Environment
Novell Client 2 SP3 for Windows (IR6)
Situation
Workstation crashes (blue screen) citing a 0x3B in VLS.SYS.
SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION (0x3B) bugcheck.
SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION (0x3B) bugcheck.
Resolution
Fixed in Novell Client 2 SP3 for Windows (IR8).
Cause
The Client was not correctly handling a case where a previously working VLDB service later fails to respond.