Server crashes running CFMX7 and IIS

Question

The sequence of events is that the server runs fine....for a
short while, then either CF services or all the Web services become
unavailalbe. Sometimes the whole machine goes down, and must be
rebooted. Sometimes if the machine does not go down, restarting CF
services or the Web services IIS solves the issue and the site
becomes available againl.
There are no server logs pointing to any hardware or Windows
operating system system problems. Running Windows 2003 Server and
IIS 6 with CFMX7.
Sometimes when the server goes down, I get a Jrun connection
error. But I really think that the server is just getting
overloaded with these erroneous 404 errors that are showing up
every couple of minutes/seconds in the application log.
These are 404 errors for pages that have been off the Website
for years, in some cases. It feels like a Web crawler is going
through the site looking for old erroneous pages and not finding
them.
I have built a completely new server, and now have twice the
hard-drive space and twice the RAM, but it is beginning to crash
just like the previous server. And the application log is filling
up, just like the prevous server.
We have re-assigned IP addresses, so this new server now has
the same IP address that the old one had, and even though it has a
new name, all references to the old name are being forwarded to the
new server....So our problem has followed us to the new machine.
Iiiiiiiieeeeeee. I am in the twlight zone, and can't get out.
Does anyone have any idea how I can tell where these 404 errors
might be coming from? How do I get a referrer on a log file error?
Or any other ideas at all. I am at my wits end, and if I
don't solve this problem am in serious trouble here. WCW

Answer 1

Willow315 wrote:
> The sequence of events is that the server runs
fine....for a short while, then
> either CF services or all the Web services become
unavailalbe. Sometimes the
> whole machine goes down, and must be rebooted.
Goes down? Do you mean 100% CPU and unresponsive or do you
mean it
completely locks up and doesn't even answer pings anymore?
> Sometimes when the server goes down, I get a Jrun
connection error. But I
> really think that the server is just getting overloaded
with these erroneous
> 404 errors that are showing up every couple of
minutes/seconds in the
> application log.
What is the first error you see in your *-out.log? Is JRun
maximizing
the allocated RAM when it goes down?
> Iiiiiiiieeeeeee. I am in the twlight zone, and can't get
out. Does anyone have
> any idea how I can tell where these 404 errors might be
coming from? How do I
> get a referrer on a log file error?
In your IIS logging settings, enable referrer logging. And
you might
check if there is a "Check that file exists" checkbox in IIS
where you
mapped the .cfm extension to CF.
Jochem
Jochem van Dieten
Adobe Community Expert for ColdFusion