Michael
Wed Jul 09 18:31:32 CDT 2008
Okay. :) I would certainly add some PerfMon counters to watch the memory
usage over time while you wait for another hang. Take a look at the post
below from the Performance Team at MSFT for a GREAT overview.
http://blogs.technet.com/askperf/archive/2008/01/25/an-overview-of-troubleshooting-memory-issues.aspx
They also have some good posts on memory management issues in general linked
below.
http://blogs.technet.com/askperf/archive/tags/memory+management/default.aspx
Report back what you find and we can dig around from there.
"Dan" <dmorris@basicbusiness.com> wrote in message
news:98850E86-395E-48E1-8B58-6951DC48CCBA@microsoft.com...
> Server is only 4 days old so always. :)
>
> "Michael Dragone" wrote:
>
>> When did this issue start happening? Or has it always occurred?
>>
>> "Dan" <dmorris@basicbusiness.com> wrote in message
>> news:5BE20FF4-E656-455D-8218-BEAD69B4CD89@microsoft.com...
>> > Yes all 64 bit versions. Rollup 3 was applied last night through
>> > Windows
>> > 2008 Microsoft Updates.
>> >
>> > Right now the top memory users after 2 hours of up time are
>> >
>> > Edgetransport 315MB
>> > Then I have 4 FSCTransportScanner.exe *32 (think these are to do with
>> > ForeFront) 175MB
>> > Then FSCRealtime Scanner 170MB
>> > Then store.exe 160MB
>> >
>> > It's at 2.61 total used out of 4.
>> >
>> > Stupid me forgot to look at the process list before I rebooted it, but
>> > next
>> > time I will.
>> >
>> > I had the same issue with our production server on 2003, but I have
>> > forgot
>> > to set the page file.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "Michael Dragone" wrote:
>> >
>> >> I assume these are the 64-bit editions (even though you're using them
>> >> for
>> >> testing purposes) and that you're running Exchange Server 2007 SP1
>> >> Update
>> >> Rollup 3 and not the Update Rollup 3 for the RTM version.
>> >>
>> >> Do you have any idea what process(es) are consuming all your RAM? It
>> >> should
>> >> be easy to trace if it takes a day or two before the server stops.
>> >>
>> >> "Dan" <dmorris@basicbusiness.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:F1B4EBFC-CCB4-47CC-8336-86B6B4F8F74A@microsoft.com...
>> >> > I have a Windows 2008 Std Server installed with Exchange 2007 on it
>> >> > running
>> >> > Roll up 3. It has 4GB of RAM and 8GB page file. What happens is
>> >> > the
>> >> > memory
>> >> > usage just keeps going up over time (a day or two) then the
>> >> > transport
>> >> > service
>> >> > stops and the server needs a reboot to become functional again.
>> >> >
>> >> > Server only has 15 mailboxes on it right now for testing purposes.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Any ideas what I have done wrong?
>>
>>