Server shutdown- /var/log/messages copied over here

Hi,

Please share your thought what could make the server shutdown:

Dec  1 10:20:05 powellton syslog-ng[3916]: syslog-ng version 1.6.8 starting
Dec  1 10:20:06 powellton kdump[4038]: Loaded kdump kernel: /sbin/kexec -p /boot/vmlinux-2.6.16.60-0.34-kdump --append="CRASH=1 root=/dev/rootvg/rootlv console=ttyS0 8250.use_ba
ckup_timer=1 elevator=cfq numa=off  auto  elevator=deadline sysrq=1 reset_devices irqpoll maxcpus=1  1" --initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.16.60-0.34-kdump --args-linux
Dec  1 10:20:06 powellton ntpdate[4051]: step time server 163.231.227.247 offset -0.000007 sec
Dec  1 10:20:06 powellton ntpd[4061]: ntpd 4.2.4p3@1.1502-o Tue Apr 22 01:42:22 UTC 2008 (1)
Dec  1 10:20:06 powellton ntpd[4062]: precision = 1.000 usec
Dec  1 10:20:06 powellton ntpd[4062]: ntp_io: estimated max descriptors: 1048576, initial socket boundary: 16
Dec  1 10:20:06 powellton ntpd[4062]: Listening on interface #0 wildcard, 0.0.0.0#123 Disabled
Dec  1 10:20:06 powellton ntpd[4062]: Listening on interface #1 wildcard, ::#123 Disabled
Dec  1 10:20:06 powellton syslog-ng[3916]: Changing permissions on special file /dev/xconsole
Dec  1 10:20:06 powellton syslog-ng[3916]: Changing permissions on special file /dev/tty10
Dec  1 10:20:06 powellton ntpd[4062]: bind() fd 18, family 10, port 123, scope 4, addr fe80::221:28ff:fe44:35c0, in6_is_addr_multicast=0 flags=0x11 fails: Cannot assign requeste
d address
Dec  1 10:20:06 powellton ntpd[4062]: unable to create socket on eth2 (2) for fe80::221:28ff:fe44:35c0#123
Dec  1 10:20:06 powellton ntpd[4062]: failed to initialize interface for address fe80::221:28ff:fe44:35c0
Dec  1 10:20:06 powellton ntpd[4062]: Listening on interface #3 lo, ::1#123 Enabled
Dec  1 10:20:06 powellton ntpd[4062]: Listening on interface #4 eth1, fe80::221:28ff:fe44:35bf#123 Enabled
Dec  1 10:20:06 powellton ntpd[4062]: Listening on interface #5 eth0, fe80::221:28ff:fe44:35be#123 Enabled
Dec  1 10:20:06 powellton ntpd[4062]: Listening on interface #6 lo, 127.0.0.1#123 Enabled
Dec  1 10:20:06 powellton ntpd[4062]: Listening on interface #7 eth0, 167.68.167.179#123 Enabled
Dec  1 10:20:06 powellton ntpd[4062]: Listening on interface #8 eth1, 169.254.17.17#123 Enabled
Dec  1 10:20:06 powellton ntpd[4062]: Listening on interface #9 eth2, 10.214.112.11#123 Enabled
Dec  1 10:20:06 powellton ntpd[4062]: kernel time sync status 0040
Dec  1 10:20:06 powellton ntpd[4062]: frequency initialized 18.772 PPM from /var/lib/ntp/drift/ntp.drift
Dec  1 10:20:07 powellton ntpd[4062]: Listening on interface #10 eth2, fe80::221:28ff:fe44:35c0#123 Enabled
Dec  1 10:20:10 powellton sshd[4491]: Server listening on :: port 22.
Dec  1 10:20:10 powellton kernel: klogd 1.4.1, log source = /proc/kmsg started.
Dec  1 10:20:10 powellton kernel: Hangcheck: starting hangcheck timer 0.9.0 (tick is 25 seconds, margin is 150 seconds).
Dec  1 10:20:10 powellton kernel: Hangcheck: Using monotonic_clock().
Dec  1 10:20:10 powellton kernel: ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
Dec  1 10:20:10 powellton kernel: ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB]
Dec  1 10:20:10 powellton kernel: No dock devices found.
Dec  1 10:20:10 powellton kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 10
Dec  1 10:20:10 powellton kernel: lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
Dec  1 10:20:10 powellton kernel: IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
Dec  1 10:20:10 powellton /usr/sbin/cron[4677]: (CRON) STARTUP (V5.0)
Dec  1 10:20:11 powellton su: (to oracle) root on /dev/console
Dec  1 10:20:12 powellton kernel: eth0: no IPv6 routers present
Dec  1 10:20:14 powellton kernel: eth1: no IPv6 routers present
Dec  1 10:20:15 powellton kernel: usb 2-4: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
Dec  1 10:20:15 powellton kernel: usb 2-4: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
Dec  1 10:20:15 powellton kernel: eth2: no IPv6 routers present
Dec  1 10:20:45 powellton kernel: usb 2-4: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
Dec  1 10:20:45 powellton kernel: sr 14:0:0:0: scsi: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery
Dec  1 10:20:45 powellton kernel: sr 14:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device
Dec  1 10:20:45 powellton kernel: sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 0x/0x caddy
Dec  1 10:20:45 powellton kernel: sr 14:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1
Dec  1 10:21:01 powellton /usr/sbin/cron[5302]: (rmg) CMD (/perf/bin/stats /perf/etc/perf.conf)
Dec  1 10:21:01 powellton /usr/sbin/cron[5303]: (rmg) CMD (/perf/bin/check /perf/etc/perf.conf)
Dec  1 10:21:01 powellton /perf/bin/check[5303]: PERF - started '/perf/bin/httpd /perf/etc/perf.conf' (reason: not in ptable)
Dec  1 10:21:13 powellton su: (to oracle) root on none

Best regards,
Vishal

Vishal,

It is not possible to provide the exact reason why server rebooted with messages file .You can analyse the actual reason only with the kdump file.
You can go through below link for more details