Intuity Audix 5.1 alarm code explanation 3

[sc00tie]

I connected with an Intuity Audix 5.1 and displayed alarms.
I cannot find a description for the alarm in the text.
APP RESOURCE ALARM CODE LVL
vp reboot 1 warning

What does this mean.

 

[phonesrus]

Unix, which is operating system that Audix uses, expecially in the 5.x versions requires a periodic reboot in order to clear garbage from the system files. Unix does not have a defrag utility. If the system has not been rebooted in the last 240 days you will see this alarm. It would probably be best to do an after-hours soft shutdown and power off (cold) reboot, in fact it might good to do this two or three times if the machine has not been serviced for a long time.
It might also be a good idea to obtain a couple of cans of dust-off canned air, remove the case cover and clean out the cabinet, power supply, fans and processor heat-sink.
Be careful of the fans and the canned air, hold the fan blades with a pencil or other wooden object when dusting to prevent bearing damage caused by spinning the fans too fast with the compressed air.

 

[merlinman]

I totally agree.

Unix is an operating system that creates Processes, and then it creates Child processes, and then, the Parent process dies, and the child lives on as a "GREMLIN". (of course, this comparison comes just in time for HALLOWEEN)

AND then the GREMLINS keep sucking up MEMORY.

Thus, the only way to kill the GREMLINS is to RE-BOOT the machine.

Does anyone think that WINDOWS also creates GREMLINS?

-AND/OR- How 'bout MAC, considering it's running on UNIX, Does it also have GREMLINS?

I'm feeling insecure now, I think I'll go carve a Pumpkin......