I didn't expect to write a witness update so quick after my last one, but it seems that something was wrong with my witness-server, because it crashed .. again - even though I made sure to change ports - which sadly resulted in a missed block.
Nevertheless, diagnostics have been run and hardware failure could be ruled out.
That's why I'm setting it up again from scratch - this time I'm even building steemd myself - instead of the docker. Hopefully everything works out and I prob. will learn a bunch out of that.
I also ordered a new backup-server with 64G RAM from @privex right after the server crashed again, which I will set up as soon as it's ready.
I either update this post or make a quick new one as soon as everything is back to normal - just wanted to let my voters and the steem community know that I'm doing my best to handle the situation :)
1. Progress Update:
Setup steemd (without docker) and it's currently syncing the blockchain.
1504773ms th_a application.cpp:491 handle_block ] Syncing Blockchain --- Got block: #190000 time: 2016-03-31T07:30:51
1506617ms th_a application.cpp:491 handle_block ] Syncing Blockchain --- Got block: #200000 time: 2016-03-31T15:51:30
1508543ms th_a application.cpp:491 handle_block ] Syncing Blockchain --- Got block: #210000 time: 2016-04-01T00:11:33
1510470ms th_a application.cpp:491 handle_block ] Syncing Blockchain --- Got block: #220000 time: 2016-04-01T08:33:51
1512339ms th_a application.cpp:491 handle_block ] Syncing Blockchain --- Got block: #230000 time: 2016-04-01T16:59:24
1514257ms th_a application.cpp:491 handle_block ] Syncing Blockchain --- Got block: #240000 time: 2016-04-02T01:31:27
1516697ms th_a application.cpp:491 handle_block ] Syncing Blockchain --- Got block: #250000 time: 2016-04-02T09:56:12
1518591ms th_a application.cpp:491 handle_block ] Syncing Blockchain --- Got block: #260000 time: 2016-04-02T18:18:21
1520559ms th_a application.cpp:491 handle_block ] Syncing Blockchain --- Got block: #270000 time: 2016-04-03T02:45:09
1522902ms th_a application.cpp:491 handle_block ] Syncing Blockchain --- Got block: #280000 time: 2016-04-03T11:18:36
2. Progress Update:
The blocks started to sync but I couldn't get it to run with supervisor or monit (services to automatically run and stop steemd) due to weird permission errors with my created shared memory directories - so I decided to use steem-in-a-box and try the whole process on my backup-node as soon as it's ready.
Nevertheless, the witness is producing blocks again:
:)
I agree with some other commenters Wolf, you're a big guy now, you need a backup!
Hopefully you don't have to do this again.
Your Witness shall be missing no blocks from now on ;)
I hope so too - but I learned a lot through it. So in a way, I'm grateful it happened!
Maybe it’s time to consider running backup node ;-) you’re in top50 come on... ;-)
Had one for the first month - then 32G was too low and I didn't order a new server. The missing backup-node wasn't the factor here though.
Nevertheless, backup node is a must for me now!
Thanks for sharing with us bro this post ❤️@therealwolf
Hello there! I am very sorry to contact you thru comments, but as Steemit has no "private chat" feature and I am kind of new here, I would like to directly ask for your help with an issue; I just recently entered StmartSteem, your fantastic project, but I am having issues with seeing my Delegation reflected on my profile! There is nothing there, even though I delegated 20 SP about a month ago... Thus, there have been no rewards for me for all these weeks, and I do not know what to do, can you assist? Thanks a lot in advance!
By the way (and sorry for the double-post) I am more worried about my delegation not being reflected anywhere than the actual rewards; being as it is, I don't think I am able to "undo" my current delegation, and I fear my SP may become permanently "lost in translation" somewhere... Do you follow me? :(
I'm not seeing the delegation in our database - can you re-delegate for 20 SP? (this will only update the delegation)
Thank you a lot for the reply and the help - I will re-delegate soon.