We have an HP ML350 G5 server running server 2003 enterprise. Recently the machine has been restarting periodically. There is no error noted in the windows logs that indicate any kind of failure. The only thing I can find relating to the cause is in the HP log which says that ASR has restarted the machine. Is there a way to determine what is tripping the ASR?
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ASR Server Restarts
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One of the things that ASR will reboot on is if it can't communicate with the OS agent for an extended period. It basically sees the server as completely hung and kills it.
Try capturing perfmon logs and see if CPU for instance is getting hammered for an extended period when server restarts.
Neill
Try capturing perfmon logs and see if CPU for instance is getting hammered for an extended period when server restarts.
Neill
blister911
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I believe there is a setting on whether or not to reboot after a critical error. I can't remember where I saw it, though. Check in the BIOS and the System Management Homepage.
If you have the opportunity to watch the server (or monitor it for availability), you can turn off the ASR feature and see what the BSOD has to say. It may give you something to persue.
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If you have the opportunity to watch the server (or monitor it for availability), you can turn off the ASR feature and see what the BSOD has to say. It may give you something to persue.
Light travels faster than sound. That's why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
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Thank-you for the responses so far. I have a kind of dumb (possibly) question, but is there any kind of log that ASR keeps so one can see what tripped it?
And one more dumb question:
How do I capture the perfmon logs?
As far as disabling ASR to and waiting for BSOD, I am pretty certain that the machine does not actually blue screen. I have been sitting at my desk and it just randomly restarts--unless ASR is detecting the blue screen before I see it?
And one more dumb question:
How do I capture the perfmon logs?
As far as disabling ASR to and waiting for BSOD, I am pretty certain that the machine does not actually blue screen. I have been sitting at my desk and it just randomly restarts--unless ASR is detecting the blue screen before I see it?
blister911
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I don't think there is a way to log the ASR. As far as I know, it's a critical error that forces the reboot. At that point the server would be unresponsive and unable to write anything to disk.
Regarding the BSOD, I was using that as a general reference meaning the server has experienced a critical error and should display some type of message to that affect. It may or may not be a blue screen.
Light travels faster than sound. That's why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
Regarding the BSOD, I was using that as a general reference meaning the server has experienced a critical error and should display some type of message to that affect. It may or may not be a blue screen.
Light travels faster than sound. That's why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
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