Hi all
I have just taken a server over and have been asked to manage apache on it for the time being. I am no expert so please have patience as new to all this.
History of Server
The Server is used for storing images of houses from our Valuation manager. Pics are uploaded via a perl routine. And can be viewed via apache. We also have fop on the server which generates pdf brochures.
Problem 1
Xammp, is it normal to have apache.exe x2 in the process list within task manager? When I stop xampp using the control panel both apache.exe processes disappear, then appear in list when started. Is this the norm with xampp? ie 2 x apache.exe in the process list.
Problem 2 - The Main issue
Firstly the backup failed on this server because out of memory. Upon checking event viewer I noticed the following error
Event ID 1000
Faulting application apache.exe, version 2.2.8.0, faulting module msvcrt.dll, version 7.0.3790.0
I then trawled the net as in backup exec I had the error:
Backup- RSSNCL3IMS1AOFO: Initialization failure on: "Shadow?Copy?Components". Advanced Open File Option used: Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS).
Snapshot provider error (0x8007000E): Ran out of memory
Check the Windows Event Viewer for details.
So checked event viewer: and noticed the following
Event ID: 5
The shadow copy of volume C: could not be created due to insufficient non-paged memory pool for a bitmap structure.
I then added NP Pool into the task manager list and noticed Apache is Taking up 4GB of NP Pool Memory
When I restart apache via the control panel this reappears and all is ok.
Problem is after 2 to 4 hours it just fills up again..?
The only thing I have found is upgrading to 2.2.9 of apache? Has anyone else had this problem before?
Summary
1 Is it correct that xampp spawns 2x apache.exe - I hope so.
2 Anyone had the same issues above with apache taking 4gb+ of non paged pool memory? Does 2.2.9 fix this issue?
Hardware and Software details below
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Server
Windows 2003 Standard
4gb Memory
ProLiant DL580 G2
2xCPU
Veritas Backup software 10
Xampp
xampp-win32-perl-addon-5.8.8-2.2.8-installer.exe
xampp-win32-1.6.6a-installer.exe
I thin the version inside of this is apache2.2.8
Thanks in advance Dave