slow shutdown on HP DL380 G3 running w2k3 sp2

[Guest nick clark]

Hi ,

 

I have 3 DL380 G3's running w2k3 sp2 - these are all fresh installs.

All firmware and drivers are patched to date using HP tools etc.

These servers take approximately 10 minutes to shutdown during a reboot.

Shutdown = no response from ping.

I have no error messages, warnings etc in the even logs as these boxes go

down.

watching the boxes on an IP KVM the screen just goes black for 10 mins until

it posts - then after a minute i can rdp onto them.

all have 4Gb RAM, either single or dual 3.2 GHz Intel procs, no 3g/boot.ini

switch.

all other servers NOT DL380 G3 are fine .. i.e. G4's and 5's using the same

build.

 

I have also gone through and disabled all non-default services, ie HP SNMP,

the service that i actually want to run on these boxes etc to remove them

from the equation. 'shutdown' is now 8mins 30' so it has made a slight

difference.

 

Any idea's on what could be slowing down a G3 .. presume its that that is

the cause. or anythoughts on what i can monitor as it is going down..

something must be hanging or slow write back etc.

 

answers on a post card please. beer and pizza in it for you :)

 

Cheers

 

Nick

[Guest Meinolf Weber]

Re: slow shutdown on HP DL380 G3 running w2k3 sp2

 

Hello nick,

 

Is this policy enabled on the server, either local or via domain GPO?

Computer configuration, windows settings, security settings, local policies,

security options "Shutdown: Clear virtual memory pagefile"

 

Best regards

 

Meinolf Weber

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> Hi ,

>

> I have 3 DL380 G3's running w2k3 sp2 - these are all fresh installs.

> All firmware and drivers are patched to date using HP tools etc.

> These servers take approximately 10 minutes to shutdown during a

> reboot.

> Shutdown = no response from ping.

> I have no error messages, warnings etc in the even logs as these boxes

> go

> down.

> watching the boxes on an IP KVM the screen just goes black for 10 mins

> until

> it posts - then after a minute i can rdp onto them.

> all have 4Gb RAM, either single or dual 3.2 GHz Intel procs, no

> 3g/boot.ini

> switch.

> all other servers NOT DL380 G3 are fine .. i.e. G4's and 5's using the

> same

> build.

> I have also gone through and disabled all non-default services, ie HP

> SNMP, the service that i actually want to run on these boxes etc to

> remove them from the equation. 'shutdown' is now 8mins 30' so it has

> made a slight difference.

>

> Any idea's on what could be slowing down a G3 .. presume its that

> that is the cause. or anythoughts on what i can monitor as it is going

> down.. something must be hanging or slow write back etc.

>

> answers on a post card please. beer and pizza in it for you :)

>

> Cheers

>

> Nick

>