Jenkins running on Linux kurki 2.6.32-5-xen-amd64 #1 SMP x86_64 Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 failed to contact a Unix slave on SLES 11 SP 1. Jenkins 1.430 version.

The last attempt failed with the following log. The next attempts to contact the slave failed altogether and there was no text in the slave node log either.

Started by upstream project "pmc-snapshot-itest" build number 545
Building remotely on pmc-inst-test
hudson.util.IOException2: remote file operation failed: /var/jenkins/workspace/pmc-snapshot-inst-test at hudson.remoting.Channel@74e1b1dd:pmc-inst-test
at hudson.FilePath.act(FilePath.java:754)
at hudson.FilePath.act(FilePath.java:740)
at hudson.FilePath.mkdirs(FilePath.java:806)
at hudson.model.AbstractProject.checkout(AbstractProject.java:1191)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractRunner.checkout(AbstractBuild.java:566)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractRunner.run(AbstractBuild.java:454)
at hudson.model.Run.run(Run.java:1376)
at hudson.model.FreeStyleBuild.run(FreeStyleBuild.java:46)
at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:88)
at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:230)
Caused by: hudson.remoting.ChannelClosedException: channel is already closed
at hudson.remoting.Channel.send(Channel.java:499)
at hudson.remoting.Request.call(Request.java:110)
at hudson.remoting.Channel.call(Channel.java:681)
at hudson.FilePath.act(FilePath.java:747)
... 9 more
Caused by: java.io.IOException
at hudson.remoting.Channel.close(Channel.java:868)
at hudson.slaves.ChannelPinger$1.onDead(ChannelPinger.java:112)
at hudson.remoting.PingThread.ping(PingThread.java:107)
at hudson.remoting.PingThread.run(PingThread.java:81)
Recording test results
ERROR: Publisher hudson.tasks.junit.JUnitResultArchiver aborted due to exception
hudson.remoting.ChannelClosedException: channel is already closed
at hudson.remoting.Channel.send(Channel.java:499)
at hudson.remoting.Request.call(Request.java:110)
at hudson.remoting.Channel.call(Channel.java:681)
at hudson.EnvVars.getRemote(EnvVars.java:202)
at hudson.model.Computer.getEnvironment(Computer.java:821)
at hudson.model.Run.getEnvironment(Run.java:1794)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild.getEnvironment(AbstractBuild.java:808)
at hudson.tasks.junit.JUnitResultArchiver.perform(JUnitResultArchiver.java:131)
at hudson.tasks.BuildStepMonitor$1.perform(BuildStepMonitor.java:19)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractRunner.perform(AbstractBuild.java:693)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractRunner.performAllBuildSteps(AbstractBuild.java:668)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractRunner.performAllBuildSteps(AbstractBuild.java:646)
at hudson.model.Build$RunnerImpl.post2(Build.java:162)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractRunner.post(AbstractBuild.java:615)
at hudson.model.Run.run(Run.java:1401)
at hudson.model.FreeStyleBuild.run(FreeStyleBuild.java:46)
at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:88)
at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:230)
Caused by: java.io.IOException
at hudson.remoting.Channel.close(Channel.java:868)
at hudson.slaves.ChannelPinger$1.onDead(ChannelPinger.java:112)
at hudson.remoting.PingThread.ping(PingThread.java:107)
at hudson.remoting.PingThread.run(PingThread.java:81)
ERROR: Publisher hudson.tasks.Mailer aborted due to exception
hudson.remoting.ChannelClosedException: channel is already closed
at hudson.remoting.Channel.send(Channel.java:499)
at hudson.remoting.Request.call(Request.java:110)
at hudson.remoting.Channel.call(Channel.java:681)
at hudson.EnvVars.getRemote(EnvVars.java:202)
at hudson.model.Computer.getEnvironment(Computer.java:821)
at hudson.model.Run.getEnvironment(Run.java:1794)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild.getEnvironment(AbstractBuild.java:808)
at hudson.tasks.Mailer.perform(Mailer.java:98)
at hudson.tasks.BuildStepMonitor$1.perform(BuildStepMonitor.java:19)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractRunner.perform(AbstractBuild.java:693)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractRunner.performAllBuildSteps(AbstractBuild.java:668)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractRunner.performAllBuildSteps(AbstractBuild.java:646)
at hudson.model.Build$RunnerImpl.post2(Build.java:162)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractRunner.post(AbstractBuild.java:615)
at hudson.model.Run.run(Run.java:1401)
at hudson.model.FreeStyleBuild.run(FreeStyleBuild.java:46)
at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:88)
at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:230)
Caused by: java.io.IOException
at hudson.remoting.Channel.close(Channel.java:868)
at hudson.slaves.ChannelPinger$1.onDead(ChannelPinger.java:112)
at hudson.remoting.PingThread.ping(PingThread.java:107)
at hudson.remoting.PingThread.run(PingThread.java:81)
Finished: FAILURE