August 8, 2008 at 1:05 pm
Hello All,
We are running Windows 2003 x64 sp2 and SQL Server 2005 x64 SP2 (no further sql patches) on a 2 month old HP Proliant DL580 G5 w/ dual quad core E7320 2.13GHz processors and 20 GB of RAM. I have SQL max memory set to 17 GB.
In the past two weeks the server has decided to reboot during business hours on its own!! No human interaction and no indication of why in any of the event logs???
I did see online where this could be caused by our UPS doing self tests and finding bad batteries causing the test to fail and the server to reboot. Checking the logs on the UPS I see the last test was 2 months ago and the batteries were replaced in February.
Does anyone else have a similar setup and has anyone experienced this random self reboot issue?
Thanks!
August 8, 2008 at 1:09 pm
The last time I saw that, it was malware on the computer, but that was a long time ago, and it was a desktop computer, not a server.
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August 8, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Actually, now that I think about it, I think overheating can cause random reboots, as can faulty memory modules.
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August 8, 2008 at 1:16 pm
Is there any way to identify either of those situations? Like I said nothing is written to any log event or otherwise that I have seen. Our server admin ran diagnostics on the hardware the last time this happened and the server came back with a clean bill of health. I've seen similar issues posted on an HP forum but those all have error codes associated with them.
August 8, 2008 at 1:28 pm
I would look at page file settings. Default is to create a page file that is 1.5 times the RAM. C drive can "fill up" if set to System Managed page file (avoid No Page File too) It may look fine but I have seen an auto-reboot while connected to a DSL580 via KVM. C drive went to 0 before my eyes.
August 8, 2008 at 1:30 pm
...this was on a HP DL580 btw (32-bit W2K3).
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