781526 - do prework to decommission releng-dashboard-sandbox1.vm.labs.scl3.mozilla.com

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Infrastructure & Operations Graveyard :: WebOps: Labs, task, P4)

Description

[Hal Wine [:hwine] use NI!]

releng-dashboard-sandbox1.vm.labs.scl3.mozilla.com is a vm used for development of briar-patch. administrative ownership has been transferred to hwine.

Chris Lonnen recommends we hang onto the machine for now until the next steps for briar-patch are clear. Filing this bug so we don't loose track of it.

Comment 1

[Hal Wine [:hwine] use NI!]

briar patch is dead - this vm can be decommissioned.

Comment 2

[Dustin J. Mitchell [:dustin] (he/him)]

I think this one is for Gozer..

Comment 3

[Hal Wine [:hwine] use NI!]

Box has been taken offline, but alerts still active:

Subject: ** PROBLEM alert -
	releng-dashboard-sandbox1.vm.labs.scl3.mozilla.com/ is DOWN **
From: [e-mail]
To: [e-mail]
Message-Id: <[e-mail]>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 13:27:09 -0700 (PDT)

***** Shinken Notification *****

Notification: PROBLEM

Service: 
Host: releng-dashboard-sandbox1.vm.labs.scl3.mozilla.com
Address: 10.22.112.118
State: DOWN
Date/Time: 30-10-2012
Additional Info: PING CRITICAL - Packet loss = 100%

Comment 4

[C. Liang [:cyliang]]

Huh. Setting this host into down time did not block this alert.  I've manually deleted the host from monitoring and confirmed that the automated processes don't add it back in.

Comment 5

[Michal Purzynski [:michal`] (use NEEDINFO)]

Is the box dead for sure and not breathing and can we purge the flows to/from it?

Comment 6

[Dustin J. Mitchell [:dustin] (he/him)]

KILL

Comment 7

[C. Liang [:cyliang]]

Typically, I turn off the VM, disable active monitoring, then wait a month before doing anything more drastic (like remove DNS entries).  If its an issue, we could purge the flows to/from it as long as they are clearly documented somewhere (in case we suddenly need to add them back in).

Comment 8

[Michal Purzynski [:michal`] (use NEEDINFO)]

Let's go the usual way and leave it for a month - so nothing breaks. I have it noted anyway in my SCL3 review so will re-ping in a few weeks. Thanks!

Comment 9

[C. Liang [:cyliang]]

- The ACL flows for this machine have been removed.
- The networking entries have been removed from inventory.
- The DNS entries for this VM have been removed.
- I've taken a backup export of the VM and am moving it to a location where it should end up being backed up to tape.