[BlueOnyx:02159] Kernel Panic - Boooom!

[Jeff Jones]

Hi all,

OK something very strange / never before experienced phenomena  
happened to one of my BX instances this morning. I awoke to find that  
it had frozen -  kernel panic.

Like I said, this is totally unheard of for me - so I'm at a bit of a  
loss as to how to figure out if it's going to be possible to discover  
the root cause - perhaps something spooky is going on and it might  
happen again soon?

1) There is no access to this server from the outside world (apart  
from via VPN), apart from a ZEUS webserver.
2) The instance hasn't been patched for a while (so it does not  
include this new kernel)
3) The problem happened at around 3am - typically a time when logs /  
backups / emails are being sent out.
4) System is running in a VM, but the VM server was fine, as was  
another BX instance.

Perhaps it would be a natural reaction to patch this system up to  
latest updates - but I'm just concerned this may cause new problems.  
Previously this system had run (and not been restarted) for around 10  
months.

So if anyone has any tips for tracking the cause of this one down - I  
would really appreciate it.

Cheers,

Jeff