Receiving Emails Saying vBulletin Database Error!

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I've been receiving a lot of emails over the last day or so saying:

Database error in vBulletin :


mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Lost connection to MySQL server at 'reading initial communication packet', system error: 111

- html/scrapping/forums/includes/class_core.php on line 311

Any idea what is going on? My forums have been closed since January, though I've been working on them lately so I can reopen them. __DEFINE_LIKE_SHARE__