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OK Ta,
So I will trawl through all the logs for the time when I did the destroy
and look for what processes were killed by the system
Thanks
On 11 April 2012 11:44, Deanna Earley <dee@???> wrote:
> Thus sounds like the out of memory killer. You should find at least a few
> entries in the system log detailing what was killed and why.
>
> Where this is logged on a Debian system, I don't know.
>
> --
> Deanna Earley
>
>
> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "Keith Williams" <keithwilliamsnp@???>
> To: <users@???>
> Subject: [bitfolk] Nagios warning
> Date: Wed, Apr 11, 2012 10:42
>
>
> Yesterday I was away from the computer and came back to see a series of
> Nagios alerts, related to DNS. It appears that the Bitfolk dns servers were
> unable to update a zone from my server. I was unable to login to my server,
> so went into Xen. It was unable to either shutdown or reboot. When I opened
> a console window, it was impossible to read as text was scrolling up
> continuously and rapidly. I had no alternative but to Destroy. A scary
> option, but within seconds it did the trick and all is running well now.
>
> I have 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
>
> Tailor Made English www.tmenglish.org
>
>
>
>
--
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
Tailor Made English
www.tmenglish.org
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r the time when I did the destroy and look for what processes were killed b=
y the system</div><div>=A0</div><div>Thanks<br><br></div><div class=3D"gmai=
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On 11 April 2012 11:44, Deanna Earley <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mail=
to:dee@???">dee@???</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockqu=
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Thus sounds like the out of memory killer. You should find at least a few e=
ntries in the system log detailing what was killed and why.<br><br>Where th=
is is logged on a Debian system, I don't know.<br><br>-- <br>Deanna Ear=
ley<div class=3D"im">
<br><br><div>----- Reply message -----<br>From: "Keith Williams" =
<<a href=3D"
mailto:keithwilliamsnp@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">keithwil=
liamsnp@???</a>><br>To: <<a href=3D"
mailto:users@lists.bitfolk.=
com" target=3D"_blank">users@???</a>><br>
Subject: [bitfolk] Nagios warning<br>Date: Wed, Apr 11, 2012 10:42<br><br><=
/div><br><div>Yesterday I was away from the computer and came back to see a=
series of Nagios alerts, related to DNS. It appears that the Bitfolk dns s=
ervers were unable to update a zone from my server. I was unable to login t=
o my server, so went into Xen. It was unable to either shutdown or reboot. =
When I opened a console window, it was impossible to read as text was scrol=
ling up continuously and rapidly. I had no alternative but to Destroy. A sc=
ary option, but within seconds it did the trick and all is running well now=
.</div>
<div>=A0</div></div><div class=3D"im"><div>I have scanned the logs this mor=
ning trying to find out what had gone wrong. I realise it was something goi=
ng 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?</div>
<div>=A0</div></div><div>Keith<span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888=
"><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br></font></span></div><div class=3D"HOEnZb"><d=
iv class=3D"h5"><div>Keith Williams</div><div>=A0</div><div>"If knowle=
dge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve=20
them." Isaac Asimov</div><div>=A0</div><div>He's doing it again! <=
a href=3D"
http://www.justgiving.com/France-The-Wrong-Way" target=3D"_blank"=
>www.justgiving.com/France-The-Wrong-Way</a></div><div>=A0</div><div>Tailor=
Made English=A0=A0 <a href=3D"
http://www.tmenglish.org" target=3D"_blank">=
www.tmenglish.org</a></div>
<div>=A0</div><div><dt>=A0</dt></div><br>
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