Hobbit server crashing

[Everett, Vernon]

Hi all

Henrik, I think this might be one for you.
My Hobbit server crashed and died.

This happened before, a few months ago, and I shrugged it off - sometimes sh1t happens.
Then it happened last week again. This time I was concerned.
Now it has just happened again, about 40 minutes ago.

I tried to restart hobbit, without much luck, then I walked away, put my son into bed, and then tried again.
This time it worked.

The logs never showed anything conclusive, but maybe I just don't know what I am looking for.

The symptoms were the same all three times.
All "passive" server based tests go purple.
By passive server based, I mean conn, http, content, ssh, ftp, ftps, etc. The tests that do not rely on a client.
Also went purple, was bbd and bbtest.

All client based tests were unaffected. Graphing worked as normal. And alerts were being sent out.

I am running 4.2 with all-in-one patch, the Sun if-config patch, the bbwin update and the devmon update.

Has anybody seen anything like this before?
Anybody got any tips on where to look for the problem, or how to diagnose this?

Regards
     Vernon



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