MacOS – DeployStudio Kernel Panic

kernel-panicmacosnetboot

We have setup a DeployStudio server on a Mountain Lion server and also a NetBoot set on the server for deploying an image for a lab of about 70 workstations. We are in the process of upgrading them all to Mavericks.

After we run the workflow that installs the image we get a kernel panic screen and then the station allows us to move the cursor and continue the startup process (It is the traditional kernel panic screen but allows us to continue). No problems have occurred while using the station. The only issue that we have come across that may be related was when creating the NetBoot set through DeployStudio Assistant it gave us a Recovery Partition version mismatch error but allowed us to create the set anyways. We do not know if this is related to the kernel panic that occurs but it's the only thing out of the ordinary that is happening.

Is the recovery partition issue related or is it something else? If there's is more information needed I am happy to provide it. Thanks in advance!

EDIT: Here's the backtrace information from the .panic file. I removed what I thought would be not for the public eye.

Anonymous UUID: [Removed]

Thu May 15 16:29:43 2014 panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff80234b8945):
Kernel trap at 0xffffff7fa4d1938b, type 14=page fault, registers: CR0:
0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0x0000000000000000, CR3: 0x000000000ccc1023,
CR4: 0x00000000000606e0 RAX: 0xffffff80371c2000, RBX:
0xffffff8037e8d200, RCX: 0x0000000000000000, RDX: 0xffffff8112b93610
RSP: 0xffffff8112b92e00, RBP: 0xffffff8112b936e0, RSI:
0xffffff8112b93738, RDI: 0x0000000000000000 R8: 0xffffff80371c2420,
R9: 0x0000000000000000, R10: 0xffffff80373ec5e8, R11:
0x0000000000000206 R12: 0xffffff80368def00, R13: 0xffffff8112b938c0,
R14: 0xffffff80371c2420, R15: 0xffffff80371c2000 RFL:
0x0000000000010246, RIP: 0xffffff7fa4d1938b, CS: 0x0000000000000008,
SS: 0x0000000000000010 Fault CR2: 0x0000000000000000, Error code:
0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x0

Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address 0xffffff8112b92aa0 :
0xffffff802341d636 0xffffff8112b92b10 : 0xffffff80234b8945
0xffffff8112b92ce0 : 0xffffff80234cebfd 0xffffff8112b92d00 :
0xffffff7fa4d1938b 0xffffff8112b936e0 : 0xffffff7fa4d1a5a9
0xffffff8112b93a70 : 0xffffff7fa4d17311 0xffffff8112b93af0 :
0xffffff7fa4cd9134 0xffffff8112b93b20 : 0xffffff7fa4ce12aa
0xffffff8112b93ba0 : 0xffffff802386f789 0xffffff8112b93bc0 :
0xffffff8023870d30 0xffffff8112b93c20 : 0xffffff802386e74f
0xffffff8112b93d70 : 0xffffff8023498c21 0xffffff8112b93e80 :
0xffffff8023420b4d 0xffffff8112b93eb0 : 0xffffff8023410448
0xffffff8112b93f00 : 0xffffff802341961b 0xffffff8112b93f70 :
0xffffff80234a6546 0xffffff8112b93fb0 : 0xffffff80234cf473
Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily(74.15)[5FA5C6BA-AAB5-3557-976B-69133F3CBDCC]@0xffffff7fa4cc1000->0xffffff7fa4d0bfff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.8)[6C1D646D-7E5E-3D7F-A557-2CBA398FF878]@0xffffff7fa3a51000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.7)[F16E015E-1ABE-3C40-AC71-BC54F4BE442E]@0xffffff7fa4c2e000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.7)[9928306E-3508-3DBC-80A4-D8F1D87650D7]@0xffffff7fa4957000
com.apple.AMDRadeonAccelerator(1.0.8)[F3C46CFE-A6A0-3021-BA37-1D1881128DF2]@0xffffff7fa4d0c000->0xffffff7fa50c3fff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily(74.15)[5FA5C6BA-AAB5-3557-976B-69133F3CBDCC]@0xffffff7fa4cc1000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.8)[6C1D646D-7E5E-3D7F-A557-2CBA398FF878]@0xffffff7fa3a51000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.7)[F16E015E-1ABE-3C40-AC71-BC54F4BE442E]@0xffffff7fa4c2e000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.7)[9928306E-3508-3DBC-80A4-D8F1D87650D7]@0xffffff7fa4957000

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer

Mac OS version: 12F45

Kernel version: Darwin Kernel Version 12.5.0: Sun Sep 29 13:33:47 PDT
2013; root:xnu-2050.48.12~1/RELEASE_X86_64 Kernel UUID: [Removed]
Kernel slide: 0x0000000023200000 Kernel text base:
0xffffff8023400000 System model name: [Removed]

System uptime in nanoseconds: 1339164379624 last loaded kext at
42800815738: com.apple.filesystems.afpfs 10.0 (addr
0xffffff7fa5367000, size 348160) last unloaded kext at 144857580806:
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI 621.4.0 (addr 0xffffff7fa3cfa000, size
65536) loaded kexts: com.apple.filesystems.afpfs 10.0
com.apple.nke.asp_tcp 7.1.0 com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.60
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.5.12
com.apple.driver.AGPM 100.13.12
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.1.7f4
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 124
com.apple.kext.AMDFramebuffer 8.1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHD3000Graphics 8.1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 2.4.7fc4 com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 2.4.7fc4
com.apple.AMDRadeonAccelerator 1.0.8
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight 170.3.5
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC 1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU 2.0.3d0
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 1.0.0
com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl 3.4.5
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI 1.0.11d1
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.6.3
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.1.11
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelSNBGraphicsFB 8.1.6
com.apple.nke.webcontentfilter 5
com.apple.driver.DiskImages.ReadWriteDiskImage 345
com.apple.driver.DiskImages.SparseDiskImage 345
com.apple.driver.DiskImages.FileBackingStore 345
com.apple.driver.DiskImages.RAMBackingStore 345
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 3.5.6
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader 3.3.1
com.apple.driver.AppleIRController 320.15
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 404
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 2.3.5
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache 34 com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 635.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 4.9.9
com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet 3.6.2b4
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 2.6.6
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 621.4.6
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 1.8 com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.8 com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 1.9
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 1.8 com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 214.0.0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 4.0.39
com.apple.security.quarantine 2.1
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 214.0.0
com.apple.security.SecureRemotePassword 1.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 86.0.4 com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 10.0.6
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 2.4.7fc4
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 1.9.2fc7
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.12
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 4.1.7f4
com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily 74.15
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert 1.0.4
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 2.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 2.4.7fc4
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 2.4.7fc4 com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.5d4
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy 1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl 3.4.5
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.3.7
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 5.4.1d13
com.apple.kext.AMD6000Controller 8.1.6 com.apple.kext.AMDSupport 8.1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.11d1
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltEDMSink 1.2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.3.7
com.apple.driver.DiskImages.KernelBacked 345
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHIDMouse 175.8
com.apple.driver.AppleHIDMouse 175.8
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHIDKeyboard 170.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard 170.2.4
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice 3.5.6
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily 1.7
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily 1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily 1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI 2.5.5
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPOutAdapter 2.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPInAdapter 2.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPAdapterFamily 2.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltPCIDownAdapter 1.3.2
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice 3.5.6
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass 3.5.2
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 3.5.6
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 623.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 621.4.6
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 621.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltNHI 1.9.2
com.apple.iokit.IOThunderboltFamily 2.7.7
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 630.4.4
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily 4.5.5
com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController 1.0.2b1
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 3.0
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 2.5.1 com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 635.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 2.0 com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 1.8.1
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 2.0 com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1
com.apple.security.sandbox 220.3 com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 7 com.apple.driver.DiskImages 345
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore 28.21
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 1.8 com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.8
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.4 com.apple.kec.corecrypto 1.0

Best Answer

If you have only one panic, don't worry. As they pile up, you can follow the general advice on troubleshooting kernel panics: What is a Kernel Panic and what does it mean?

Once you have 5 to 20 reports, it's often far easier to know what piece of information in the long reports is relevant or repeats.