CPU Usage Spikes from Recurring Processes

[mbecker]

Turns out it was a large amount of traffic from a specific group of IP addresses, possibly as advertising click spam. IPs are blocked and now things appear to be back to normal.

[mbecker]

Forgive the dumb question, but how do I do that? I'm searching the forums for instructions but can't find anything so far.

[mbecker]

I've noticed a spike in CPU usage every 6 hours into the 60-80% range for 30-45 minutes. I've contacted my hosting provider and they've identified it as being related to vBulletin but that's as far as...

[mbecker]

Will do, thanks.

I've bookmarked the linked post; it will definitely come in hand in the future.

[mbecker]

I am trying to switch the "Save a copy of sent messages in my Sent Items folder by default" preference to "Yes" for all of my users, but I can't find a way to do it easily in the Usergroup...

[mbecker]

Update:

Since I received no response to this, I submitted a Support Ticket. After being notified that I needed to purchase a service contract per the newly-enforced policy mentioned here:...

[mbecker]

I am receiving the error below during step 5 of the Impex import process (Import Thread) on a "clean" (new) forum install.

Steps 1, 3, and 4 all complete without error (I skip...

[mbecker]

I have been working on this exact situation off and on for the past month with mixed results.

On the plus side: Users and threads/posts seem to have imported properly.

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[mbecker]

I am running Impex to convert a forum from DCForum+ to vBulletin.

However, some posts have incorrect posting dates assigned to them.

For example:

http://woodwo...

[mbecker]

Sorry, forgot to post the solution I came across with for this:

Forums & Moderators > Forum Manager > [forum title] > Edit Forum: Go > Posting Options > "Act as...

[mbecker]

I am in the process of converting a fairly sizable forum (400,000+ posts) from DCForum and I'm running into a couple of problems.

After the Impex import from DCForum+ completed successfully...