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10.6.3 frequent crashes

I've got an xServe 2.66Ghz w/ SSD and 12GB ram running 10.6.3 server. This is a new server and was running 10.6.2 for 3-4 weeks before I upgraded to 10.6.3. I made the mistake of not testing 10.6.3 first before rolling this server into production. This server provides authentication for mobile home computers, email server, web servers, etc. It also is my main AFP server at the moment. It's running OD, RADIUS, AFP and SMB.

The first thing I noticed is that OD will stop working before any other service. This causes all sorts of issues in my environment. I do have another slightly older xServe running 10.6.3 (OD Replica) and that has been stable thus far, although it's not running AFP or SMB.

This morning the server was completely locked up and needed a full restart. I had a 6port Small-Tree ethernet card installed and removed it thinking the link aggregation could've been the issue. The issues still persists regardless. Other than the card, the computer is as is from Apple including the memory.

I'll be posting log information shortly. I wanted to see if others are having issues with 10.6.3. I've seen a few threads specifically related to AFP issues in 10.6.3 and it's possible AFP is the root of the issues here. I do have AppleCare support so will be calling them today as well. Wanted to get this thread out there for anyone else who might be having the same issues as me.

xServe 2x 2.66Ghz Quad-Core Intel Xeon, Mac OS X (10.6.3), SSD, 12GB

Posted on Apr 12, 2010 9:35 AM

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Sep 14, 2010 6:12 PM in response to Vern Dempster

I have moved mail to my reliable 10.6.2. web server and reinstalled a clean 10.6.2 on our xserve. I now understand what you mean by 127.0.0.1. I have now left that in the DNS settings for the xserve this time as you did along with our 2 real DNSs. And hope I get another 10 days of reliability and I will be at our holidays- this problme has gone on 2 terms now. It did seem faster when I tested student logins but tomorrow will be the real test.

Sep 16, 2010 1:41 AM in response to Vern Dempster

sorry for the late reply.. this is where i placed the 127.0.0.1

In my XSERVE's System Preferences > Network > Ethernet > DNS Servers : 127.0.0.1, REAL DNS1, REAL DNS 2

Then in the xserve's Server Admin > DNS > Settings > Forwarder IP Addresses > REAL DNS1, REAL DNS 2
Allow recursive queries from the following networks: localnets
Zones > just the usual FQDN entry for my server

So far, no crashing. even after repeated use of WGM / SA.

10.6.3 frequent crashes

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