Taking A Memory Dump In Windows; Setting The Windows System Environment - Hitachi Compute Blade 2500 Getting Started Manual

Taking a memory dump in Windows

This section describes the settings for taking a memory dump in Windows.

Setting the Windows system environment

This section describes how to configure the system environment in Windows
Server 2008 R2. For Windows Server 2012 or later, the system environment
does not need to be configured.
If you have purchased a pre-installed edition or bundled installation service
edition, or have installed the OS by using the OS setup functionality
(Installation Assistant) of Hitachi Server Navigator, which is bundled with the
system unit, the settings for taking a memory dump are configured
automatically. In these cases, you do not have to configure the settings.
Registry settings for taking an NMI dump
Use Registry Editor to edit the key as follows:
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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control
\CrashControl
• Name: NMICrashDump
• Type: REG_DWORD
• Value: 1
Virtual memory (pagefile.sys) settings
Set the virtual memory as follows:
1 In the Start menu, right-click Computer, and then select Properties.
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2 Select Advanced System Settings.
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3 In the System Properties window, select the Advanced tab.
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4 In Performance, click the Settings button.
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5 Select the Advanced tab.
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6 In Virtual memory, click the Change button.
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7 Select the drive for pagefile.sys, and make sure that the values
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configured for Initial size and Maximum size are both equal to at least
the physical memory size plus 400 MB.
8 Click the OK button to close the System Properties window, and then
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restart Windows.
Tip: The settings described above are given as an example, you might not be
able to take an MNI dump in some environments. See the following technical
information provided by Microsoft.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969028/ja
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