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Re: Sluggish/Frozen 3000
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Chuck Trites <[log in to unmask]>
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Chuck Trites <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 24 Mar 2015 14:35:21 +0000
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Tom,  What does a DSTAT ALL show and also a DISCFREE? 
Chuck [log in to unmask] Consulting, Inc.59 Doe Ave.Laconia, NH 03246Phone: (603) 219-1500
 


     On Tuesday, March 24, 2015 10:31 AM, Tom Hula <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
   

 No, although it still tries to bring them up. But no,
there haven't been DTCs on it in years.

-----Original Message-----
From: Gilles Schipper [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 10:10 AM
To: Tom Hula; [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Sluggish/Frozen 3000

Are any DTC's attached to the network?

On 2015-03-24 9:54 AM, Tom Hula wrote:
> HP3000 Series A400/100/110 Version C.70.01
>
> Our 3000 has been running fine for many years. Last night, there were fireworks of the wrong kind.
>
> I was simply putting a tape on for the nightly backup. I noted that the load message never came up.
> I then discovered that the console was frozen and unresponsive.
>
> It has been a long time since the last reboot...since the last power outage. So I did a Ctrl-B and a reset.
>
> It got up to the date and a little past and seemed frozen. I pulled 
> the plug and restarted again. It took
> 2-3 times as long as normal and at first, the red fault light was on 
> (never saw that on before). After It got a bit into the restart, the 
> fault light turned off by itself. The only attention message I got about the whole thing was a message with everything unknown on it.
>
> When the computer came all the way up, it still seemed very sluggish. 
> I scheduled the nightly update and backup and went home to look at it 
> more in the morning. Logged on from home and the backup seemed to be running OK.
>
> This morning I tried resetting the GSP and checked the connections to 
> the console terminal. I also found out that someone else had a hard time getting on the 3000 towards the end of the day. Very sluggish.
>
> This morning, everything seems back to normal. But I am concerned, 
> since I don't know what the problem was. It almost reminded me of 
> something I used to call the Creeping Crud, where people started 
> freezing up all over the place, while some people were still able to 
> work. The only thing was a reboot. But in this case, it seemed worse. Only a few people on our 3000 now, but we still depend on it for a high profile application.
>
> Any suggestions on things I could check? Thanks!
>
> Tom Hula
> Victor S. Barnes Company
>
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