Was the PI server recently upgraded to Windows 2008 R2, or received patches? I"m working a theory here. In the meantime, you can use TCPView from Microsoft Sysinternals to !!!!CAREFULLY!!!! kill zombie (close_wait) connections on a periodic basis. (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897437.aspx) Mike Toecker Digital Bond, Inc On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Ted Jirik <ted.jirik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > David, > > Also be sure there is nothing in the AIM* Servers field in the opc server > configurator / server parameters (advanced) tab > > Ted > > On Mar 14, 2013, at 10:37 AM, Ted Jirik <ted.jirik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > David, > > > > Just spoke to our field service rep and he verified my thinking. That is > what we did to solve it at two sites. > > > > Reboot after changes? > > > > Be sure other servers are not listed in your an_init.tcp file? > > > > Ted > > > > On Mar 14, 2013, at 8:48 AM, "Johnson, David" < > David.Johnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> Ted, > >> > >> That sounds like a potential problem, but we checked, and the disable > broadcast box was checked in APIAdmin on ALL of the AWs listed. We only > have AIM*OPC Server on SRVONE, there are no other OPC servers or clients on > the DCS network. So I still don't know why the AIM*OPC Server is > attempting to talk to the other AWs. And although I only listed 2 sample > netstat lines with the CLOSE_WAIT there are many, possibly hundreds, to > each AW after a few days. > >> > >> Any other ideas? > >> Thanks, > >> David > >> > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Ted Jirik > >> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 9:32 AM > >> To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Subject: Re: [foxboro] AIM*OPC Server CLOSE_WAIT errors > >> > >> David, > >> > >> We had the same problem. As I recall we had to disable broadcast > requests under edit server connection in apiadmin. We did this on all > stations and the problem went away. > >> > >> Ted > >> > >> On Mar 14, 2013, at 6:25 AM, Johnson, David wrote: > >> > >>> Hello All, > >>> We have an AIM*OPC server installed on an AW running Win 2003 Server. > The OPC server is working (will return data, no errors). We have an OSI PI > data collector running. It will connect to and get data from I/A via the > OPC link. This will work for several days, but then the AW becomes so > unresponsive, it must be rebooted. After a reboot the problem goes away > for a day or two, and then returns. > >>> > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process > Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at > your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html > > foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro > to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join > to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave > > -- Michael Toecker Head Dragon Slayer _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave