SERVER IS BEEPING

[GASPAR2]

THIS MAY SOUND LIKE A DUMB QUESTION, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF A PROBLEM. WE ARE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE SERVER FREEZING DURING A TAPE BACKUP. AND RECENTLY THE SERVER HAS STARTED BEEPING MAYBE 20 TIMES AN HOUR. SOMETIME ON IT'S OWN AND OTHER TIMES WHEN WE ARE DOING SOMETHING ON THE SERVER. ANY IDEAS ON IF THE TWO ARE RELATED OR WHAT COULD BE CAUSING EITHER.

 

[glenna]

Sometimes the beeping sequence is actually reporting a specific error. I'd talk to the PC manufacturer and the tape software manufacturer. Glenn
"The answer is still 42"

 

[Jpoandl]

What brand of server is this? Sometimes, there is a display screen...it might be showing errors on it. Also, check the event viewer for errors...look in the application log and the system log.

If this is a Compaq server, you should be able to look into the Comapq log to see if there is a problem with the server. The server shouldn't be beeping. Joseph L. Poandl
MCSE 2000

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[Guest_imported]

Had beping sounds from my server before problems occurred. Could be Raid controller cards causing the beeping or possibly a scsi card if that is what you are usingfor the tape backup. We couldn't figure ut what the beeping was on our server for about 2 hours until we realized that it was the Promise array cards informing us that there was a problem with our array on a new server. One of the effects of this problem was a backup freeze ... just a thought.

 

[jwcox3]

Go through the SCSI utility and check your HDDs one may have died.

John Cox
MCSE,Network+