20060621: unidata2.ssec.wisc.edu crashing often

>From: Harry Edmon <address@hidden>
>Organization: University of Washington
>Keywords: 200606212344.k5LNioSZ029196 IDD unidata2.ssec.wisc.edu

Hi Harry,

re:
>It is now dead again.  This has been going on for two days now.  You
>really need to take a serious look at this machine - it is sick.

SSEC has report problems with unidata2 after your first note.  Just
in case they were not letting you know the machine's status, I am
including their messages below.

  From address@hidden  Wed Jun 21 20:35:40 2006
  
  Hi
  
  Unidata2 has crashed twice tonight.  The first time was around 6:30 PM. 
  When it came up it httpd wouldn't start.  I tried starting httpd 
  manually and when nothing happened I issued a reboot and watched the log 
  as it came up and saw the message that httpd was starting but when the 
  machine finally came up httpd still wasn't running.  I called Jerry 
  Robaidek and he got httpd going again.
  
  But then between 9:00 PM and 9:25 PM, Unidata2 crashed again.  This time 
  it came up to the "enter root password or control-d to continue" I 
  called Jerry again and while I was talking to him hit the control-d 
  combo and unidata2 came back up for now but Jerry is trying to get a 
  hold of the machine's sysadmin.
  
  Be well.
  
  Douglas Ratcliff
  -- 
  SSEC Data Center            Email:  address@hidden
  UW Madison                  Web:    http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/datacenter
  1225 W. Dayton              Phone:  (608) 262-0502
  Madison, Wisconsin 53706    Fax:    (608) 263-6738

  From address@hidden  Wed Jun 21 21:08:55 2006
  
  Unidata2 crashed for a third time around 10:00 PM
  
  After the second crash, the raid failed to mount and ldm failed to 
  start.  Jerry's going to send email to the ldm list.
  
  :end
  Douglas

Cheers,

Tom
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>From address@hidden  Wed Jun 21 21:27:00 2006

>Unidata2 crashed a fourth time.  This made Jerry suspect the UPS unit in 
>the corner.  I checked and it said the battery pack needed to be 
>replaced.  I was able to figure out how to set it to bypass.

>From address@hidden  Wed Jun 21 21:35:56 2006

>Hi,

>Harry is correct ... unidata2.ssec.wisc.edu crashed this evening.  
>Haven't determined what the problem is yet.  I have had it up, but it 
>has been rebooted 4 times this evening.   I recommend switching your 
>NOAAport feeds to a back up.    I have disabled non essential services 
>on unidata2 in an effort to keep it up.

>Jerry