Re: Annoying Crashes on SBS



totally weird, as far as I'm concerned ;-).

But who's going to argue with what works - glad you got it resolved!.

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Les Connor [SBS MVP]

"thejamie" <thejamie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:45790766-2088-4C87-A49C-11A41A56808F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks to all for the help. We have been up and running for a dozen days
without a crash on the DC. Solution seems to have been to place a parabolic
antenna on the wireless access point.

Ingenious... think someone here posted this or they sent me to a site with
this link. Whoever it was - double thanks.

http://binarywolf.com/249/diy-parabolic-reflector.htm

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Regards,
Jamie


"Les Connor [SBS MVP]" wrote:

The event log errors you're seeing are as a result of the server going down.
You have to resolve the stop error, one way or another.

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Les Connor [SBS MVP]

"thejamie" <thejamie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:643DAFEC-1F3A-41D0-B361-69423754533E@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I was able to get the crash with a machine inside the network:
>
> CLIENT MACHINE SAYS:
>
> The master browser has received a server announcement from the computer
> MYDC
> that believes that it is the master browser for the domain on transport
> NetBT_Tcpip_{AE9618C6-E870-4AB3-AAA4-D6EDE7A1F0E4}. The master browser > is
> stopping or an election is being forced.
>
>
> -- > Regards,
> Jamie
>
>
> "Les Connor [SBS MVP]" wrote:
>
>> do analyses on that blue screen.
>>
>> http://blogs.technet.com/petergal/archive/2006/03/23/422993.aspx
>>
>> I'd suggest something wrong serverside.
>>
>> -- >> -----------------------------------------------
>> Les Connor [SBS MVP]
>>
>> "thejamie" <thejamie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:763C1692-549E-458B-B3A0-8D77ACE99E2E@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > The server restart log is at 7:16 for this particular crash:
>> > The client says:
>> > The system failed to register host (A) resource records (RRs) for
>> > network
>> > adapter
>> > with settings:
>> >
>> > Adapter Name : {7790AD42-FFC6-43CD-AF09-5F4275B39533}
>> > Host Name : solsticedev
>> > Primary Domain Suffix : terraatlas.local
>> > DNS server list :
>> > 192.168.16.2
>> > Sent update to server : <?>
>> > IP Address(es) :
>> > 192.168.1.2
>> >
>> > The reason the system could not register these RRs was because >> > either
>> > (a)
>> > the DNS server does not support the DNS dynamic update protocol, or >> > (b)
>> > the
>> > authoritative zone for the specified DNS domain name does not accept
>> > dynamic
>> > updates.
>> >
>> > To register the DNS host (A) resource records using the specific DNS
>> > domain
>> > name and IP addresses for this adapter, contact your DNS server or
>> > network
>> > systems administrator.
>> >
>> > For more information, see Help and Support Center at
>> > http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
>> >
>> > The server code is a bit less revealing:
>> > The reason supplied by user TERRAATLAS\Administrator for the last
>> > unexpected
>> > shutdown of this computer is: System Failure: Stop error
>> > Reason Code: 0x805000f
>> > Bug ID:
>> > Bugcheck String: 0x0000007a (0xc03dcdb8, 0xc000000e, 0xf736e5ef,
>> > 0x11ed1860)
>> > Comment: 0x0000007a (0xc03dcdb8, 0xc000000e, 0xf736e5ef, 0x11ed1860)
>> >
>> > For more information, see Help and Support Center at
>> > http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
>> >
>> >
>> > THEN
>> > The Network Connections service was successfully sent a start >> > control.
>> >
>> > For more information, see Help and Support Center at
>> > http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
>> >
>> >
>> > AND
>> >
>> > Error code 0000007a, parameter1 c03dcdb8, parameter2 c000000e,
>> > parameter3
>> > f736e5ef, parameter4 11ed1860.
>> >
>> > For more information, see Help and Support Center at
>> > http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
>> >
>> > as it came BACK
>> >
>> > Printer Generic / Text Only (from SOLSTICEDEV) in session 0 was >> > purged.
>> >
>> > For more information, see Help and Support Center at
>> > http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
>> >
>> > (some more of these purges) PLUS many of what is below:
>> > --
>> > for this particular time, there was a cd in the dvd drive with a bad
>> > sector
>> > - probably did not help...
>> >
>> > The device, \Device\CdRom0, has a bad block.
>> >
>> > For more information, see Help and Support Center at
>> > http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
>> >
>> >
>> > -- >> > Regards,
>> > Jamie
>> >
>> >
>> > "Les Connor [SBS MVP]" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Event logs, client and server please?
>> >>
>> >> -- >> >> -----------------------------------------------
>> >> Les Connor [SBS MVP]
>> >>
>> >> "thejamie" <thejamie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> news:841863AB-807A-48CF-A69E-4C2900AA7647@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> > I connect to the domain via a wireless access point - one job is >> >> > to
>> >> > develop
>> >> > databases and frequently I move a large backup file from a laptop >> >> > to
>> >> > the
>> >> > domain. Unfortunately, the connection is not always what it >> >> > should
>> >> > or
>> >> > could
>> >> > be and the SBS DC interprets the missing packets as a bad sector >> >> > on
>> >> > the
>> >> > hard
>> >> > disk, shuts down the domain... wow, so annoying! The simple
>> >> > solution
>> >> > is
>> >> > to
>> >> > never try to move a large file from the access point into the >> >> > domain
>> >> > but
>> >> > that
>> >> > is not a practical solution for this infrastructure.
>> >> >
>> >> > Which is this. There is a WAP just over 50 feet away from my >> >> > desk.
>> >> > It
>> >> > is
>> >> > authenticated through IAS and SBS sees it like a machine on the
>> >> > network.
>> >> > The
>> >> > IAS keeps just anyone from using it - anyone can login if they >> >> > know
>> >> > the
>> >> > WAP
>> >> > password, but it won't get them authenticated. That part is >> >> > fine.
>> >> >
>> >> > Since moving files conventionally seems to fail frequently I try >> >> > to
>> >> > use
>> >> > the
>> >> > ESE.DLL in conjunction with the ESEUTIL.EXE that comes with >> >> > Exchange
>> >> > and
>> >> > then
>> >> > pipe it:
>> >> > eseutil /y "G:\BIGFILE" /d "\\dcserver\Users\myspace\BIGFILE.bak"
>> >> >
>> >> > Neither this nor the file transfer method works. The minute the >> >> > WAP
>> >> > gets
>> >> > fuzzy and some packets are lost, SBS says - aha, I lost the >> >> > file -
>> >> > must
>> >> > be
>> >> > my
>> >> > hard disk so I am going to shut down and kaboom, down comes the
>> >> > domain.
>> >> >
>> >> > What can I do to fix the server so that it doesn't interpret the
>> >> > file
>> >> > transfers as a bad disk?
>> >> >
>> >> > Yep, I have been doing this for about a year - I go back, run the
>> >> > chkdsk
>> >> > for
>> >> > bad sectors on the mirror - nothing - the disks are fine. It is
>> >> > essentially
>> >> > something in the makeup of the way SBS is interpreting the file >> >> > as
>> >> > it
>> >> > comes
>> >> > across from the WAP.
>> >> >
>> >> > If I didn't think it would raise hackles all over the place, I >> >> > would
>> >> > call
>> >> > it
>> >> > a bug. Think of a disgruntled employee on a WAP and you'll get >> >> > the
>> >> > picture.
>> >> > -- >> >> > Regards,
>> >> > Jamie
>> >>
>> >>
>>

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