Ryan-
any information in either \domains\domain1\logs\server.log
\domains\domain1\logs\jvm.log?
Anything from jconsole..(check for spike in heap)
?
Martin
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> Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:12:28 -0500
> From: ryan_at_ijws.com
> To: users_at_glassfish.dev.java.net
> Subject: Re: GlassFish on Windows Server 2008
>
> Regarding test code to verify this behavior, there might be. It is very
> difficult to reproduce (except on our server) and that is why after
> almost 2 years Microsoft has not fixed it. Last year someone at Sun
> told me that another customer provided a full application that runs on
> GlassFish and can help them reproduce this issue. I would think Sun
> could take that same app and try it on Windows 2008 server to check if
> the problem is still there.
>
> We still have absolutely no idea what triggers the problem on our
> server. It seems to be fine for days and days, thousands of
> transactions. Out of the blue Windows just crashes (blank grey screen
> at console, can't connect to it remotely, but you can ping it). A
> couple of times I was in just before that happened and saw NP Pool in
> task manager climbing continually, above 10000K. I still think it is
> somehow related to communication with SQL server over the network,
> because a different JDBC driver used to record "TDS prelogin response
> error" before opening the NP Pool flood gates.
>
>
> Ryan
>
>
>
> Ryan de Laplante wrote:
> > It was me who contacted Microsoft about that case and tried the
> > HotFix. There were three (third was a change to the registry) and I
> > can confirm that it did not fix the problem. It seemed to get worse,
> > but I can't confirm it was because of the hotfix or increased
> > usage. We used to be able to deal with this problem by rebooting
> > once a month or so, but since December 2008 it is so bad that Windows
> > completely crashes (requires hard reset) about twice per week. We're
> > in the process of planning a switch to Red Hat Enterprise Linux, but
> > would prefer Windows 2008 Server if it is 100% guaranteed not to
> > happen on that OS. Jeanfrancois @ Sun says the problem happens on
> > Windows 2000 and Windows 2003. Not just 2003.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ryan
> >
> >
> > NBW wrote:
> >> I read in an old thread on this subject that the HotFix did not fix
> >> the problem and some folks reported it got worse. Would like to
> >> verify that this is not an issue under Windows Server 2008 as well.
> >> Is there any test code that exercises this issue available?
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >> On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Paul Sterk <Paul.Sterk_at_sun.com
> >> <mailto:Paul.Sterk_at_sun.com>> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> Ryan,
> >>
> >> I checked the status of bug 6575349 and there is a note that the
> >> bug was only found on Windows 2003. There is an entry in the 9.1pe
> >> release notes about downloading a HotFix from Microsoft:
> >>
> >> Case Number: SRX070906600011
> >> Workspace URL:
> >>
> >> (https://sftus.one.microsoft.com/ChooseTransfer.aspx?key=a9c9b140-aa2f-4e0d-a39c-7e89ba067af6)
> >>
> >>
> >> HTH,
> >> Paul
> >> GlassFish Community Manager
> >>
> >>
> >> On 1/23/2009 11:06 PM, Ryan de Laplante wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> We are one of the unlucky customers suffering from this
> >> problem on
> >> Windows 2003 Server:
> >>
> >>
> >> Win2003 only: Non-paged pool leak memory, breaking tcp
> >> stack and
> >> richaccess test (6575349)
> >>
> >>
> >> Description
> >>
> >> *(Windows 2003 only)* There are memory leaks on Windows
> >> 2003 systems
> >> when performing rich access functions. The problem occurs
> >> because the
> >> Win32 nonpaged pool keeps growing, eventually bringing
> >> down the entire
> >> TCP/IP stack. Once the failure happens, the TCP/IP stack
> >> is left in an
> >> recoverable state, and the only way restore it is by
> >> rebooting the
> >> Windows 2003 system.
> >>
> >>
> >> Workaround
> >>
> >> There are two workarounds to this issue:
> >>
> >> *
> >>
> >> Use Grizzly blocking mode by configuring the domain.xml
> >> http-listener attribute, blocking-enabled="true" or add the
> >> following http-listener property:
> >>
> >>
> >> <property name="blocking" value="true"/>
> >>
> >> *
> >>
> >> Use Windows Vista or Windows XP.
> >>
> >>
> >> I noticed that GlassFish V2.1 is certified for use on Windows
> >> 2008
> >> server. Does that mean Sun and Microsoft have confirmed that
> >> the problem
> >> does not exist on Windows 2008? If so, they must have found
> >> the source
> >> of the problem and created a patch for Windows 2003?
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Ryan
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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