Thursday, October 15, 2009

How to restart a server, in 30 steps or less

A conversation I had with a "programmer". It took her only 25 minutes to figure out how to restart a server.

(1:48:05 PM) virwulf613 was on another computer, you need to get gmail, yahoo doesn't allow multiple concurrent connections
(1:48:21 PM) virwulf613 u sent email?
(1:48:21 PM) "programmer" ok
(1:48:23 PM) virwulf613 where?
(1:48:40 PM) "programmer" upstair on the [inhouse soft]
(1:48:50 PM) virwulf613 huh?
(1:49:07 PM) virwulf613 u sent me email?
(1:51:17 PM) virwulf613 ?
(1:51:39 PM) "programmer" i send you yahoo message
(1:51:52 PM) virwulf613 [another coworker] said u emailed me?
(1:52:36 PM) "programmer" no
(1:53:50 PM) virwulf613 so what was teh message?
(1:54:22 PM) "programmer" the sytem is very slow upstair
(1:54:43 PM) virwulf613 so restart sever
(1:55:11 PM) "programmer" how can i do it
(1:55:52 PM) virwulf613 start-turn off-restart
(1:56:06 PM) virwulf613 u don't know howe to restart a computer?
(1:56:09 PM) "programmer" she should only start her computer
(1:56:24 PM) "programmer" or we should start the server by [owner] office
(1:56:26 PM) virwulf613 what?
(1:56:36 PM) virwulf613 is it slow by you?
(1:56:47 PM) virwulf613 if yes, restart server you're logged into
(1:58:01 PM) "programmer" i told lhem to restart them computer
(1:58:22 PM) virwulf613 who?
(1:58:25 PM) virwulf613 what computer?
(1:59:54 PM) "programmer" They claims that them computer is working great with other site only on our application it is slow
(2:00:04 PM) virwulf613 yeah, so
(2:00:08 PM) virwulf613 i know
(2:00:31 PM) "programmer" WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO
(2:00:47 PM) virwulf613 restart server
(2:01:19 PM) "programmer" THE SERVER BY [owner] OR THEM LOCAL MACHINE
(2:01:22 PM) virwulf613 why would you think restarting upstairs computer do anything
(2:01:35 PM) virwulf613 i said restart SERVER
(2:01:39 PM) "programmer" OK
(2:01:41 PM) virwulf613 you know what server is or not?
(2:01:50 PM) "programmer" THE SERVER IS BY [owner] OFFICE?
(2:01:57 PM) virwulf613 do you know of any others?
(2:02:04 PM) "programmer" NO
(2:02:05 PM) virwulf613 the one you're logged into
(2:02:19 PM) virwulf613 are you logged into it?
(2:02:53 PM) "programmer" 192.168.0.5?
(2:03:12 PM) virwulf613 no, 127.0.0.1
(2:04:16 PM) "programmer" YES . I SHOULD CONNECT TO THE SERVER WHERE I WAS WORKING ON AND RESTRATE IT
(2:04:35 PM) virwulf613 i think i said that at least 3 times, no?
(2:04:54 PM) "programmer" I AM SORRY PLEASE EXPLAIN BETTER
(2:05:20 PM) virwulf613 i said restart server, there's only 1 server
(2:06:00 PM) virwulf613
"programmer" 1:56 PM she should only start her computer
56:24 or we should start the server by [owner] office
virwulf613 1:56 PM what?
56:36 is it slow by you?
56:47 if yes, restart server you're logged into
(2:07:49 PM) "programmer" OK WE ARE GOING TO [owner] OFFICE AND STOP THE COMPUTER THEN RESTART
(2:08:12 PM) virwulf613 why are you going to [owner]'s office?
(2:08:20 PM) virwulf613 I told you, login and restart it
(2:09:08 PM) "programmer" PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW CAN I LOGIN
(2:10:53 PM) "programmer" CAN YOU RESTART FROM YOUR OFFICE
(2:11:19 PM) virwulf613 why can't you restart it?
(2:11:28 PM) virwulf613 you claimed you know what you're doing
(2:12:04 PM) "programmer" i NEED TO GET INTO THE REMOT ADMINISTATION WHERE I CHANGE MY PROGRAM AND THEN DO A RESTART
(2:12:24 PM) "programmer" I KNOW HWAT I AM DOING BY I DO NOT KNOW ALL THE DETAILS OF YOUR SYATEM
(2:12:51 PM) virwulf613 there is a computer, server, you do your work on it, restart it

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