Server shutting down for no reason

Hi Guys

Hope someone can help.

One of our clients runs SBS2000 in there office. For some reason it shuts
down for no apparent reason. In the event log the system log reports "The
previous system shutdown at time on date was unexpected" before this there
is no apparent errors. We've taken a look at hardware and that all seems to
be ok. I sat infront of the machine all day yesterday and it worked
perfectly. Because of this problem the Exchange Database is starting to
become riddled with errors.

I could do with someones help

cheers

Peter

Marina
Thu Apr 29 16:41:30 CDT 2004

Is there a UPS?

--
Regards,

Marina
Microsoft SBS-MVP

"Peter" <dynacomnospam@squirrel.com.au> schreef in bericht
news:Ofj7AGjLEHA.1192@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Hi Guys
>
> Hope someone can help.
>
> One of our clients runs SBS2000 in there office. For some reason it shuts
> down for no apparent reason. In the event log the system log reports "The
> previous system shutdown at time on date was unexpected" before this there
> is no apparent errors. We've taken a look at hardware and that all seems
to
> be ok. I sat infront of the machine all day yesterday and it worked
> perfectly. Because of this problem the Exchange Database is starting to
> become riddled with errors.
>
> I could do with someones help
>
> cheers
>
> Peter
>
>

Pete
Thu Apr 29 17:05:01 CDT 2004

Hi Marina

Yes there is a ups and it's working all ok

Why u ask ?


"Marina Roos [SBS-MVP]" <marina@roos.nodontwantspam.nl.com> wrote in message
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> Is there a UPS?
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Marina
> Microsoft SBS-MVP
>
> "Peter" <dynacomnospam@squirrel.com.au> schreef in bericht
> news:Ofj7AGjLEHA.1192@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > Hi Guys
> >
> > Hope someone can help.
> >
> > One of our clients runs SBS2000 in there office. For some reason it
shuts
> > down for no apparent reason. In the event log the system log reports
"The
> > previous system shutdown at time on date was unexpected" before this
there
> > is no apparent errors. We've taken a look at hardware and that all
seems
> to
> > be ok. I sat infront of the machine all day yesterday and it worked
> > perfectly. Because of this problem the Exchange Database is starting to
> > become riddled with errors.
> >
> > I could do with someones help
> >
> > cheers
> >
> > Peter
> >
> >
>
>

Marina
Thu Apr 29 17:11:29 CDT 2004

Sometimes a flaky UPS can cause the shutdowns. How old is it?

--
Regards,

Marina
Microsoft SBS-MVP

"Pete" <nospamhere@dot.com> schreef in bericht
news:uIT7XXjLEHA.3292@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Hi Marina
>
> Yes there is a ups and it's working all ok
>
> Why u ask ?
>
>
> "Marina Roos [SBS-MVP]" <marina@roos.nodontwantspam.nl.com> wrote in
message
> news:eGIaNLjLEHA.3684@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > Is there a UPS?
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Marina
> > Microsoft SBS-MVP
> >
> > "Peter" <dynacomnospam@squirrel.com.au> schreef in bericht
> > news:Ofj7AGjLEHA.1192@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > > Hi Guys
> > >
> > > Hope someone can help.
> > >
> > > One of our clients runs SBS2000 in there office. For some reason it
> shuts
> > > down for no apparent reason. In the event log the system log reports
> "The
> > > previous system shutdown at time on date was unexpected" before this
> there
> > > is no apparent errors. We've taken a look at hardware and that all
> seems
> > to
> > > be ok. I sat infront of the machine all day yesterday and it worked
> > > perfectly. Because of this problem the Exchange Database is starting
to
> > > become riddled with errors.
> > >
> > > I could do with someones help
> > >
> > > cheers
> > >
> > > Peter
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

Bill
Thu Apr 29 17:36:57 CDT 2004

Hi Pete..is this a Dell ?

Have same issues, when I am there all is well...lol

Did have a UPS and now disconnected, Sometimes get three days out of it then
happens every day. 10 days ago took all strains off server (uninstalled
virus checker and reinstalled, which solved the update problem) Your AV not
scanning M drive is it ?

Secondary server was taken out as a DC (Replication DNS and WINS now
cancelled).

Was deciding to bring in additional configurations that I had previously and
you guessed it, went down yesterday. Been on site all day and nothing !

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"Marina Roos [SBS-MVP]" <marina@roos.nodontwantspam.nl.com> wrote in message
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> Sometimes a flaky UPS can cause the shutdowns. How old is it?
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Marina
> Microsoft SBS-MVP
>
> "Pete" <nospamhere@dot.com> schreef in bericht
> news:uIT7XXjLEHA.3292@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > Hi Marina
> >
> > Yes there is a ups and it's working all ok
> >
> > Why u ask ?
> >
> >
> > "Marina Roos [SBS-MVP]" <marina@roos.nodontwantspam.nl.com> wrote in
> message
> > news:eGIaNLjLEHA.3684@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > > Is there a UPS?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Marina
> > > Microsoft SBS-MVP
> > >
> > > "Peter" <dynacomnospam@squirrel.com.au> schreef in bericht
> > > news:Ofj7AGjLEHA.1192@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > > > Hi Guys
> > > >
> > > > Hope someone can help.
> > > >
> > > > One of our clients runs SBS2000 in there office. For some reason it
> > shuts
> > > > down for no apparent reason. In the event log the system log
reports
> > "The
> > > > previous system shutdown at time on date was unexpected" before this
> > there
> > > > is no apparent errors. We've taken a look at hardware and that all
> > seems
> > > to
> > > > be ok. I sat infront of the machine all day yesterday and it worked
> > > > perfectly. Because of this problem the Exchange Database is
starting
> to
> > > > become riddled with errors.
> > > >
> > > > I could do with someones help
> > > >
> > > > cheers
> > > >
> > > > Peter
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

Jim
Thu Apr 29 22:18:31 CDT 2004

I test my ups by shutting down the server, bring it back up to bios or
do something to hang the boot up process and I unplug the ups from the
wall. Start your stop watch. If it does not keep thing running for at
least 10 minutes or more then the batteries are losing capacity. Note
that just the bios running is not really loading up the server. If
your ups software is set for a shut down after 10 minutes of no power
and your ups only has 10 minutes of power on minimal load you are set
up for disaster.

"Marina Roos [SBS-MVP]" <marina@roos.nodontwantspam.nl.com> wrote:

>Sometimes a flaky UPS can cause the shutdowns. How old is it?
>
>--
>Regards,
>
>Marina
>Microsoft SBS-MVP
>
>"Pete" <nospamhere@dot.com> schreef in bericht
>news:uIT7XXjLEHA.3292@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> Hi Marina
>>
>> Yes there is a ups and it's working all ok
>>
>> Why u ask ?
>>
>>
>> "Marina Roos [SBS-MVP]" <marina@roos.nodontwantspam.nl.com> wrote in
>message
>> news:eGIaNLjLEHA.3684@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> > Is there a UPS?
>> >
>> > --
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > Marina
>> > Microsoft SBS-MVP
>> >
>> > "Peter" <dynacomnospam@squirrel.com.au> schreef in bericht
>> > news:Ofj7AGjLEHA.1192@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> > > Hi Guys
>> > >
>> > > Hope someone can help.
>> > >
>> > > One of our clients runs SBS2000 in there office. For some reason it
>> shuts
>> > > down for no apparent reason. In the event log the system log reports
>> "The
>> > > previous system shutdown at time on date was unexpected" before this
>> there
>> > > is no apparent errors. We've taken a look at hardware and that all
>> seems
>> > to
>> > > be ok. I sat infront of the machine all day yesterday and it worked
>> > > perfectly. Because of this problem the Exchange Database is starting
>to
>> > > become riddled with errors.
>> > >
>> > > I could do with someones help
>> > >
>> > > cheers
>> > >
>> > > Peter

Jim B. SBS MVP
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John
Sun May 02 11:08:13 CDT 2004

Hi Peter,

Do you have SP1 or SP1a applied to your SBS2000 setup?

I had this happen on one server that had the original release of SBS2000,
the one without the service pack. I think the original had Win2k, SP2
applied, Exchange did not have a service pack applied.

On the original SBS2000, without the service pack, I could not find the
cause of the shutdowns. The shutdowns were random and the event viewer was
clear of errors prior to the shutdown.

This one server that did not have UPS connected to it, yet. This server with
the original SBS2000 was a new installation but using an old P3. I suspected
hardware but could not pinpoint. I bought a new server and installed SBS2000
with SP1 and the shutdown issue went away. I would think it would after that
much investment.

Here is in interesting link about a UPS' issue with SBS2k

http://www.winnetmag.com/Forums/messageview.cfm?catid=59&threadid=63720


John



"Peter" <dynacomnospam@squirrel.com.au> wrote in message
news:Ofj7AGjLEHA.1192@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Hi Guys
>
> Hope someone can help.
>
> One of our clients runs SBS2000 in there office. For some reason it shuts
> down for no apparent reason. In the event log the system log reports "The
> previous system shutdown at time on date was unexpected" before this there
> is no apparent errors. We've taken a look at hardware and that all seems
to
> be ok. I sat infront of the machine all day yesterday and it worked
> perfectly. Because of this problem the Exchange Database is starting to
> become riddled with errors.
>
> I could do with someones help
>
> cheers
>
> Peter
>
>

Duncan
Mon May 03 04:34:09 CDT 2004

In article <Ofj7AGjLEHA.1192@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl>,
dynacomnospam@squirrel.com.au says...
> Hi Guys
>
> Hope someone can help.
>
> One of our clients runs SBS2000 in there office. For some reason it shuts
> down for no apparent reason. In the event log the system log reports "The
> previous system shutdown at time on date was unexpected" before this there
> is no apparent errors. We've taken a look at hardware and that all seems to
> be ok. I sat infront of the machine all day yesterday and it worked
> perfectly. Because of this problem the Exchange Database is starting to
> become riddled with errors.
>
> I could do with someones help

OK so not the UPS - sounds like you are infected with the latest
worm/virus - which reboots servers several times (that's one of the
stated symptoms).

update the server - soon!

Google "sasser" - will turn up what you need.

--
Duncan