Random server reboot after update to CentOS 5.3

[Peter Hopfgartner]

Epilogue:

I've tried to disable TSO (ethtool -K eth0 tso off), as was suggested on 
the list. This did not help in this case.

I've configured the machine to start with the CentOS 5.2 kernel in 
/boot/grub/grub.conf, changing the default. It has been running for 6 
1/2 days, now. I would say that this helped and is what I would suggest 
to others experiencing the same problem, right now.

Thus, current running kernel is  2.6.18-92.1.10.el5xen.

Regards and thanks for all replies,

Peter

Peter Hopfgartner wrote:
> Dear ML
>
> We upgraded a Dell Poweredge PE 1950 Server the 8th of May. Since then
> the server rebooted 3 times without external cause (it is located in a
> server farm with redundant power supply etc.). Looking at the servers
> monitoring infrastructure with Dell's own OpenManage tools, I  get
> strange errors:
>
> [root at servernew ~]# omreport system esmlog
>
> (....)
>
> Severity      : Critical
> Date and Time : Mon May 11 17:46:59 2009
> Description   : System Software event: run-time critical stop was asserted
>
> Severity      : Critical
> Date and Time : Fri May 15 21:07:57 2009
> Description   : System Software event: run-time critical stop was asserted
>
> Severity      : Critical
> Date and Time : Wed May 20 21:00:53 2009
> Description   : System Software event: run-time critical stop was asserted
>
>
> (...)
>
> This class of errors never happened before in over a year that the
> server is running.
>
> There is no mention of any anomaly, except the boot messages itself, in
> /var/log/messages.
>
> The server runs the 64 bit flavor of CentOS hosting some XEN virtual
> machines and some PostgreSQL and MySQL databases. It run without any
> issues with CentOS 5.1 and 5.2.
>
> I interpreted these issues as some kernel/software related problem, but
> do not know how to make a more accurate diagnosis of the problem.
>
> Can anybody give me some hint? Has anybody had some similar issue?
>
> Regards,
>
> Peter
>
> P.S.: Some further info:
>
> exact software stack CentOS: updated 5.3 + PostgreSQL from CentOS 
> Testing and some homebuild GIS package
>
> uname -a: Linux servernew 2.6.18-128.1.10.el5xen #1 SMP Thu May 7 
> 11:07:18 EDT 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> [root at servernew ~]# omreport about
>
> Product name : Server Administrator Install Core (subscription)
> Version      : 5.5.0
> Copyright    : Copyright (C) Dell Inc. 1995-2008. All rights reserved.
> Company      : Dell Inc.
>
>
>   


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