[optimal] Re: OIS capture station issues...
- From: sandor ferenczy <sandorferenczy@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: optimal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 13:32:29 -0400
Thanks for the thoughts Rick, the issue is much more immediate than that -
just trying to figure out how to get 70 more patients through the clinic
today.
so far we are doing panorets on all of them. the patients arent so happy
with that :)
On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 1:14 PM, Stratton, Rick <RSStratton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> If Capture1 was serving as the DB host and the system is down, you have a
> couple of options.****
>
> **1. **If the Hard Drive containing the actual DB is still in
> working condition, you’re in good shape. A failed power supply or
> motherboard should not effect the data on the HDD. You can transfer the DB
> from Capture1 over to Capture2 and designate Capture2 as the new DB host.
> This would require a reconfig of Captures 2&3 both in ODBC and the INI
> config file. Unless you know exactly what you’re doing I would STRONGLY
> advise consulting MERGE/OIS support for this.****
>
> **2. **If the Capture1 HDD is still good and you wish to get it
> repaired instead of replaced, you can configure Capture2 and Capture3 to
> temporarily use a local DB. Once Capture1 is repaired and back online you
> would then transfer what your shot on 2 & 3 over to Capture1 so that those
> exams get merged back into the main DB. Again, unless you’ve done this
> before it’s a good idea to consult with MERGE support for assistance. ****
>
> I will tell you that this is not as intimidating as it sounds IF you’re
> familiar with ODBC, SQL and how Winstation works but there are quite a few
> steps in the process and you can truly muck things up if you don’t know
> what you’re doing. We had a similar scenario many years ago on a somewhat
> larger scale – air conditioning in a datacenter failed in the middle of the
> night causing a dramatic temperature spike in the room and emergency
> shutdown of all systems. Our DB servers were spared but we were without
> their use for a few days until the A/C problem was resolved. We setup a
> couple of Winstation machines to function using a local DB until the main
> DB came back online and we were able to import the exams back in.****
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* optimal-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:optimal-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> *On Behalf Of *sandor ferenczy
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 14, 2012 12:57 PM
> *To:* optimal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [optimal] Re: OIS capture station issues...****
>
> ** **
>
> thats what i have been looking for.
>
> when someone inadvertently restarts the capture1 machine, the others can
> continue to capture, so i know it *can* do it, just need to figure out how
> to force the issue.
>
> ****
>
> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 12:47 PM, James Strong <jamesdstrong@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:****
>
> Can you open the .ini file and identify where the main DB is defined and
> modify it to point to capture 2? Probably not that simple...but it doesn't
> hurt to look.****
>
> After saving a copy of the original .ini, of course.****
>
> ****
>
> j-****
>
> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 12:26 PM, sandor ferenczy <
> sandorferenczy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:****
>
> So, question for the collective...
>
> If the main OIS capture station (capture1 we'll call it) dies (CPU power
> supply or motherboard) is there any way to quickly get the other capture
> stations (capture2, capture3, etc) up and running?
>
> as it sits now, capture1 is dead, and capture2 and capture3 will not start
> the Winstation application, as they cannot connect to the database (which
> resides on capture1)
>
> any quick help is much appreciated!
>
> -sandor****
>
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>
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