From: "Paul Smedley" <ecs-isp@2rosenthals.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2022 07:24:59 +1030
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Subject: Re: [eCS-ISP] system stuck in "system is rebooting"
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Hi Max,

On 5/12/22 06:33, Massimo S. wrote:
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> Il 04/12/2022 19:48, Massimo S. ha scritto:
>>
>>
>> Il 03/12/2022 01:56, Steven Levine ha scritto:
>>> In <list-5686242@2rosenthals.com>, on 12/01/22
>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 at 12:02 PM, "Massimo S." <ecs-isp@2rosenthals.com> =
said:
>>>
>>> Hi Massimo,
>>>
>>>> if i recall well you should have some utility to avoid this (rare)
>>>> situation?
>>>
>>> I'm not sure what utility you are thinking of.=C2=A0 What a reboot requ=
est
>>> hangs, there's not much you can do.=C2=A0 What I do have is scripts tha=
t shut
>>> down as much as possible before the reboot is requested and this=20
>>> gives the
>>> best chance of avoiding reboot hangs.
>>>
>>> As always the best solution is to detect that you are running low of
>>> resources and resolve this isssue before it can hang the system.
>>>
>>> Steven
>>
>> this only happens (luckily rarely) on the web server that use apache+PHP
>>
>> massimo
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> but i'm sure you talked about a tool to force the reboot in that situatio=
n

For scenarios when I'm remote, and need to forcefully reboot things, I=20
use something like=20
https://www.tp-link.com/au/home-networking/smart-plug/ and I can toggle=20
the power from a phone app.

Cheers,

Paul