On 6/3/09, Scott Silva ssilva@sgvwater.com wrote:
on 6-2-2009 2:46 PM Rudi Ahlers spake the following:
On 6/2/09, Scott Silva ssilva@sgvwater.com wrote:
on 6-2-2009 2:30 PM Rudi Ahlers spake the following:
Hi all,
One of our CentOS 5.3 randomly reboots, at different times of the day, and I can't see why it's doing it.
I have looked through the logs, but don't see any thing in there that shows me why it has rebooted. How can I debug this?
Here's a snipped from the log, around the time of the reboot:
<snip> Random reboots can happen fast enough that nothing gets into the logs. You can try setting up a console and have the system post there. It sometimes catches things.
But until then I would do the obvious... Make sure the system is clean and not overheating from "dust bunnies" filling up the chassis.
Remove and re-seat all cards and ram. Make sure all fans are working. Run memtest overnight if possible. Look back to when the reboots started and see if something was added or upgraded.
Hi Scott, the server is in the USA, and I'm in ZA. I've been trying to get the IDC to look into the problem, but they're not very helpful and recon I need to check my software. I know the "server" runs desktop hardware, so it could be a hardware problem, but they don't seem to think so.
So, I'm trying todo everything I can, from my side, via SSH to see if I can figure it out.
Will the data center hang a serial port monitor on it for a while? Many of them will do it for free, or a few dollars a day, and give you remote access into it. Is it your server, or a lease/rental?
It's a rented server from a 3rd party who feels that it's not their problem. Seems I need to get a new server, from someone else.