[BlueOnyx:06704] Re: cced gone wild

[Jeff Jones]

Hi Rashid,

I think this may be a similar issue to mine.

For me - the following occurs:

Steady, linear rise in new processes created on the server, 2 every 5 minutes
Admin GUI stops working
Restarting AdmSrv doesn't get GUI working
Websites continue to work until RAM on server is exhausted
Unable to restart HTTPD
Unable to restart cced
Unable to restart server

The only way to recover is a physical power cycle. 

I only have one BX server that has this problem, and it occurs about once every 6 months. 

I have set up an SNMP monitoring alert on system processes that alerts me when the number of processes rises above normal - in this way I can manually intervene and restart the box at night in a 'controlled' manner. 

But I would really like some tips on how to investigate this problem further in order to find the culprit.....

Cheers,

Jeff

On 16 Mar 2011, at 22:18, MuntadaNet Webmaster wrote:

> On one of my servers, cced keeps spawning more and more 
> processes.  Can someone give me an idea of what to look for to 
> prevent this?  It is causing a Denial of Service eventually in which 
> the only recovery is cycling the power.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Rashid
> 
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