Server 2008R2 reports unexpected shutdown when I did a normal restart
So here is a weird one:
I uninstalled SQL2008 Express and when I restarted, it came up with the unexpected shutdown window.
I did clean restarts a couple of times and it always says windows shutdown unexpectedly. I powered it off and restarted with the same results.
Anyone seen this yet? Any ideas on how to fix it? I want to put this server back into production but I am afraid I messed something up and I don't trust it anymore.
Thanks in advance for the advice!
I uninstalled SQL2008 Express and when I restarted, it came up with the unexpected shutdown window.
I did clean restarts a couple of times and it always says windows shutdown unexpectedly. I powered it off and restarted with the same results.
Anyone seen this yet? Any ideas on how to fix it? I want to put this server back into production but I am afraid I messed something up and I don't trust it anymore.
Thanks in advance for the advice!
Are you shutting this down remotely or from the console?
It is possible that it is getting a stop error (or BSOD) on shutdown. I had a server do something similar to this before. I would shut it down and it would never actually shutdown, it would always just reboot.
I finally turned off the "Automatically Restart" option in System Properties --> Advanced --> System Failure and then I was able to see the actual stop message and troubleshoot from there.
Also check the event logs on the host to see if any application is crashing at the time of the reboot. The system log or application log should help.
I finally turned off the "Automatically Restart" option in System Properties --> Advanced --> System Failure and then I was able to see the actual stop message and troubleshoot from there.
Also check the event logs on the host to see if any application is crashing at the time of the reboot. The system log or application log should help.
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riplicher: I am shutting down via vCenter console.
ServerGuyScott: nothing to really speak of in the event logs. Other than the "shutdown was unexpected" event and a couple of problems with DoubleTake because of the missing database, the logs are pretty clean. Also, to clarify: I am not getting BSOD's or anything. It seems to restart normally but when it comes back on-line it is asking for me to explain the unexpected restart.
ServerGuyScott: nothing to really speak of in the event logs. Other than the "shutdown was unexpected" event and a couple of problems with DoubleTake because of the missing database, the logs are pretty clean. Also, to clarify: I am not getting BSOD's or anything. It seems to restart normally but when it comes back on-line it is asking for me to explain the unexpected restart.
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Sorry for the long delay in getting back to you guys. Thanks for the input.
It ended up being 2 parts: I had a snapshot that was being applied that another IT guy created which I didn't know about. It allowed me to revert but that put all my SQL stuff back.
It no longer gave me the error so I unistalled SQL again and the error re-appeared. It looks like the IIS site was still trying to hook into the SQL instance because I stopped the site and disabled IIS and it worked ok.
The final answer though - I killed the VM and used a physical member server to install BUExec. It appears that BUexec 12.5 is only 32Bit and wouldn't run on my 64bit 2008R2 anyway.
D'Oh!
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. 50/50 split for y'all.
It ended up being 2 parts: I had a snapshot that was being applied that another IT guy created which I didn't know about. It allowed me to revert but that put all my SQL stuff back.
It no longer gave me the error so I unistalled SQL again and the error re-appeared. It looks like the IIS site was still trying to hook into the SQL instance because I stopped the site and disabled IIS and it worked ok.
The final answer though - I killed the VM and used a physical member server to install BUExec. It appears that BUexec 12.5 is only 32Bit and wouldn't run on my 64bit 2008R2 anyway.
D'Oh!
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. 50/50 split for y'all.