I did check the time on the server yesterday. The time in the BIOS was way
off for some reason. I then noticed this morning that the server had not
rebooted. It was the first time in quite a while.


Chris Baker -- cbaker AT intera DOT com
systems administrator
INTERA -- 512-425-2006

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Maciolek [mailto:mlm AT sr.unh DOT edu] 
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 3:17 PM
To: General list for user discussion,questions and support
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Server reboots nightly

hi,

Check the BIOS for auto stop/start times or awake on lan settings.

Mark

Chris Baker wrote:
> That was a great answer. The server is rebooting every morning at 
> 7:00. I will see what I can find out from that.
> 
> 
> Chris Baker -- cbaker AT intera DOT com
> systems administrator
> INTERA -- 512-425-2006
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Robertson [mailto:crobertson AT gci DOT net]
> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 2:58 PM
> To: General list for user discussion, questions and support
> Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Server reboots nightly
> 
> Chris Baker wrote:
>> Which logs should I check? 
> 
> /var/log/messages
> 
>> And what should I look for in these logs?
> 
> Run the command dmesg (first, "man dmesg" so you know what this 
> command
> does) and take a look at the output.  This is the bootup message and 
> should be replicated in /var/log/messages.  Take a look at the entries 
> above for clues as to why your server is restarting.  The last log 
> entry before the dmesg output should be something along the lines of 
> "Kernel log daemon terminating." and should be proceeded by evidence 
> of exiting processes.  If not, you probably have power or hardware 
> problems.  If you do see evidence of a graceful restart, at least you 
> know about when it's happening.  Start looking through /etc/cron.* and 
> /etc/crontab for jobs that run around that time.
> 
>>  I do
>> know where the logs are on the system.
>>   
> 
> Chris
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