Don't Terminate that App!

Written on Apr 08 2008 Filed under: Tip 8,241 views, 8 comments

by Gabe Knuth

Seeing Kevin Goodman's name in the Brian's article yesterday reminded me of a great session that he presented at BriForum in Amsterdam.  In "Don't Terminate that App: Four Things to do Before Killing that Rogue Process," Kevin talks about what to do (and what not to do) before killing that hung process.  From the session description:

"When a process goes "rogue" and starts consuming CPU or memory, most admins typically kill the process -- ending all chances of figuring out what went wrong. In this session, Kevin Goodman explains four things to be done prior to terminating a process that will help determine why the process went rogue in the first place and how to prevent it from happening the next time."

So, check this out--it might help you streamline your environment and narrow down the root cause of those pesky hung processes. Click the image below to launch the video:

Update: You can download the tools associated with this presentation here . 

Comments

David wrote Files?

on Wed, Apr 9 2008 1:43 AM

Hey guys,

do we have access to the Bri-Utils?

cant find anything under: 

http://www.brianmadden.com/downloads -> empty

Gabe Knuth wrote Re: Files?

on Wed, Apr 9 2008 11:00 AM

Try this:  http://www.brianmadden.com/toolbox

I think that's what you're after.  If not, let me know.  

Colin Fieldsend wrote Suspend Process Utility

on Wed, Apr 9 2008 6:30 PM

Can you tell me where I can get the Suspend Process Utility mentioned in this presentation?

Gabe Knuth wrote Re: Suspend Process Utility

on Wed, Apr 9 2008 7:21 PM

There is a link to the Zip file containing Suspend.exe under the image, just in case it's not working, here it is again.

 

Colin Fieldsend wrote Re: Suspend Process Utility

on Wed, Apr 9 2008 10:05 PM

Thanks, didn't see it.

Guest wrote Windows 2000

on Fri, Apr 11 2008 9:08 PM

Can this be used on a Windows 2000 server? With a running process?

Kevin Goodman wrote Re: Windows 2000

on Mon, Apr 14 2008 12:01 PM

The code is not using any APIs that are XP or SRV03 only so it should work. Are you having problems?

Kevin Goodman

Guest wrote Re: Windows 2000

on Mon, Apr 14 2008 3:37 PM

Having issues trying to suspend a running process on a W2K server,it never runs the adplus.vbs.I have the debugging tools on the server and the symbols location(s) are correct.Thansk for the Help Kevin,I have really enjoyed your presentations and they have provided a great deal of help. 

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