[GTALUG] server questions - - help needed

[o1bigtenor]

On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 7:13 AM, Jamon Camisso via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
> On 03/06/18 15:47, o1bigtenor via talk wrote:
>> So I am trying to determine what may have caused the system to do a
>> reboot, whilst I have my suspicions I want to figure out exactly what
>> is happening to cause this kind of behavior. AIUI servers should be
>> able to run happily for years without issues (barring hardware
>> problems) so I want that kind of reliability. Where in /var/log will I
>> be finding the most clues as to the events that lead up to this
>> 'reboot'?
>
> Most servers from the big vendors will have an out of band (aka lights
> out) management interface. Tools like freeIPMI let you control the
> physical host - like remote serial console, chassis power control etc.
>
> Does yours have this feature? Usually hardware issues show up in a log
> there - things like power supply issues, CPU overheat conditions etc.
>
> If you don't have one, I highly recommend looking into whether your
> server supports an add-on out of band management card
>

I think it does support such but I'm not sure I want to pay for another add-on
at this point. The actual main issue isn't this part of things.

Thanks for the ideas though!

Dee