From: "Paul Smedley" <ecs-isp@2rosenthals.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2022 07:34:36 +1030
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Subject: Re: [eCS-ISP] system stuck in "system is rebooting"
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Hey Max,

On 5/12/22 07:32, Massimo S. wrote:
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> Il 04/12/2022 21:54, Paul Smedley ha scritto:
>> Hi Max,
>>
>> On 5/12/22 06:33, Massimo S. wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Il 04/12/2022 19:48, Massimo S. ha scritto:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Il 03/12/2022 01:56, Steven Levine ha scritto:
>>>>> In <list-5686242@2rosenthals.com>, on 12/01/22
>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 at 12:02 PM, "Massimo S." <ecs-isp@2rosenthals.com=
> said:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Massimo,
>>>>>
>>>>>> if i recall well you should have some utility to avoid this (rare)
>>>>>> situation?
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not sure what utility you are thinking of.=C2=A0 What a reboot re=
quest
>>>>> hangs, there's not much you can do.=C2=A0 What I do have is scripts t=
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>>>>> shut
>>>>> down as much as possible before the reboot is requested and this=20
>>>>> gives the
>>>>> best chance of avoiding reboot hangs.
>>>>>
>>>>> As always the best solution is to detect that you are running low of
>>>>> resources and resolve this isssue before it can hang the system.
>>>>>
>>>>> Steven
>>>>
>>>> this only happens (luckily rarely) on the web server that use=20
>>>> apache+PHP
>>>>
>>>> massimo
>>>
>>> but i'm sure you talked about a tool to force the reboot in that=20
>>> situation
>>
>> For scenarios when I'm remote, and need to forcefully reboot things, I=
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>> use something like=20
>> https://www.tp-link.com/au/home-networking/smart-plug/ and I can=20
>> toggle the power from a phone app.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Paul
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> hi,
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> this is not my situation since it's a VM i can RDP to the host and turn=
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> off/on it
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> the problem is when it happens during night and i discover the day after=
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> in the morning

Sorry, forgot this - blame my current covid brain.

Can't you script something from the host that if ping to the VM fails,=20
you can restart the host?

I forget which VM you use, but virtualbox at least lets you do a lot=20
from the command line.

Cheers,

Paul