[THIN] Re: Server Crashes
- From: Corné Bogaarts <c.bogaarts@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 17:46:20 +0100 (CET)
We got that same E-mail message. Haven't applied the patch either.
> May be just a coincidence but a couple of weeks I had a call from Dell UK
> Support as I had bought quite a few Dell servers for some of my client
> sites
> in late 2001.
>
> They emailed a patch/update for the RAID controller which to date has not
> displayed any problems.
>
> Do you know if info about this will be of any use as I have the patch here
> -
> haven't applied it as yet to any servers because my attitude is like most
> -
> don't fix it if it ain't broke, but I just found it strange that Dell was
> contacting its customers so much later after original purchase, so have
> the
> email if anyone wants it forwarded
>
>
> Shyam Sippy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf
> Of Corné Bogaarts
> Sent: 31 January 2004 11:29
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Server Crashes
>
> I've seen it with two different clients.
> - The first one had a broken fan on his CPU, so the error had a clear
> hardware origin.
> - The second one was on a Dell 1750.
> They had a farm of 12 identical servers, all with an identical image.
> And
> only one of these kept crashing every few hours, but only when it was in
> use.
> After stopping logons to that server, it kept running for days without
> a
> problem. As soon as I would put some stress on it, it would crash within
> minutes. Yet Dell's
> hardware-test tools would give no clue as to what the problem was.
> As I left this client before the problem was solved, I don't know their
> solution.
>
> I know a colleague at that client reads this Thin-list, so maybe he can
> fill
> in...
> (Jos???)
>
>
> 30-1-2004 14:21:19, "Thomas, Jeremy" <Jeremy.Thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Corné,
>>
>>What hardware platform are you running on? We're having similar issues
>> with
> some of our Dell 2650 servers. We think it's a hardware (motherboard or
> power
> supply) issue, though we're trying to escalate this Dell to get a
> definitive
> answer, and it's a slow process at the moment.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Jeremy Thomas
>>Lead Consultant, Microsoft Operating Systems
>>Mobile: +32-(0)472/28.25.47
>>Email: Jeremy.Thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>Atos Origin
>>Managed Services
>>http://www.atosorigin.com/
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Corné Bogaarts [mailto:c.bogaarts@xxxxxxxxx]
>>Sent: zaterdag 24 januari 2004 15:13
>>To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: [THIN] Re: Server Crashes
>>
>>
>>I've seen this one a little to often:
>>a "0x7f (0x08, ...)"-error points to a "double fault" in a kernel-mode
> driver. Either the driver is not stable or the hardware is broken.
>>
>>You might want to have a look at
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;137539 to find MS'
> explanation.
>>
>>
>>Corné
>>
>>22-1-2004 16:47:49, Jonathan Carr <Jonathan.Carr@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
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>>>I'm running an NT Terminal Server w/ MF 1.8 FR3
>>>
>>>On average, about 2 or 3 times a month I have a server crash and
>>> everyone
> is
>>>thrown out of Citrix. All the event viewer reports is a 6008 (Unexpected
>>>Shutdown) and there is a Save Dump that contains the following: "The
>>>computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x0000007f
>>>(0x00000008, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000). Microsoft Windows NT
>>>[v15.1381]. A full dump was not saved."
>>>
>>>Apart from that there is nothing to suggest why this is happening.
> Although
>>>it's not a major worry, it's starting to annoy the users as they cannot
>>>trust the system! Which is obviously a major black mark on the IT dept!!
>>>
>>>I've searched hi and low for reasons why this keeps happening, but can't
>>>find anything remotely resembling a solution. Can anyone offer any
>>> advice
> or
>>>offer any resources that might help.
>>>
>>>Thanks in advance,
>>>
>>>Jon........
>>>
>>>
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