DEIMOS
Procedure for Rebooting Computers

Background

These instructions describe the procedure to safely reboot the DEIMOS host computers. It does not cover rebooting the CCD crates. It requires the assistance of a sysadmin to perform the reboots.

Procedure

  1. Reboot keamano
    • Log into keamano as user root
    • Issue command to reboot system
    • Wait for boot sequence to complete.
  2. Reboot polo
    • Log into polo as user root.
    • Issue command to reboot system.
    • Wait for boot sequence to complete.
  3. Restart rotator software
    • Log into keamano as user kics.
    • Issue commmand deirot stop.
    • Issue commmand deirot status; check output to confirm that all processes are dead.
    • Issue commmand deirot start.
    • Issue testAll command from dmoseng@polo and verify that rotator processes are healthy.
    • If they are not up after 60 sec, repeat previous steps.
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