Re: Network Problems
- From: "billy" <billy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 11:30:52 -0700
Funny you should mention UPS. I found out that when I removed the APC
shutdown software, downloaded the latest software from APC, that had a up to
date Java file that when re-booted, all my problems where gone.
I hope this informayion helps someone, rather than get in to some daft
debate about fire and water etc.
Best Regards
"Benny Tritsch" wrote:
> Even in high-availability datacenters you will lose a certain percentage of
> your machines if you have a such a kind of sudden power cut which is also
> preventing your UPS to work properly or if you encounter any other desaster
> like fire or water in your server room -- completely independent of hardware
> vendor or operating system. Even high-end UNIXes sometimes fail if you don't
> allow them to write back cached data to disk before they reboot. You had
> such a desaster with your TS after everything went well for two years. So
> don't blame Windows 2003. It's your backup and restore strategy or your
> re-installation processes that matter.
>
> You should better re-install the the OS and restore your backup, as Patrick
> already recommended. We installed several thousands of terminal servers and
> run our own datacenter with 300+ terminal servers for 6,000+ users. From
> this experience I can tell you that immediate re-installation is far more
> efficient than any terminal server forencics. Finding out why things happend
> is only successful if you can relax and take your time -- which means that
> your production system has to be up and running while you dissect a
> ill-behaving machine.
>
> It's a bit like TS CSI ;-)
>
> Benny
>
> --
> Dr. Bernhard Tritsch, WTSTEK.COM
> Author of "Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services", Microsoft Press
> Microsoft MVP Windows Server - Terminal Server
>
>
> "billy" <billy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:149078D9-4D88-49AD-8D87-E170C925D561@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > The machine is still running. The problem happened while I was on holiday.
> I
> > am not sure if it has been a virus or what. Is it not possible to repair
> > windows 2003? Is there any tests I could run? Where should I start?
> > I also noticed ntbackup does not run. We use Arcserve to backup the data
> but
> > not the O/S.
> > So much for Windows 2003 being MS most rebust O/S
> >
> > "Patrick Rouse" wrote:
> >
> > > So you don't have a backup? Fixing a weird problem after a crash like
> this
> > > almost always takes longer than rebuilding the server from scratch, or
> > > preferably restoring from a known-good backup (even better an image
> based
> > > backup, i.e. Ghost).
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Patrick Rouse
> > > Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
> > > http://www.workthin.com
> > >
> > >
> > > "billy" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I am looking for help with a BIG problem that has developed on our Win
> 2003
> > > > S/E TS, that has been running fine for 2years.
> > > >
> > > > The server crashed last week, when rebooted users could not access the
> > > > Internet, Outlook 2003 will not open, we can not look at the
> properties of
> > > > the network card and if you try to stop or start services it comes up
> with
> > > > error 1053 the service timed out.
> > > >
> > > > I have thus far ran and checked for any viruses (up to date sig file),
> > > > adware check to see if something has hijacked the sever. Checked the
> logs.
> > > >
> > > > We had a copy of Mozilla that works fine via our proxy. I can ping any
> URL
> > > > and get a response (DNS looks OK). If I try to open the connection tab
> on
> > > > IE6, you click on the tab and nothing happens.
> > > >
> > > > From the dos shell I can run ipconfig and this shows that my network
> details
> > > > are good.
> > > >
> > > > The exchange server is on a different server. I have tried to add a
> new
> > > > dummy user but the wizard can not get past checking the user on the
> remote
> > > > server and hangs.
> > > >
> > > > The rest of the server is fine, people can logon on, use applications
> (sage
> > > > line 50), print etc.
> > > >
> > > > Can someone PLEASE help?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
>
>
>
.
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