EAServer 5.x and VMs

Mark Maslow

2009-07-10 17:07:53 UTC

We've been running that version of EAServer since May on a virtual
server without any issues.

The version of the PBVM we are running is 10.5.2 - build 7826.
Presumably, that release fixes some issues with earlier ones.

Generally there is some kind of indication in some log file that gives
some clues as to the cause when EAServer crashes. One of the first
things I would do is look for those clues.

When you say that "one client hands when two clients try to instantiate
the same object" - is this a "shared" object (in which case you would
expect clients to wait on access), or is each client supposed to get a
separate instance? You don't supply enough information to know what
that's about.

In any case, in the end, especially when dealing with crashes, you are
probably going to have to work with Sybase TS, since they are the only
ones with access to the internals.

Post by unknown
We have noticed some problems running EAServer within
Virtual Machines (We're using HyperV for our virtual server
software).
Our problems have been different - one client hangs when two
clients try to instantiate the same object. Another problem
is that we get Fatal error crashes that terminate EAServer.
Neither of these problems are reproduceable when we run
EAServer on a normal machine, but we've tried with two
different virtual server setups with the same reproduceable
results.
Has anyone else experienced problems like this?
Can anyone recommend any solutions.
The problem is a little too vague for us to log a support
call just yet, so we thought we'd find out here.
EAServer 5.5.0 (Build 55012)
HyperV running Windows 2003
PowerBuilder 10.5.1 (Build 6662)
Many thanks
James
James dot Humphery at tracegroup dot com