(Still) Heavy on the Technical

This was put together by another TAM - Wade Ashworth.

Debugging a dump from a hung server may not be something you do every day so you may want to engage with one of our debug experts, however with this information as your guide you may find that you can narrow down a problem and save yourself a call.

My Server is hung - what do I do?

http://blogs.msdn.com/ntdebugging/archive/2008/09/12/red-alert-my-server-is-hung-what-do-i-do.aspx

If you need additional background on debugging, this article can get you started.

Basics of Debugging Windows

http://blogs.msdn.com/ntdebugging/archive/2008/08/28/basics-of-debugging-windows.aspx

I also compiled some additional resources that you may find useful including links to the tools, book recommendations,

Resources:

· Microsoft Debugging Tools
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· Public Symbols for Microsoft Operating Systems:
· Microsoft Public Symbol server : srv * DownstreamStore *
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· Microsoft Symbol packages
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· For concepts, tools and information about the system architecture:
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· Advanced Windows Debugging (by Mario Hewardt & Daniel Pravat)
· How to Access the User Mode Debugger from the Kernel Debugger
· How can I find out why the Cluster Resource Monitor dumped – Access Violation
· 1394 Kernel Debugging Tips and Tricks [WinHEC 2004; 373 KB]

· Debugging Windows Vista