecting fine. Hmmmm...

[geoschmo]

Hey, I'm doing a little maintenance on the server. Might be down for a bit.

EDIT: Allright, should be ok now.

[Ed Kolis]

Uh-oh, looks like it's down again! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif
Internal Server Error 500

Edit: back up again! You're quick! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Alienboy]

PBW site is down,.. just thought I'd let you know!?

[Possum]

Yeah, 14:45 PST on Thanksgiving day, and PBW is down

[geoschmo]

Back up. Sorry about the delay. I was with the family and didn't know we were down.

[geoschmo]

We're going to be down a bit while we do some maintenance. Shouldn't be too long.

UPDATE: Sorry, we hit a bit of a snag and the servers going to be down a bit longer than planned. We expect to have it back up this evening sometime. Bear with us.

[Possum]

Well worth waiting for, Geo.

And let me say I do appreciate the service. I'm having a blast in my current PBW game with capnq, Kotau, Nivek, and others.

[geoschmo]

It should be working ok now. I will probably be doing some more work on it later this evening, but you should be fine to use it in the mean time.

Geoschmo

[geoschmo]

Ok, going to take it down again for just a bit. Going to try this update again.

UPDATE: Ok, I'm done for now. Servers fine to use. Again, I may be taking it down later if I can get a few things done in the mean time. I'll post a message here if I do.

UPDATE 2: Well, that didn't take as long as I thought. I'm ready to take it back down again for a few minutes. Sorry for the up and down tonight. It's the price we pay for delaying all these maintenace tasks for so long.

UPDATE 3: Ok, last update for tonight. Maintenance is done. Servers up and running. Enjoy.

[Phoenix-D]

PBW appears to have gone *splat* again. Getting a "Server taking too long to respond" error.

[bearclaw]

Ack! I've got one new game waiting for processing and another new game waiting to get started and I can't get into PBW.

Geo!! I need my Fix!

[geoschmo]

Looks like the server may be down this afternoon. We've been having some high winds. Might have knocked out power or the cable.

Geoschmo

[Possum]

High winds? I thought the election was over? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Phoenix-D]

Possum said:
High winds? I thought the election was over? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif



No, this is the cold air rushing back to fill in the void from the sudden lack of hot air..

[geoschmo]

Actually, I heard from one person that they can get to the site ok, but I cannot from work here. But I can get to the Internet obviously as I am posting this. Either I'm on the internet or I'm experiencing an extremely vivid yet strangely mundane hallucination. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

So I'm not sure if we are down or not. Your results may vary. I'll check it out when I get home.

EDIT: Well, I'm home and it seems to be working ok.

[Ed Kolis]

Uh-oh again... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

[Atrocities]

Not loading for me either. Then again Qwest has stated that they are doing work on something in Denver and that this might effect access to some web sites.

[Phoenix-D]

PBW is throwing an error 500- out of memory error.

[geoschmo]

Should be ok now. I kicked it.

[Phoenix-D]

Seems to be..

[Slynky]

There might be a problem with PBW. Well, there is for me, anyway http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif.

[Vezzra]

For me, too. Cannot reach PBW, I'm getting a timout.

[Phoenix-D]

Looks like its back. I uploaded a .gam file and then it went down..coincidence?

[Randallw]

My connections have been a bit spotty the last day or so but I'm pretty sure PBW is down. I keep trying and no luck.

[Vezzra]

Yep, confirmed. I'm getting a timeout again, looks like PBW is down.

Vezzra

[Randallw]

Well I'm gald to see it isn't me.

Edit: just came back to my screen and I find PBW in front of me. I guess it must have come back up and I Refreshed before I went away.

[geoschmo]

Every time I notice a posting here I've checked and the server was up and the ISP connection was working. We do have occasional outages with the ISP that will come back up on their own before I even realize there is a problem. It's quite possible you have just had some bad luck lately hitting it during these brief outages.

Geoschmo

[Randallw]

Well when I said the connections were spotty I didn't mean just with PBW. It's any website. It fails to load but when I hit refresh, more often than not it works. I just meant I was pretty sure PBW was down because I kept trying and no luck.

[Prophet-PBW]

PBW appears to be down. One of my players says he cannot connect. I tried and get the "Waiting for seiv.pbw.cc" indefinitely.

[Possum]

Prophet-PBW said:
PBW appears to be down. One of my players says he cannot connect. I tried and get the "Waiting for seiv.pbw.cc" indefinitely.



Roger, same here, 1400hrs PST, Sunday 01/07/07

[Ed Kolis]

I got an email within the past few hours saying that a turn was needed from me, so I guess it came up for a bit, but the site appears to be down again.

[geoschmo]

Seems to be ok this morning.

Geoschmo

[Possum]

It's up now

[Ed Kolis]

Is it just me or has it been down for the past few hours? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

[parabolize]

Its down.

[parabolize]

Its up. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[geoschmo]

Ya, isp was down when I got home. Working now.

[bearclaw]

Is PBW down again? Keep getting a 404 error.

[President_Elect_Shang]

Yes, he said here... (http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=488122&page=0&view=collap sed&sb=5&o=14&fpart=1) that he can't check till he gets home.

[Ed Kolis]

Looks like it... so many turns to catch up on http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[geoschmo]

Well I feel rather sheepish. I reset the power to the cable modem a couple times yesterday and each time it would go back down after a few minutes. I was getting a little frustrated and about to call the ISP when I thought about disconnecting and reconnecting the cable line to make sure that wasn't the problem.

Before I even gave the cable going into the back of the modem a quarter turn it fell out in my hand. It was so loose I'm suprised it didn't fall out while I was recycling the power all those times over the last few weeks.

We'll see how it goes. I would bet we see a big improvement in uptime. If it keeps going down though I'll get ahold of the cable guys.

[geoschmo]

Well, it appears we are down again today so I guess the loose cable wasn't the problem.

[Ed Kolis]

Oh no, I killed PBW again... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/redface.gif
Was in the middle of downloading a turn when it just died http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif
I think SE5 is doing something nasty to it... Quick Aaron hurry up with that patch that fixes the huge combat replays! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/eek.gif

[geoschmo]

Server's down for a bit for some normal maintenance. Be back up in a bit.

[Ed Kolis]

Ah, OK, thanks! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[geoschmo]

Ok, well bad news. I'm really, really stupid. I unplugged the wireless access point and the router at the same time. They have the same sized plug, but unfortunatly they have different voltages on those adapters. My wireless access point that is used to 5v didn't like 9v. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/eek.gif

Access point is toast. No wireless means no connection to the PBW server.

I'm getting a new access point tommorow. Truth be told I was planning on getting a new one anyway. The current one was pretty old. Server should be back up tommorow evening sometime.

Geoschmo

[geoschmo]

In case anyone is wondering, I'm following my standard procedure for extended outages here. I've currently got the server shut off, so no turn processing will occur. I will disable auto processing once I get the network back up and leave it disabled for a couple days to allow people to get caught up on their games.

Geoschmo

[Ed Kolis]

... oopsie! Good thing you didn't fry anything else!

[geoschmo]

Ok, the server is back up and on the network. During all the switching things around I've ended up with a new IP address. The request has been made to update the DNS for the seiv.pbw.cc URL. It may take a few hours to percolate through the system. In the mean time you should be able to reach the PBW site directly at http://69.81.92.3. Someone let me know if that doesn't work, please. Once the DNS updates you can go back to using the pbw.cc address.

Again, I'm leaving auto processing off for a couple days. If all turns are uploaded your turn will process, or the game owner can manually force a turn and it will run. But they won't run simply due to reaching their turn time limit.

Geoschmo

[geoschmo]

Server is back up and running and the DNS is all updated, so you should be able to reach the site with the normal pbw.cc address.

We had another outage overnight which was more of the same problem I've been having with my isp connection, nothing to do with the new network hardware installed.

I've loaded a script on the server which checks periodically for connection loss and attempts to reset the modem if needed. This should greatly improve the reliability of the site. If you can't reach the site give it about 5 minutes and try again. If you still can't reach it then something else has happened that a simple reset won't fix, or my script isn't working.

Geoschmo

[Slynky]

Looks like the cat's been busy again. For me, at least.

[geoschmo]

Slynky said:
Looks like the cat's been busy again. For me, at least.

No, it's fine. I was testing the script out. Since I put the script on there this morning it hadn't gone out once and I wanted to make sure that the script could actually handle an outage so I put the modem in standby. The script worked fine. So I think we are going to be ok.

Geoschmo

[Slynky]

geoschmo said:

Slynky said:
Looks like the cat's been busy again. For me, at least.

No, it's fine. I was testing the script out. Since I put the script on there this morning it hadn't gone out once and I wanted to make sure that the script could actually handle an outage so I put the modem in standby. The script worked fine. So I think we are going to be ok.

Geoschmo

Yeah, she's back! Thanks, big G!

[Slynky]

Could just be me but it doesn't seem like PBW is sending out email.

[geoschmo]

Nope, you are correct. I'm not sure why but it appears something changed with the email host that I wasn't made aware of. I've made the necessary correction now though and you should be getting emails again.

Geoschmo

[Slynky]

Slynky said:
Could just be me but it doesn't seem like PBW is sending out email.

Cool, Big G! Glad I didn't send out a false alarm. Surprising how little things like that can get past you.

And for some reason, this leads me to think about how I'm the designated "bleeding edge" lead on checking out Vista for our organization. UGH! Vista! So many quirks!

[geoschmo]

Taking the system down for a bit for some maintenance.

[geoschmo]

Ok, should be ok for you now.

[geoschmo]

We seem to be having some DNS problems this morning. The site is up and yo ucan reach it directly at the IP addres, just not at the URL. Also seems to be affecting out email. Or that's a separate problem. Not sure.

Geoschmo

[bearclaw]

is all Auto Processing still Turned off?

[geoschmo]

Yes, Autoprocessing is still off. I was going to turn it back on today and this DNS problem started. The DNS issue appears to be all cleared up now. I'll probably turn auto processing back on tomorrow if there are no other problems.

Geoschmo

[Randallw]

I think there is something wrong. I am trying to access PBW at work and it won't accept the password I have had for the last 5 years. I asked for the password and it is right, but no matter how many times I try it won't accept it.

edit:whatever it was, it's normal now.

[geoschmo]

I've turned automatic turn processing back on. Turns should process normally again.

[Slynky]

geoschmo said:
I've turned automatic turn processing back on. Turns should process normally again.

Seems to be unavailable, though. Just uploaded a turn about 15 mins ago.

[Slynky]

Slynky said:

geoschmo said:
I've turned automatic turn processing back on. Turns should process normally again.

Seems to be unavailable, though. Just uploaded a turn about 15 mins ago.

And yet, after trying several times, it works AFTER I post here... LOL.

[geoschmo]

We still have occasional outages, but the script brings the site back up within a few minutes.

[geoschmo]

I have added support for SE5 ver 1.25, including support for Balance mod ver 1.03, Golden Eclipse Mod ver 1.0 Beta, and Gritty Galaxy Public Mod beta. I haven't tested the Golden Eclipse and Gritty mods to verify they work with ver 1.25, these are the same versions of the mods that were available with 1.20.

Uprgading an exsisting stock games from 1.20 to 1.25 should work fine. There may be issues with mod games, consult the mod creator for more specific information in that regard.

There is still no way currently to upgrade a game on PBW from an older to a more recent version of a mod. For SE5 there is only one version of the mod pn PBW per version of SE5. In Se5 there is still no way to change the game type folder name being used in the game, so the only way to change the mod for a game is to change the files in the game type folder. Doing so on PBW will change the files for every game usign that mod. If you are playing an existing game of 1.20 with balance mod ver 1.01 and want to upgrade it to 1.25 you will have to upgrade to 1.25 with balance mod 1.03. There are reports that this is a problem. If you want to upgrade to 1.25 but remain on 1.01 of the mod you'll have to have the game owner run the turns offline.

Geoschmo

[geoschmo]

Taking the server down for a bit for some regularly scheduled maintenence. Be back up in a bit.

[geoschmo]

And back up and running. Actually it's been back up for a while but I forgot to come here and post it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Parasite]

It looks down now.

[geoschmo]

Yep, looks like it. Might have lost power for a bit, we've had high winds here today. I'll have to check it out when I get home.

Geoschmo

[geoschmo]

Ok, well it was more than just a minor glitch. I got home and the server was down hard and would not boot up at all. Fortunatly I had already got the RAM for the new server. I pulled the HDD out of the down server and out it in the new server and we are back up and running. I didn't get to do all the upgrade work I had planned, but the backup server did it's job.

I'll need to do some troubleshooting work to figure out why the server died. Not sure if it's a power supply problem or something on the motherboard.

Please report any problems.

Geoschmo

[Ed Kolis]

Looks like it's down again, but I'm glad you're always working on it so much! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

edit: never mind, it's back up now - sorry, forgot about the restart script!

[Arralen]

Down ?!?!

[geoschmo]

Yes it was. Should be back up now though.

[Randallw]

It's been down for the last few hours.

[geoschmo]

I can't get it to come up remotely. I'll be able to check it out in a couple hours.

[geoschmo]

The PBW server is up, but the isp has reset our IP address. We are contacting the DNS provider to get the pbw.cc URL updated. In the mean time, you should be able to reach the site at http://69.81.92.82

Geoschmo

[Combat Wombat]

Make sure you put a hold on auto turn processing till the DNS gets resolved. Most people aren't going to see the forum posts.

[RCCCL]

I am no longer recieving turns by email.

[Combat Wombat]

RCCCL said:
I am no longer recieving turns by email.



Using gmail? It has started marking PBW stuff as spam, even if you aren't using gmail you may want to check your spam box.

[geoschmo]

Combat Wombat said:

RCCCL said:
I am no longer recieving turns by email.



Using gmail? It has started marking PBW stuff as spam, even if you aren't using gmail you may want to check your spam box.

While it is true that gmail often views PBW mail as spam, there does appear to be a problem with sending any emails right now. I think it's related to the IP change. My guess is the server we use for emails has a filter that only accepts emails from certain IP's. I'm investigating further. The server is recieving emails ok, it's only sending that seems to be not functioning.

Geoschmo

[geoschmo]

Combat Wombat said:
Make sure you put a hold on auto turn processing till the DNS gets resolved. Most people aren't going to see the forum posts.

Thank you for reminding me. I had forgotten, but it's done now.

Geoschmo

[RCCCL]

Combat Wombat said:

RCCCL said:
I am no longer recieving turns by email.



Using gmail? It has started marking PBW stuff as spam, even if you aren't using gmail you may want to check your spam box.



Using Yahoo. I've checked my spam/bulk mail folder. I'm not receiving them. This has been happening for a couple of weeks now.

[Sivran]

Not receiving turn emails here either, using my own mail server. I double-checked to make sure my alias was working, and it is.

[berendtium111]

Is there any news as to when DNS name and email service will work again?

[capnq]

For the DNS change, it's just a matter of the update percolating through the network; we have no control over how long that may take. (Although I'm surprised it hasn't sorted by now; I don't recall previous changes taking this long.)

I'm not one of the people working on the e-mail problem, so I can't give an estimate for that.

capnq
PBW admin

[LGM]

PBW at the new IP address is not working so hot right now:

Location: /text/gamebody.jsp
Internal Servlet Error:

java.net.SocketException: socket write error (code=10055)
at java.net.SocketOutputStream.socketWrite(Native Method)
at java.net.SocketOutputStream.write(SocketOutputStre am.java:83)
at org.apache.tomcat.service.connector.TcpConnector.s end(TcpConnector.java:167)
at org.apache.tomcat.service.connector.Ajp13Connector Response.doWrite(Ajp13ConnectorResponse.java:237)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.BufferedServletOutputStream .doWrite(BufferedServletOutputStream.java:121)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.BufferedServletOutputStream .reallyFlush(BufferedServletOutputStream.java:246)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.ResponseImpl.flushBuffer(Re sponseImpl.java:426)
at org.apache.tomcat.facade.HttpServletResponseFacade .flushBuffer(HttpServletResponseFacade.java:293)
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.JspWriterImpl.flush(JspW riterImpl.java:209)
at text._0002ftext_0002fgamebody_0002ejspgamebody_jsp _0._jspService(_0002ftext_0002fgamebody_0002ejspga mebody_jsp_0.java:1021)
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(Http JspBase.java:119)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet .java:853)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet$JspCountedSer vlet.service(JspServlet.java:130)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet .java:853)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet$JspServletWra pper.service(JspServlet.java:282)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFil e(JspServlet.java:429)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspSe rvlet.java:500)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet .java:853)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.doService(Se rvletWrapper.java:405)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.Handler.service(Handler.jav a:287)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.service(Serv letWrapper.java:372)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.internalServ ice(ContextManager.java:797)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.service(Cont extManager.java:743)
at org.apache.tomcat.service.connector.Ajp13Connectio nHandler.processConnection(Ajp13ConnectionHandler. java:160)
at org.apache.tomcat.service.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(Po olTcpEndpoint.java:416)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable. run(ThreadPool.java:501)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:484)

[Arralen]

Down (again) ?!

[berendtium111]

The "new" IP address is not working for me either.

[geoschmo]

Ok, server should be back up and accesible at the IP address.

Sorry about the delay in getting the DNS updated. The problem is I have not been able to make contact with the Admiral. I don't have access to the DNS people myself, the URL is still registered by him. Apparently he's on vacation or something as he hasn't responded to emails.

Geoschmo

[geoschmo]

Got ahold of Admiral. The email functions should now be working. The DNS should be updated in a few hours. If all goes well I'll turn auto processing back on in a couple days.

Geoschmo

[Ed Kolis]

Seems to be acting up again - the main page is just fine, but once you go into text or graphic modes it can't find anything... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

[Black_Knyght]

Seems to be down again.

Is there a NEW link to the site, maybe one I don't know about?

[geoschmo]

Should be working again..

[berendtium111]

It seems that the turn scheduler hasn't been adjusted for the earlier daylight savings. I've notice that games that just ran and won't run again until after Sunday had an hour added to their "Next turn" time. Daylight savings used to start on the first Sunday in April.

[geoschmo]

Hmm, that's a wierd one. I was not aware the code was doing any manipulation of the scheduled run time for daylight savings time, but I guess it makes sense. It might be in Java actually not in the PBW code Admiral wrote. I updated the time on the server but didn't update Java. My guess is once we are passed the date when daylight savings normally runs it will correct itself.

Geoschmo

[Arralen]

.. down ?!

[Arralen]

Working again !!

[geoschmo]

Yes, it was actually only down for a couple minutes the other day at 5:30 am when you noticed the problem. The modem script we have on the server senses those outages and resets the modem. If you ever have trouble getting to the server, give it about five minutes and try again. Most of the time it will be back up by then. If not there is some other problem that I will have to handle directly.

Geoschmo

[Randallw]

No luck getting PBW at the moment.

[Possum]

das ist upgefucht http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Randallw]

I don't understand your faux German. Am I the only one with the problem or is everyone getting it?

Edit: Peculiar that it's almost been 24 hours and there are no legible responses one way or the other. I'd expect Geoschmo or someone to comment if it was down and if it isn't then I'd appreciate confirmation http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/confused.gif

[BlueTemplar]

Maybe they are all gone for the week-end?

[geoschmo]

It was down. I wasn't online yesterday so I didn't know there was a problem. Looks like it's working ok now.

Geoschmo

[Ed Kolis]

Seems to be down once again... well, the front page is OK, but the text and graphic interfaces don't work http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

[geoschmo]

The server should be back up and running now.

[se5a]

Geo, can you make it so that it resets the turn time on all the games if it goes down?

ie if a game has 48hour turns, and PBW goes down, then when it goes back up the turn will be reset to annother 48 hours.

I keep having to replay turns because somone didn't make it in because PBW went down for a few hours, and the admin is pulling it back a turn.

[geoschmo]

se5a said:
Geo, can you make it so that it resets the turn time on all the games if it goes down?

ie if a game has 48hour turns, and PBW goes down, then when it goes back up the turn will be reset to annother 48 hours.

I keep having to replay turns because somone didn't make it in because PBW went down for a few hours, and the admin is pulling it back a turn.

I can put that on the list of suggestions. I'm not sure how complicated a change that would be though. It sounds kind of tough on the surface.

Geoschmo

[se5a]

yeah it depends how it's coded.
it could be a peice of cake, or it could be complicated.

hey I just saw that you got ahold of admaral up there... was it him who made the Real Time Client? if so, does he still have the source? I'd like to have a shot at getting it to work for SEV if I can get ahold of it.

[se5a]

and it's down again.

[geoschmo]

Ok, should be working ok again now.

[se5a]

geo will like the latest patch.

[aegisx]

PBW seems to be suffering from some issues lately. What are the specific problems and is there anything the community can do to help get them fixed? Is it just an ISP issue or is it hardware?

PBW is very important to the game and I am surprised it is not officially funded/supported by Malfador/Strategy First. The volunteers have done a great job, but they shouldn't have to :-/

[geoschmo]

aegisx said:
PBW seems to be suffering from some issues lately. What are the specific problems and is there anything the community can do to help get them fixed? Is it just an ISP issue or is it hardware?

I don't think it's all that bad really. 5/4, 4/27, 4/14. That's not even once a week. It's not up to par with a site hosted at a professional server farm, but for an amatuer operation run on shoestrings out of my garage it's not bad.

Geoschmo

[aegisx]

Exactly, you guys are doing a great job. Im just curious what causes the outages?

[geoschmo]

It varies. The script I wrote is doing a pretty good job of resetting the cable modem if the ISP acts up. But occasionally the cable modem will lock up where the script can't access the modem to reset it and I have to power cycle it. And like any windows server it will lock up occasionally. I should probably be more proactive and do reboots every few days, but I tend to forget about it unless there is a problem. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[aegisx]

Ah ok. I'm surprised your cable modem locks up, who do you use?

[GuyOfDoom]

How soon until v1.35 is available on PBW?

[geoschmo]

At least a couple days.

[GuyOfDoom]

geoschmo said:
At least a couple days.



Cool thanks.

[Captain Kwok]

There has been long delays with installing mods or SE:V patches on PBW. Is it only up to you Geo to install these items? Can it be done remotely by another admin? Would that even be possible?

[geoschmo]

I get help on mods from Georgig and now Fyron. The new patches are a little more involved though so I prefer to do those myself at the server in case there is a problem.

Geoschmo

[RCCCL]

I am getting an Internal Server Error, tryoing to get to PBW

[geoschmo]

Should be back working now.

[Randallw]

Doesn't appear to be, now.

[geoschmo]

Ok. Had a server hiccup that time. But it appears to be runnign ok now.

Geoschmo

[aegisx]

Looks like it is down again.

[GuyOfDoom]

Why does PBW keep going down in the evening? (~11pm to ~1am PST)

[geoschmo]

GuyOfDoom said:
Why does PBW keep going down in the evening? (~11pm to ~1am PST)

It doesn't. It did last night, but it's back up now. The isp was offline when I got up this am. Most of the time when that happens the script I wrote for the server can reset it, this time it couldn't and I had to power cycle the modem.

[GuyOfDoom]

It's down again. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

[berendtium111]

It's still down this morning.

[geoschmo]

berendtium111 said:
It's still down this morning.

Ok, back up now.

[bearclaw]

doesn't seem to want to email out though. I processed a turn manually, and it completed but didn't send out the new turn. I also sent out a message for the game but that didn't go either. But that was about 2 hours ago. Haven't checked within the last hour-ish.

[geoschmo]

Ok, I'm checking into that. It does appear to be having some email problems at the moment.

[geoschmo]

Ok, looks like the email is working now. Can you verify in your games? There really isn't any way to get it to resend old ones if they didn't come thrgouh, but new stuff should be coming out now.

[geoschmo]

Server is having some issues this morning. Will have it back up as soon as possible.

[geoschmo]

Ok, site is back up, but it does appear that autoprocessing is not working. I'm not sure what the problem is. You should be able to force the turns and they should run if all files get uploaded. I'm looking into why automatic processing isn't working.

[geoschmo]

Autoprocessing is working again.

[geoschmo]

Seem to be having an issue with sending emails from the server. Turn messages aren't going out. Not sure if this just started or was happening the other day and I just ddn't notice it then cause of the other problems. Workign on a resolution.

Geoschmo

[Quasar]

The whole site seems to be down now http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif