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have a production Database Server, </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
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</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
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Red Hat O.S installed. From Nov03 up to now, on regular basis,
the server </SPAN><STRONG><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ES"><FONT
size=3>randomly gets blocked</FONT></SPAN></STRONG><SPAN lang=EN-US
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up to now on "Ontape", "Tar" , "dbaccess" & "Update Statistics"
commands.</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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==> The server does not hung-up since we can <EM><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">ping</SPAN></EM> it.
But the only way to get response from the command line is by <EM><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">rebooting</SPAN></EM> the machine.
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==> This server is on production since July 2002 without giving any
problems</SPAN><SPAN
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==> The only difference from that time up to now can be more data
in data base</SPAN><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ES">Steps
followed:</SPAN><SPAN
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==> We got a full new-hardware from the HW provider, except for the disks,
thinking it was a hardware problem</SPAN><SPAN
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===> The backup tape-unit SCSI controller got changed (Adaptec
39160)</SPAN><SPAN
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==> BIOS upgrade from ver A09 to verA20</SPAN><SPAN
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==> ESM Firmware upgrade from 1.68 to 1.56</SPAN><SPAN
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==> Informix is giving full support and doing research. They keep suggesting
there is an O.S issue</SPAN><SPAN
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==> we have not research on the O.S </SPAN><SPAN
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about the server:</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
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Power Edge 2600 *** </SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN lang=EN-US
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Dynamic Server Version 9.30.UC3 ***</SPAN></STRONG><o:p></o:p></P>
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Hat 7.3 *** Kernel: Linux 2.4.18-3smp / Apr 18
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2002 i686 *** Glib: 2.2.5-34 ***
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System type: Raiserfs</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
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2 HD - 18 Gb each - Raid 0 for O.S **** 3 HD - 36
G b each - Raid 5 for one instance of DB</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
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3 HD - 36 G b each - Raid 5 for one instance of another instance of
DB</SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN lang=EN-US
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SUGGESTIONS or IDEAS what the problem can be?</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN lang=EN-US
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=2>María Viola
Deambrosis<BR>A.N.D.A<BR>Director de Informática<BR>e-mail: <A
href="mailto:mviola@anda.com.uy">mviola@anda.com.uy</A><BR></FONT></DIV>
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