Guest Fanatical Posted June 15, 2008 Posted June 15, 2008 Greetings, My Win2K3 SP1 domain controller locks up every day and I have not been able to find a reason for the lock-up. The Event Viewer shows no errors and no STOP errors are generated. The controller simply does not respond to keyboard, mouse, or network communication, requiring a reset to bring it back up. When it does reboot, there is no indication that anything went wrong. This started occurring shortly after I implemented a software mirror on my C:\ drive (boot drive). In fact, after rebooting, the mirror always resynchs. Could it be that there is an issue with the software mirror? Short of breaking the mirror, are there any diagnostics that I could run? If the mirror is the cause, what could be leading up to the lock up? Could a bad drive in the mirror array (there are two) cause a lock-up? The computer is not overheating and there are no exclamation points in the Device Manager display. After rebooting, the mirror resynchs without error and the system hums along fine until the next lock-up. No dump files are generated. Are there any monitoring tools that I can run to audit the machine activity so that I could review a log file after rebooting from a lock-up? Please - any help is very much appreciated. Thank you in advance. -- ================================================================= William Schroeder, MCSD, CIDD Email: william@fanatical.us
Guest Hank Arnold (MVP) Posted June 16, 2008 Posted June 16, 2008 Re: Server Hangs Fanatical wrote: > Greetings, > > My Win2K3 SP1 domain controller locks up every day and I have not been able > to find a reason for the lock-up. The Event Viewer shows no errors and no > STOP errors are generated. The controller simply does not respond to > keyboard, mouse, or network communication, requiring a reset to bring it > back up. When it does reboot, there is no indication that anything went > wrong. This started occurring shortly after I implemented a software mirror > on my C:\ drive (boot drive). In fact, after rebooting, the mirror always > resynchs. Could it be that there is an issue with the software mirror? > Short of breaking the mirror, are there any diagnostics that I could run? > If the mirror is the cause, what could be leading up to the lock up? Could > a bad drive in the mirror array (there are two) cause a lock-up? > > The computer is not overheating and there are no exclamation points in the > Device Manager display. After rebooting, the mirror resynchs without error > and the system hums along fine until the next lock-up. No dump files are > generated. Are there any monitoring tools that I can run to audit the > machine activity so that I could review a log file after rebooting from a > lock-up? > > Please - any help is very much appreciated. Thank you in advance. > I would first break the mirror and see if the problem resolves itself... -- Regards, Hank Arnold Microsoft MVP Windows Server - Directory Services
Guest Johan deheugden Posted June 16, 2008 Posted June 16, 2008 Re: Server Hangs we had a same kind of problem once and it was caused by old firmware from the array controler "Hank Arnold (MVP)" wrote: > Fanatical wrote: > > Greetings, > > > > My Win2K3 SP1 domain controller locks up every day and I have not been able > > to find a reason for the lock-up. The Event Viewer shows no errors and no > > STOP errors are generated. The controller simply does not respond to > > keyboard, mouse, or network communication, requiring a reset to bring it > > back up. When it does reboot, there is no indication that anything went > > wrong. This started occurring shortly after I implemented a software mirror > > on my C:\ drive (boot drive). In fact, after rebooting, the mirror always > > resynchs. Could it be that there is an issue with the software mirror? > > Short of breaking the mirror, are there any diagnostics that I could run? > > If the mirror is the cause, what could be leading up to the lock up? Could > > a bad drive in the mirror array (there are two) cause a lock-up? > > > > The computer is not overheating and there are no exclamation points in the > > Device Manager display. After rebooting, the mirror resynchs without error > > and the system hums along fine until the next lock-up. No dump files are > > generated. Are there any monitoring tools that I can run to audit the > > machine activity so that I could review a log file after rebooting from a > > lock-up? > > > > Please - any help is very much appreciated. Thank you in advance. > > > > I would first break the mirror and see if the problem resolves itself... > > -- > > Regards, > Hank Arnold > Microsoft MVP > Windows Server - Directory Services >
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