I'd start with the simple stuff. Power cord in tight? Is the server in a clean server room? If not (or even if it is), check the fans and heat sinks for dust and clean it out. Speaking of fans, are all of them running? Air vents not blocked?
-Paul -----Original Message----- From: Mike Leone [mailto:oozerd...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 7:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Win2008 R2 not writing crash dump file I've got a Win2008 R2 server that has decided that it is a yo-yo, and is rebooting daily (at different times), sometimes twice within like 20 minutes. In Control Panel, I have "Kernel memory dump" chosen under "Write debugging information", with the value "%SystemRoot%\MEMORY.DMP (and checked off "Overwrite any existing file"). But I never get any dump file - there are no files *.DMP anywhere on the server. And I don't know why it's not writing one. I want to run one through the WinDbg debugger, hopefully yo have it point at the problem (bad device driver, I'm guessing). The event log only says the previous shutdown was unexpected - never lists any bugcheck values or anything. So I'm sort of flying blind at this point. What would cause the DMP file to never be written? How can I get a DMP to analyze? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
