Hi I have a Dedicated Server with Fasthosts. They won't help at all with support, they say it is all self-managed and they only help with hardware problems. I have received an e-mail about server health parameter warnings every few minutes for the last few days. I have posted the contents of the email below. Can anyone help me...what is the problem? How do I solve it? Server: dn1.my-server.com Server health parameter "Disk > Partition "/var" utilization" changed its status from "green" to "yellow". top - 15:03:08 up 76 days, 4:35, 0 users, load average: 0.17, 0.24, 0.18 Tasks: 166 total, 1 running, 165 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie Cpu(s): 1.7%us, 1.1%sy, 0.0%ni, 96.8%id, 0.2%wa, 0.1%hi, 0.1%si, 0.0%st Mem: 7822356k total, 7548888k used, 273468k free, 1152836k buffers Swap: 4192880k total, 304k used, 4192576k free, 4080268k cached PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 1 root 15 0 10344 680 572 S 0.0 0.0 0:17.89 init 2 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.64 migration/0 3 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:05.07 ksoftirqd/0 4 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/0 5 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.88 migration/1 6 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:14.00 ksoftirqd/1 7 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/1 8 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.48 migration/2 9 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:06.54 ksoftirqd/2 10 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/2 11 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:01.81 migration/3 12 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:05.57 ksoftirqd/3 13 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/3 14 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.60 events/0 15 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.53 events/1 16 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.34 events/2 17 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.39 events/3 18 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 khelper 85 root 11 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kthread 92 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:07.86 kblockd/0 93 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.01 kblockd/1 94 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.03 kblockd/2 95 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.03 kblockd/3 96 root 16 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kacpid 235 root 16 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 cqueue/0 236 root 17 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 cqueue/1 237 root 18 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 cqueue/2 238 root 18 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 cqueue/3 241 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 khubd 243 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kseriod 328 root 23 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 pdflush 329 root 15 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 32:06.02 pdflush 330 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:56.46 kswapd0 331 root 18 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 aio/0 332 root 18 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 aio/1 333 root 19 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 aio/2 334 root 18 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 aio/3 483 root 11 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kpsmoused 535 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ata/0 536 root 11 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ata/1 537 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ata/2 538 root 16 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ata/3 539 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ata_aux 545 root 13 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_0 546 root 11 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_1 547 root 11 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_2 548 root 11 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_3 559 root 11 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kstriped 582 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 29:12.51 md3_raid1 585 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 10:00.64 md2_raid1 588 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 10:03.80 md1_raid1 591 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 md0_raid1 592 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 3:37.39 kjournald 618 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:06.29 kauditd 650 root 21 -4 12652 836 392 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.28 udevd 1181 apache 15 0 239m 19m 484 S 0.0 0.3 0:00.00 httpd 2068 root 12 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kmpathd/0 2069 root 12 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kmpathd/1 2070 root 11 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kmpathd/2 2071 root 11 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kmpathd/3 2072 root 11 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kmpath_handlerd 2101 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 9:31.28 kjournald 2103 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 9:31.61 kjournald 2105 root 11 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kjournald 2377 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.15 kondemand/0 2378 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.03 kondemand/1 2379 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.04 kondemand/2 2380 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.06 kondemand/3 2680 root 11 -4 92864 880 588 S 0.0 0.0 0:52.60 auditd 2682 root 7 -8 143m 1040 612 S 0.0 0.0 0:28.65 audispd 2711 root 15 0 5904 608 484 S 0.0 0.0 2:49.86 syslogd 2714 root 15 0 3800 432 348 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 klogd 2728 root 18 0 10728 364 232 S 0.0 0.0 0:31.29 irqbalance 2746 rpc 24 0 8048 584 460 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 portmap 2773 root 25 0 14340 860 704 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 rpc.statd 2812 root 15 0 3984 348 240 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.32 mdadm 2843 root 12 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 rpciod/0 2844 root 12 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 rpciod/1 2845 root 11 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 rpciod/2 2846 root 11 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 rpciod/3 2853 root 15 0 48712 724 288 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.01 rpc.idmapd 2876 dbus 16 0 21256 916 676 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 dbus-daemon 2889 root 25 0 11320 788 660 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 hcid 2895 root 25 0 5932 544 444 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 sdpd 2924 root 10 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 krfcommd 2970 root 25 0 21168 1392 544 S 0.0 0.0 0:01.32 pcscd 2991 root 22 0 8512 484 380 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 hidd 3012 root 25 0 97536 1240 928 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.94 automount 3034 root 18 0 3796 560 464 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 acpid 3057 sw-cp-se 15 0 67516 8976 1920 S 0.0 0.1 0:34.39 sw-cp-serverd 3092 root 15 0 60672 1188 640 S 0.0 0.0 2:31.21 sshd 3106 root 18 0 134m 2676 1768 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 cupsd 3142 root 15 0 21640 888 672 S 0.0 0.0 0:07.35 xinetd 3162 root 15 0 13156 588 472 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.27 couriertcpd 3164 root 18 0 3784 500 424 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.15 courierlogger 3172 root 25 0 13156 576 464 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 couriertcpd 3174 root 25 0 3652 260 204 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 courierlogger 3180 root 15 0 13156 584 472 S 0.0 0.0 0:08.80 couriertcpd 3182 root 18 0 3784 500 424 S 0.0 0.0 0:02.42 courierlogger 3189 root 25 0 13156 580 464 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 couriertcpd 3191 root 25 0 3652 260 204 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 courierlogger 3206 qmails 16 0 3840 516 416 S 0.0 0.0 0:29.30 qmail-send 3208 qmaill 18 0 3792 508 432 S 0.0 0.0 0:06.43 splogger 3209 root 15 0 3832 424 316 S 0.0 0.0 0:04.32 qmail-lspawn 3210 qmailr 15 0 3832 440 324 S 0.0 0.0 0:02.18 qmail-rspawn 3211 qmailq 18 0 3788 388 316 S 0.0 0.0 0:10.80 qmail-clean 3232 root 18 0 6448 360 276 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 gpm 3299 named 25 0 180m 3840 1948 S 0.0 0.0 0:10.22 named 3341 root 25 0 68028 1272 1048 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 mysqld_safe 3401 mysql 15 0 351m 71m 5364 S 0.0 0.9 2012:30 mysqld 3470 postgres 18 0 117m 3292 2824 S 0.0 0.0 0:01.00 postmaster 3472 postgres 15 0 107m 748 280 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.03 postmaster 3474 postgres 15 0 117m 968 496 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.38 postmaster 3475 postgres 18 0 108m 680 208 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.01 postmaster 3476 postgres 25 0 107m 856 260 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 postmaster 3494 root 15 0 157m 44m 2404 S 0.0 0.6 0:05.86 spamd 3588 root 15 0 337m 31m 10m S 0.0 0.4 0:27.50 httpd 3705 root 15 0 331m 13m 936 S 0.0 0.2 1304:11 sw-collectd 3725 root 15 0 74852 1136 564 S 0.0 0.0 0:01.63 crond 3750 root 18 0 18732 460 308 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 atd 3764 avahi 15 0 23268 1380 1140 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.18 avahi-daemon 3765 avahi 22 0 23144 324 176 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 avahi-daemon 3780 haldaemo 15 0 31092 4172 1576 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.78 hald 3781 root 17 0 21688 1064 880 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 hald-runner 3788 haldaemo 25 0 12320 844 732 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 hald-addon-acpi 3793 haldaemo 18 0 12320 840 728 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 hald-addon-keyb 3800 haldaemo 18 0 12320 840 728 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 hald-addon-keyb 3853 ntp 15 0 23384 5020 3896 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.62 ntpd 3915 root 15 0 3788 476 408 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 mingetty 3916 root 18 0 3788 480 408 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 mingetty 3917 root 19 0 3788 480 408 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 mingetty 3920 root 20 0 3788 480 408 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 mingetty 3921 root 18 0 3788 480 408 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 mingetty 3922 root 22 0 3788 480 408 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 mingetty 7513 popuser 15 0 167m 54m 2412 S 0.0 0.7 0:46.73 spamd 13390 root 18 0 207m 23m 4368 S 0.0 0.3 5:44.22 sw-engine 14955 apache 16 0 425m 59m 7784 S 0.0 0.8 0:59.47 httpd 15401 apache 15 0 424m 58m 7360 S 0.0 0.8 0:51.14 httpd 17996 apache 15 0 424m 58m 7244 S 0.0 0.8 0:44.32 httpd 19357 apache 16 0 368m 56m 6532 S 0.0 0.7 0:40.73 httpd 20441 apache 15 0 368m 54m 6280 S 0.0 0.7 0:36.75 httpd 20511 apache 16 0 368m 56m 6324 S 0.0 0.7 0:38.68 httpd 20512 apache 15 0 371m 59m 6768 S 0.0 0.8 0:35.52 httpd 20585 apache 15 0 367m 53m 6700 S 0.0 0.7 0:35.61 httpd 21180 apache 16 0 368m 56m 6700 S 0.0 0.7 0:34.05 httpd 21248 apache 15 0 368m 57m 6736 S 0.0 0.7 0:37.04 httpd 21801 apache 15 0 368m 55m 6180 S 0.0 0.7 0:28.11 httpd 21812 apache 15 0 371m 57m 6644 S 0.0 0.7 0:30.46 httpd 22605 apache 15 0 368m 53m 6228 S 0.0 0.7 0:28.06 httpd 22609 apache 15 0 368m 57m 6624 S 0.0 0.7 0:28.37 httpd 22612 apache 16 0 368m 55m 6136 S 0.0 0.7 0:27.26 httpd 22613 apache 15 0 368m 55m 6912 S 0.0 0.7 0:27.32 httpd 24941 apache 16 0 353m 42m 5860 S 0.0 0.6 0:19.30 httpd 25773 apache 15 0 354m 42m 6312 S 0.0 0.6 0:16.57 httpd 26819 apache 16 0 352m 41m 6172 S 0.0 0.5 0:11.10 httpd 26833 apache 15 0 352m 41m 6252 S 0.0 0.5 0:13.24 httpd 27604 popuser 15 0 164m 52m 2388 S 0.0 0.7 0:08.49 spamd 28757 apache 16 0 353m 41m 5604 S 0.0 0.5 0:04.76 httpd 28766 apache 16 0 352m 39m 5404 S 0.0 0.5 0:05.60 httpd 28792 apache 16 0 352m 40m 5588 S 0.0 0.5 0:04.95 httpd 30599 apache 15 0 352m 38m 5332 S 0.0 0.5 0:01.48 httpd 30615 apache 15 0 353m 39m 5184 S 0.0 0.5 0:01.44 httpd 30620 apache 15 0 352m 38m 4956 S 0.0 0.5 0:01.59 httpd 30622 apache 15 0 352m 39m 5368 S 0.0 0.5 0:01.64 httpd 31070 apache 15 0 349m 35m 4352 S 0.0 0.5 0:00.36 httpd 31204 root 19 0 12732 1004 704 R 0.0 0.0 0:00.01 top Code (markup):
Did you try to run fsck to solve the problem? We did not see such problem under plesk, however we provide only cPanel and DA solutions.
I just tried:- fsck /var/ Code (markup): and got a few this message: WARNING!!! Running e2fsck on a mounted filesystem may cause SEVERE filesystem damage. Do you really want to continue (y/n)? yes /dev/md3: recovering journal Code (markup): I said 'Yes' /dev/md3: recovering journal fsck.ext3: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to re-open /dev/md3 e2fsck: io manager magic bad! Code (markup): Any ideas? The emails only seem to warn of the issue on /var -