Well the hard reboot has got the server running OK. The logs show that a backup drive was at 100% full halfway through a backup in April. This went unnoticed until the reboot. Somehow the drive seemed to remain in an unstable state, which the hard reboot cleared.
Cheers Bill -----Original message----- > From:Bill Maidment <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday 4th May 2019 18:47 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Can't reboot after latest updates > > Correction. Every 2 minutes, not every 2 seconds. > I've advised my colleague to try a hard reboot to see if that gets us out of > trouble. > > > -----Original message----- > > From:Bill Maidment <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday 4th May 2019 18:16 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Can't reboot after latest updates > > > > Hi > > Today, a colleague ran yum update on our SL7.6 server and after reboot the > > server refuses to start with the following message every 2 seconds: > > > > System Journal ID 20156 – failed to send WATCHDOG=1 notification message. > > Transport endpoint is not connected. > > > > Any ideas how to fix this. Google shows this as an occasional issue, but > > with no specific help. > > . > > > > Cheers > > Bill Maidment
