KBEA-00007 - Enabling full memory dumps on Windows agents

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Summary

You want to enable full memory dumps on a Windows agent for debugging purposes.

Solution

To enable full Windows crash dumps (This is the Windows XP procedure; procedures for other Windows platforms are similar.):

  1. Open System Properties

  2. Click the Advanced tab

  3. Click Settings under Startup and Recovery

  4. Change "Write debugging information" to "Complete memory dump"
    Complete memory dump is not in the menu if >2GB memory is used. Set the memory limit with the maxmem switch.

Applies to

  • Product versions: All

  • OS versions: Windows