HW: Type: HP Proliant ML350 G5 RAM 22GB CPU 1 x Intel Xenon E5405 2.00GHz

OP: ESXi 5.5 just updated from 5.1 to try and fix the crashes occurring on ESXi 5.1 on same hardware.

I'm trying to find the error on why one of our servers is crashing, it has had two lock ups in 24 hours now. The internal error light on the front is blinking red, on the inside only "#5 and #6 page 76 manual" the "Processor 2" light "amber" and the "Power" light "green" is shining.

in the logs the only errors i can see in the relevant time frame is in log under. Is this the reason? or is there anything else i can do to try and log/locate the error.

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2014-05-26T11:55:47Z sfcbd[35064]: Error opening socket pair for getProviderContext: Too many open files
2014-05-26T11:55:47Z sfcbd[35064]: Failed to set recv timeout (30) for socket -1. Errno = 9
2014-05-26T11:55:47Z sfcbd[35064]: Failed to set timeout for local socket (e.g. provider)
2014-05-26T11:55:47Z sfcbd[35064]: spGetMsg receiving from -1 35064-9 Bad file descriptor
2014-05-26T11:55:47Z sfcbd[35064]: rcvMsg receiving from -1 35064-9 Bad file descriptor
2014-05-26T11:55:47Z sfcb-ProviderManager[34828]: SendMsg sending to 1 34828-9 Bad file descriptor
2014-05-26T11:55:47Z sfcb-ProviderManager[34828]: SendMsg sending to 1 34828-9 Bad file descriptor
2014-05-26T11:55:47Z sfcb-ProviderManager[34828]: SendMsg sending to 1 34828-9 Bad file descriptor
2014-05-26T11:55:47Z sfcbd[35064]: Error opening socket pair for getProviderContext: Too many open files
2014-05-26T11:55:47Z sfcbd[35064]: Failed to set recv timeout (30) for socket -1. Errno = 9
2014-05-26T11:55:47Z sfcbd[35064]: Failed to set timeout for local socket (e.g. provider)
2014-05-26T11:55:47Z sfcbd[35064]: spGetMsg receiving from -1 35064-9 Bad file descriptor
2014-05-26T11:55:47Z sfcbd[35064]: rcvMsg receiving from -1 35064-9 Bad file descriptor
2014-05-26T11:55:47Z sfcb-ProviderManager[34828]: SendMsg sending to 1 34828-9 Bad file descriptor
2014-05-26T11:55:47Z sfcb-ProviderManager[34828]: SendMsg sending to 1 34828-9 Bad file descriptor
2014-05-26T11:55:47Z sfcb-ProviderManager[34828]: SendMsg sending to 1 34828-9 Bad file descriptor
2014-05-26T11:55:53Z sfcb-ProviderManager[34828]: SendMsg sending to 1 34828-9 Bad file descriptor
2014-05-26T11:55:57Z sfcb-ProviderManager[34828]: SendMsg sending to 1 34828-9 Bad file descriptor
2014-05-26T11:56:01Z sfcb-ProviderManager[34828]: SendMsg sending to 1 34828-9 Bad file descriptor
2014-05-26T11:56:04Z sfcb-ProviderManager[34828]: SendMsg sending to 1 34828-9 Bad file descriptor
2014-05-26T11:56:15Z sfcb-ProviderManager[34828]: SendMsg sending to 1 34828-9 Bad file descriptor
2014-05-26T11:56:17Z sfcbd[35064]: Error opening socket pair for getProviderContext: Too many open files
2014-05-26T11:56:17Z sfcbd[35064]: Failed to set recv timeout (30) for socket -1. Errno = 9
2014-05-26T11:56:17Z sfcbd[35064]: Failed to set timeout for local socket (e.g. provider)
2014-05-26T11:56:17Z sfcbd[35064]: spGetMsg receiving from -1 35064-9 Bad file descriptor
2014-05-26T11:56:17Z sfcbd[35064]: rcvMsg receiving from -1 35064-9 Bad file descriptor
2014-05-26T11:56:17Z sfcb-ProviderManager[34828]: SendMsg sending to 1 34828-9 Bad file descriptor
2014-05-26T11:56:17Z sfcb-ProviderManager[34828]: SendMsg sending to 1 34828-9 Bad file descriptor
2014-05-26T11:56:17Z sfcb-ProviderManager[34828]: SendMsg sending to 1 34828-9 Bad file descriptor
2014-05-26T11:56:17Z sfcbd[35064]: Error opening socket pair for getProviderContext: Too many open files
2014-05-26T11:56:17Z sfcbd[35064]: Failed to set recv timeout (30) for socket -1. Errno = 9
2014-05-26T11:56:17Z sfcbd[35064]: Failed to set timeout for local socket (e.g. provider)
2014-05-26T11:56:17Z sfcbd[35064]: spGetMsg receiving from -1 35064-9 Bad file descriptor
2014-05-26T11:56:17Z sfcbd[35064]: rcvMsg receiving from -1 35064-9 Bad file descriptor
2014-05-26T11:56:17Z sfcb-ProviderManager[34828]: SendMsg sending to 1 34828-9 Bad file descriptor
2014-05-26T11:56:17Z sfcb-ProviderManager[34828]: SendMsg sending to 1 34828-9 Bad file descriptor
2014-05-26T11:56:17Z sfcb-ProviderManager[34828]: SendMsg sending to 1 34828-9 Bad file descriptor
2014-05-26T11:56:23Z sfcb-ProviderManager[34828]: SendMsg sending to 1 34828-9 Bad file descriptor
2014-05-26T11:56:27Z sfcb-ProviderManager[34828]: SendMsg sending to 1 34828-9 Bad file descriptor
2014-05-26T11:56:31Z sfcb-ProviderManager[34828]: SendMsg sending to 1 34828-9 Bad file descriptor
2014-05-26T11:56:34Z sfcb-ProviderManager[34828]: SendMsg sending to 1 34828-9 Bad file descriptor
2014-05-26T11:56:34Z sfcb-ProviderManager[34828]: SendMsg sending to 1 34828-9 Bad file descriptor
2014-05-26T11:56:34Z sfcb-ProviderManager[34828]: SendMsg sending to 1 34828-9 Bad file descriptor
2014-05-26T11:56:34Z sfcb-ProviderManager[34828]: SendMsg sending to 1 34828-9 Bad file descriptor
2014-05-26T11:56:34Z sfcb-ProviderManager[34828]: SendMsg sending to 1 34828-9 Bad file descriptor
2014-05-26T11:56:44Z sfcb-ProviderManager[34828]: SendMsg sending to 1 34828-9 Bad file descriptor
2014-05-26T11:56:44Z sfcb-ProviderManager[34828]: SendMsg sending to 1 34828-9 Bad file descriptor
2014-05-26T11:56:44Z sfcb-ProviderManager[34828]: SendMsg sending to 1 34828-9 Bad file descriptor
2014-05-26T11:56:44Z sfcb-ProviderManager[34828]: SendMsg sending to 1 34828-9 Bad file descriptor
2014-05-26T11:56:46Z sfcb-ProviderManager[34828]: SendMsg sending to 1 34828-9 Bad file descriptor
2014-05-26T11:56:48Z sfcbd[35064]: Error opening socket pair for getProviderContext: Too many open files

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