scanned the logs this morning trying to find out what had gone
wrong. I realise it was something going haywire and consuming all the
resources, but please could anyone give me pointers on how to determine
what it was that was behaving so badly?
Keith
--
Keith Williams
"If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can
solve them." Isaac Asimov
He's doing it again!
www.justgiving.com/France-The-Wrong-Way
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re unable to update a zone from my server. I was unable to login to my serv=
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ened a console window, it was impossible to read as text was scrolling up c=
ontinuously and rapidly. I had no alternative but to Destroy. A scary optio=
n, but within seconds it did the trick and all is running well now.</div>
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