Re: [cobalt-users] Strange Server went down but syslog still running

["DutchNet Support" <support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Gerald,

REMOTE REBOOT SWITCH????
Where did you get that?

Easy, from APC you have them with a various number of mains outlets. You can
control each mains outlet via a webinterface.
For more info have a look here
http://www.apcc.com/products/masterswitch_controlled_pdu/index.cfm

regards

Erik Venema
DutchNet

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald Waugh" <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 11:34 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Strange Server went down but syslog still
running


> On Wednesday 31 July 2002 04:31 pm, Chae wrote:
> > Hi Yah,
> >
> > At 1.35am this morning the server died on us, it stopped serving email,
> > http, ftp etcetera
> >
> > By the time we'd been notified a couple of hours had gone by - couldn't
get
> > in via SSH so resorted to the remote reboot switch within 5 minutes we
were
> > up and running again.
>
> REMOTE REBOOT SWITCH????
> Where did you get that?
>
> > The servers been patched to the max with all the latest and greatest
except
> > the patch for the latest SSL vulnerability.
> >
> > When I checked all the logs I noticed that the server was still running
> > because active monitor was still generating it's 15 min checks and even
> > mailscanner switched itself down and restarted. Yet nothing else
running?
> > Went through all the logs and nothing obvious standing out - it just
died
> >
> > :( When all the queued up mail started to filter through the logcheck
> >
> > reports showed exactly the same as the server logs, active monitor was
> > working fine every 15 mins and nothing else was.
> >
>
> Active Monitor (swatch) should be trying to restart those services every
15
> minutes.
> Check the control panel and make sure everything you use is turned on
> 'checked'
>
> --
> Gerald Waugh
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