Pierre Froelicher1

Q: El Cap. Server running hot

I run a Server on 10.11.6. Server 5.1.5 for our team of collaborators serving OD, Filesharing, Profile Manager and Filemaker server on a Mini Server 2010.

Two days ago the machine started to heat up, looking at the Activity Monitor I saw a lots of launchd, kernel_task, mds_stores processes. After some Analysis I decided to shut down Spotlight with " sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist "which I do not use on the server anyway and bingo the process craziness resides and the machine runs on 90% Idle again..which it should, seeing our low use.

However I would really like to know what happened to this machine.

Also.. loading back mds.plist brings back the launchd process taking always 40% or more of CPU.

 

I also see this message?

7/28/16 7:51:12.003 AM com.apple.CDScheduler[80]: *** LOG MESSAGE QUOTA EXCEEDED - SOME MESSAGES FROM THIS PROCESS HAVE BEEN DISCARDED ***

and lots of

7/27/16 11:07:34.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: mdworker(678) deny(1) file-read-data /Applications/Chess.app/Contents/MacOS/Chess

 

Any hints what is going on with this machine?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7)

Posted on Jul 28, 2016 8:36 AM

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  • by cdhw,Helpful

    cdhw cdhw Jul 29, 2016 10:36 AM in response to Pierre Froelicher1
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    Jul 29, 2016 10:36 AM in response to Pierre Froelicher1

    Well, to start with I think you should be running Server 5.1.7 with OS X 10.11.6

     

    When I come across access errors affecting standard apps that come with OS X my first shot is a straightforward reinstall of OS X:

     

         How to reinstall OS X - Apple Support

     

    It wouldn't hurt to reboot in safe mode, use Disk Utility to verify the disk, the usual rituals.

     

    C.

  • by Pierre Froelicher1,

    Pierre Froelicher1 Pierre Froelicher1 Jul 29, 2016 8:33 AM in response to cdhw
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    Jul 29, 2016 8:33 AM in response to cdhw

    Hi Cdhw

    I did  reboot in Safe Mode, I did Diskutili... the usual rituals.

    I try not to reboot my server, not to fiddle around it and NEVER to reinstall it.

    Sometimes I get it up and running for 4 month. Every couple of years, with maior upgrades, Yosemite to El Capitan or so, I reinstall.

    Strange enough the problem subsided without any more interference? I will never find out what made the machine run with 90%+ CPU for two days. Now its is always around 5%? Which is normal for this little pressure that we put on the machine.

    I looked..It is Server 5.1.7. Trying to fix the issue I had upgraded the setup.