[Casper] time stamp error message and server load balancing

[Brenner, John]

Network traffic?


On 8/19/08 1:53 PM, "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:

> So, I ran across something very strange about 5 minutes ago.  I have a CS3
> package built and ready to be tested before I deploy it.  So I a using Casper
> Remote to push out the package manually to see if it works, and well an error
> occurred and I was reading through the logs and saw this:
> 
> Looking up user: java.sql.SQLException: Value '0000-00-00' can not be
> represented as java.sql.Timestamp
> Switching servers for load balacing...
> Executing Policy 2008-08-19 at 1:36 PM | tlarkin | 1 Computer...
> Mounting afp://casper106.kckps.org/CasperShare to /Volumes/CasperShare...
> Error: The package (CS3.dmg) could not be found.
> 
> Then I saw that it switched to a different share point for load balancing and
> this is the bizzarre thing.  For one my main share point is a brand spanking
> new intel xserve running a RAID with 4gigs of RAM.  My back up for load
> balancing is a Core2Duo Mac mini.  Why in the heck is it load balancing?
> Also, we haven't deployed my building yet so I have 1,357 Macbooks sitting on
> shelfs doing nothing right now in my office.  So, why would the server even be
> taxed at this point to even try to load balance?
> 
> I think I am going to turn load balancing off because that makes no sense.
> Activity monitor shows my CPUs using like 0.1% of the quad xeon processors,
> and RAM is being threaded out and there is still like over 2gigs of RAM not
> even being used.
> 
> Of course I haven't synchronized my Mac Mini back up share points yet so when
> it load balanced it couldn't find CS3 and produced that error.  So, I know why
> it ultimately didn't work but I don't understand the load balance option in
> the JSS.  I think perhaps it just alternates transactions between servers, and
> well I want my Xserve doing the bulk of the work and only when it is being too
> taxed do I want the mini to help out.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Thomas Larkin
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