On 03/06/18 15:47, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > So I am trying to determine what may have caused the system to do a > reboot, whilst I have my suspicions I want to figure out exactly what > is happening to cause this kind of behavior. AIUI servers should be > able to run happily for years without issues (barring hardware > problems) so I want that kind of reliability. Where in /var/log will I > be finding the most clues as to the events that lead up to this > 'reboot'?
Most servers from the big vendors will have an out of band (aka lights out) management interface. Tools like freeIPMI let you control the physical host - like remote serial console, chassis power control etc. Does yours have this feature? Usually hardware issues show up in a log there - things like power supply issues, CPU overheat conditions etc. If you don't have one, I highly recommend looking into whether your server supports an add-on out of band management card Cheers, Jamon --- Talk Mailing List [email protected] https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
