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Problem Investigation: Excessive DNS Queries and etcd Failure Messages

Posted on February 4, 2025April 16, 2026 by Don Horrox

In a recent troubleshooting session, my team noticed an alarming surge in DNS queries and puzzling etcd error messages on two of our hosts. Despite having no firewall rules in place to block traffic, we discovered that the etcd service was rejecting connections. Had an old configuration change finally come back to haunt us? The answer may surprise you.

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Problem Investigation: Virtual Machines Intermittently Hang at Blank Screen on Reboot

Posted on May 1, 2024January 28, 2026 by Don Horrox

In this post, we discuss a real-world problem investigation where VMs experienced sporadic freezes during reboot, resulting in Production impact.

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