[Sunhelp] Should I ever reboot a Solaris box if I don't need to?

Wed Sep 6 13:54:56 CDT 2000

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You mean one that's actually doing something right??????
Ours makes it a few days....

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Hal Flynn [SMTP:mrhal at mrhal.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, September 06, 2000 2:39 PM
> To:	sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> Subject:	Re: [Sunhelp] Should I ever reboot a Solaris box if I don't
> need to?
> 
> Short answer.  No
> 
> Long answer.  Hell no.
> 
> He's a dba because he couldn't cut being a real SA (offense intended).
> rm -rf $USERID is the best recourse of action.
> 
> More seriously, no.  It should run fine.  The only time you should
> really need to reboot a Sun server is when adding new hardware.
> 
> On a side note, I haven't known many NT servers with an uptime of 3-4
> months.  Just out of curiousity, anybody else know of any?
> 
> Hal
> 
> "Adams, Christopher" wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > I have a E 450 UltraSparc-II with 2 gig of ram and 6 18 gig Segate
> > Cheetah drives (non-raid).  This 450 is "only" running an Oracle
> > database (8.1.5) and has been running with no problems for 6 months
> > straight without being rebooted.  This is a production server and has
> > mission critical data on it.  Last weekend our Oracle DBA made a call
> > to "reboot" the server because he heard through the grapevine that
> > "rebooting" a Solaris server (even if there are no problems or
> > configuration changes necessary for this) every 3 to 4 months is a
> > good thing and should be done.  My question is, "Is this true? Should
> > you reboot a running server that doesn't need to be rebooted for any
> > administrative purposes every 3 to 4 months just for good measure?".
> > I think he is getting confused with Microsoft (no offense of course)
> > NT Server.
> >
> > Please Fire away with any advice you can give...
> >
> > Thanks in advance..
> >
> >
> > Christopher A.
> 
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<P><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">You mean one that's =
actually doing something right??????</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Ours makes it a few =
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Arial">-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Arial">From:  </FONT></B> <FONT =
SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Arial">Hal Flynn [SMTP:mrhal at mrhal.com]</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Arial">Sent:  </FONT></B> <FONT =
SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Arial">Wednesday, September 06, 2000 2:39 PM</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Short answer.  No</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Long answer.  Hell no.</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">He's a dba because he couldn't cut =
being a real SA (offense intended).</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">rm -rf $USERID is the best recourse =
of action.</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">More seriously, no.  It should =
run fine.  The only time you should</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">really need to reboot a Sun server is =
when adding new hardware.</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">On a side note, I haven't known many =
NT servers with an uptime of 3-4</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">months.  Just out of curiousity, =
anybody else know of any?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Hal</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">"Adams, Christopher" =
wrote:</FONT>
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>
 >
 > I have a E 450 UltraSparc-II =
with 2 gig of ram and 6 18 gig Segate
 > Cheetah drives (non-raid).  =
This 450 is "only" running an Oracle
 > database (8.1.5) and has been =
running with no problems for 6 months
 > straight without being =
rebooted.  This is a production server and has
 > mission critical data on =
it.  Last weekend our Oracle DBA made a call
 > to "reboot" the server =
because he heard through the grapevine that
 > "rebooting" a Solaris =
server (even if there are no problems or
 > configuration changes necessary =
for this) every 3 to 4 months is a
 > good thing and should be =
done.  My question is, "Is this true? Should
 > you reboot a running server that =
doesn't need to be rebooted for any
 > administrative purposes every 3 =
to 4 months just for good measure?".
 > I think he is getting confused =
with Microsoft (no offense of course)
 > NT Server.
 >
 > Please Fire away with any advice =
you can give...
 >
 > Thanks in advance..
 >
 >
 > Christopher A.

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