[dba-Tech] Server 2008 Enterprize crash

[Jim Lawrence]

Thank you Jason...much appreciated.

If my first two apps, as listed in a subsequent post, had not apparently solved the problem that would have been the next attempt. Other people have said to always be vigilant about third-party drivers supplied by Microsoft. The issues I have had may be still there so I will keep your recommendation as a backup plan. I was, at one point, thinking of attempting a non-destructive upgrade from my original disks but have not done that process in years...so am a little apprehensive. 

If anything fails within the next year, Linux kernel, in 2020, will have a fully built-in option of ZFS and then I will just backup, upgrade to a distro of Linux using 4.19 core. Maybe Microsoft will also support such an option along with NTFS 5.1.(?) as they do on Azure (?). I would like to have the ability of having a self-healing, self replicating drives and with unlimited roll-backs. Also unlimited drives can be clustered into a single drive with the same self-healing characteristics, in the event of drive failure.

Jim  

PS: If you ever have a problem deciding which Linux distro is right for you check out the following and that should help you narrow down the list. This list is not fully current and I believe every computer science student graduating with a PHD, must build their own Linux version. ;-)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Linux_Distribution_Timeline.svg
 
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason Strickland" <jason at purplecone.com>
To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2019 12:27:00 PM
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Server 2008 Enterprize crash

I would start by uninstalling recent updates.

On Sun, May 19, 2019, 3:20 PM Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Hi All:
>
> It appears that my Enterprise Server 2008 is having some problems. After a
> decade away from "the business" and Microsoft in general, my skill sets at
> resolving the issues related to the server are not as clear as they use to
> be.
>
> The server would not boot up in normal mode but it will boot up in safe
> mode with network functionality. There is no apparent hardware issues(?)
> and a boot message suggests a recent forced update from MS may be the
> problem... At this point it should be fairly easy for isolate and fix the
> problem(?). If any systems guy, here, more familiar, with the appropriate
> approach to resolve the situation, would be able to provide commentary,
> please do so.
>
> What would be the best diagnostic applications or procedures to follow?
>
> MTIA
> Jim
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