[X Servers] Server stalls regularly

[Stephen R. Smith]

Jan,

Fire up the server monitor and check the error logs, that will likely give
you a stream of time stamped instances that you can troubleshoot.

I've seem this when the server is configured to get it's directory
information from a NetInfo parent, and the parent either doesn't exist (it's
a single server network) or has disappeared.  If you ran the Open Directory
Assistant (which runs after the initial OSX Server Wizard) and selected
'Gets directory information from a parent server' or something to that
effect, then that's likely your problem.  You want to set it to provides
info to other servers if you need to login with Windows machines, or stores
and used local info if your server is self contained (not part of a larger
distributed NetInfo network) and doesn't need to authenticate Windows users
(isn't going to support Windows clients).  You can run the Wizard again,
it's in Applications:Utilities:Open Directory Assistant - you'll need to
reboot in order to affect the changes.

Cheers,
:Steve


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> From: Jan Henning <henning at r-l.de>
> Reply-To: "Mac OS X Servers" <X-Servers at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
> Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 14:04:22 +0200
> To: "Mac OS X Servers" <X-Servers at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
> Subject: [X Servers] Server stalls regularly
> 
> Since installing Mac OS X server; I have a peculiar stalling problem
> that I cannot find the reason for:
> 
> Among other things, I have the iTunes songs on the server. Every 15 to
> 20 minutes, playing stops for half a minute or so. iTunes is not the
> only affected application; the Finder may also display the spinning
> beach ball during this time.
> 
> The strange thing is that I used to have installed the normal Mac OS X
> on the exact same computer without any problems at all. It is strange
> as well that the server responds normally to pings during its stalls.
> 
> Can anybody shed some light on what might cause this problem?
> 
> Details follow:
> 
> Server setup:
> - Blue-and-white G3, 448 MB RAM, 80 + 40 GB disks
> - Mac OS X Server 10.2.6
> - Servers running: AFP ("Apple"), FTP. All other servers available in
> Server Settings are off.
> - No other software running on the server computer
> 
> Clients
> - Power Mac G4 and PowerBook G3; no recongnizable difference regarding
> the stalling problem
> 
> Network
> - Twisted pair Ethernet
> - 100 Mbit switch
> - Internet connection through an ADSL router (Internet traffic does not
> seem to be impaired during the stalls)
> - one to three active computers (it does not seem to make a difference
> how many of them are switched on or what they are doing)
> 
> Thanks in advance
> Jan
> 
> 
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