[asterisk-users] Asterisk 1.6.1.6 crashing

[Ahmed Ossama]

You could use gdb or crash for core dump analysis.

Ahmed Ossama

Alejandro Recarey wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I have a pretty much standard installation of an Asterisk 1.6.1.6 with 
> no PRI cards of any type (full VoIP).
>
> Occasionally (it happens every 2 weeks or so), it just stops running. 
> I was using safe_asterisk but it seems that safe_asterisk did not 
> restart it. I do have the core dump file at 
> /tmp/core.myservername-2009-10-20T18:36:20+0200 but it seems it's from 
> an earlier crash. When I read the file, with nano or tail, it seems 
> like pure gibberish.
>
> Is there any link or tutorial I can read that will help me read / use 
> core dump files for debugging purposes? This asterisk is under heavy 
> load, it's a 2x Dual core Xeon at 3GHz and its handling around 210 
> simultaneous calls at peak hour with no transcoding, mostly SIP, but 
> some SIP to IAX conversion, and generaly I feel it's performing well.
>
> Do you have any tips on maintenance? Should I restart asterisk every 
> day, or restart the server?
>
> Thank you for your help,
>
> Alex
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