Make sure you have all the required hotfixes for 2003 applied as recommended by EMC. There is one patch that I know has to be applied otherwise you'll see this issue (But of course I can't remember the exact one). Up on pwerlink (The EMC support site) grab the Clarion (Assuming your using a Clarion) procedure generator (Support>>>product and diagnostic tools>>>Clarion Tools>>>Clarion procedure generator). Run it and input your server info, etc and it will generate a word doc of everything you need to have on the host machine including all required os patches.
From: Kevin Lundy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 1:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: File server lockup We have a 2003 file server attached to a 1T LUN on an EMC SAN. The server locked up today. Stopped responding, couldn't even login locally. Power cycled and the problem returned within about 15 minutes. Thinking the problem was server related, we mounted the LUN on another 2003 server and updated DFS, back in operation. We thought. About an hour later, the new server locked up in the exact same fashion. Reboot, locked again. So the problem moved with the LUN. We are on the phone now with EMC (India) to rule out the storage. These servers are pure file servers, nothing else. When it locks, it does not appear to be a sudden increase in CPU or memory. Our current thought from the OS side is maybe either some NTFS corruption or some file that is corrupted that causes a problem when accessed. There is absolutely nothing in the event logs. After we moved the LUN, the original server is working just fine. Any thoughts or suggestions on where to troubleshoot? Thanks Kevin ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
