| Ron Kaye on 22 Jan 2008 07:51:03 -0800 |
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i am looking for a shutdown and/or reboot history. cd /var/log cat message*.* | grep <magic word> does that look ok? what <magic word> will appear to indicate startup, boot, reboot ie the server has locked, i have to reboot. thanks in advance, ron Computer Sciences Corporation Registered Office: 2100 East Grand Avenue, El Segundo California 90245, USA Registered in USA No: C-489-59 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a PRIVATE message. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete without copying and kindly advise us by e-mail of the mistake in delivery. NOTE: Regardless of content, this e-mail shall not operate to bind CSC to any order or other contract unless pursuant to explicit written agreement or government initiative expressly permitting the use of e-mail for such purpose. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I'd start with /var/log/messages and /var/log/syslog. If you're running sar, or any other kind of data colleciton tools, I'd examine those to determine what the machine looked like as it lead up to the freeze. Generally /var/log/messages will help though. Good luck! Andy Ron Kaye wrote: > > finally getting my linux shot. > have an HR app gen21- 2servers running RHEL 3, one with an oracle > database. > > got a trouble call that the app was no longer working. > machine was "locked"- mouse and keyboard frozen. > i could not ping the database box (unreachable), though the nic > connection was green. > > i am looking for suggestions to troubleshoot this problem. > > what logs? located where? might be of use? > i am thinking general hardware, and perhaps oracle specific. > > thanks in advance > > ron kaye > > ps I have a week to submit a Root Cause Analysis > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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