Also look for obvious hardware problems.. cpu overtemp/fans inop.. etc.. ~Rick
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Tolmachoff > Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 9:42 AM - FamHost > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Mysterious Imail Server Lockup > > > 5 things come to mind. > > 1. Real Time Virus Scanner. (Should not be scanning those directories.) > 2. Indexing service. (Should be disabled.) > 3. Drive space. (How much free space is available.) > 4. Partition fragmentation. (Partitions that hold spool and user > mail boxes > become heavily fragmented.) > 4. Power supply. (Although you did not say the server actually rebooted on > its own.) > > John Tolmachoff MCSE, CSSA > IT Manager, Network Engineer > RelianceSoft, Inc. > Fullerton, CA 92835 > www.reliancesoft.com > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:IMail_Forum- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of David Sullivan > > Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 5:18 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [IMail Forum] Mysterious Imail Server Lockup > > > > Our Imail server locked up on Tues. night, wouldn't accept SMTP, POP3, > 8383 > > connections. Terminal Server would attempt to connect and just > show blue > > screen. At console we can see windows background blue screen > (not BSOD), > > ctrl-alt-del doesn't work, we can move mouse but right click > doesn't work. > > Only way to get system out of this state is hard reboot via > power switch. > > > > It happened once more Tues. night, then happened last night. Last night > it > > would hang on reboot sometimes and require additional reboot. In > addition, > > last night while we were on TS, it started refusing SMTP connections. > > Memory has about 75% free and CPU rarely goes above 10%. > > > > We're running W2k, SP3, Imail 7.13, Declude, F-Prot on Dell 2650 1G RAM. > > > > We find nothing remarkable in event log, nothing remarkable in > Imail logs. > > I've cut Imail processes from 35 to 20 (thinking maybe "mystery heap" > > problem). Haven't been able to complete virus scan but so far, nothing > > remarkable. > > > > The only oddity is that the explorer process tends to lock up > when trying > to > > access Imail spool folder. I can go anywhere else in file system but 1 > out > > of 2 times it locks up when I try to go in there. Checked from command > line > > and it's got about 2000 files. > > > > Has anyone experienced anything like this and/or have any ideas where to > > look next? To be honest we're starting to get a little stumped. > > > > Thanks > > > > David > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > > List Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > Virus Scanned and Filtered by http://www.FamHost.com E-Mail System. > > ___________________________________________________________________ Virus Scanned and Filtered by http://www.FamHost.com E-Mail System. To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
