Server freezes - no clues. How to log/troubleshoot?

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Jim

Hi,

Windows 2000 server (sp4) has been up and running as a terminal server
and SQL server. In the last week it has frozen four times without
warning, once when no users connected, forcing power off reboot. Nothing
in the event viewer. Where can I look? Any way to run extra
logging/diagnostics?

Thanks
 
Could be something is memory leaking up to the point of the lockup. You can
use Task Manager and or Performance Monitor to see what is consuming the
mem/ cpu. A consistently positive "Mem Delta" value may indicates a memory
leak.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Hi,
|
| Windows 2000 server (sp4) has been up and running as a terminal server
| and SQL server. In the last week it has frozen four times without
| warning, once when no users connected, forcing power off reboot. Nothing
| in the event viewer. Where can I look? Any way to run extra
| logging/diagnostics?
|
| Thanks
 
Hi,
I watched the task manager at intervals and the major user of memory is
SQL server, gradually increasing over time to over 1GB. I am still
seeing the system lock up without warning. (The server has 4GB RAM). Is
there any other kind of logging tool I could use which might leave a
trace for me after a hard reset?
 
You can remotely connect and log with another machine using Performance
Monitor.

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Hi,
| I watched the task manager at intervals and the major user of memory is
| SQL server, gradually increasing over time to over 1GB. I am still
| seeing the system lock up without warning. (The server has 4GB RAM). Is
| there any other kind of logging tool I could use which might leave a
| trace for me after a hard reset?
 
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