Re: Windows 2003 Memory Leak

[Guest Niklas]

Re: Windows 2003 Memory Leak

 

I had the same problem, It was caused by Symantec endpont protection

Look for a patch at symantec.

 

/Niklas

 

Willem Zonnevijlle;2606471 Wrote:

> In my case it's not enough. Let me explain what is the problem.

> I administer 3 fileservers running Win2003 R2 x64 with 2 dualcore AMD

> Opteron Processors and 8GB memory. Main storage is on a Equalogic

> iSCSI

> device connected with MS iSCSI initiator over a dedicated 1GB network.

> The

> average number of users connected to each fileserver is about 1100 Part

> of

> their userprofile is redirected ro their homedir. The roaming part of

> their

> profile is stored on a separate partition. Network load is minimal: on

> the

> iscsi network ranging from 0,1% to 2% max. On the regular network from

> 2-9%

> max. Backups are made over the network with Legato Networker and the

> antivirus solution is Symantec Antivirus 10.x in a managed

> environment.

> At irregular intervals one of the fileservers freezes and the users

> loose

> their connection to their profile and home directories although the

> machine

> iresponds to pings. On the console the windows explorer is frozen

> (doesn't

> respond).

> But, from a command window which is always open I can browse all

> partitions

> and drives. Nothing is logged in the eventlogs and the only solution is

> to

> reboot the machine by using the powerswitch.

> My first suspicion was a memory leak, but I can't find it, nor by

> using

> memsnap, nor by using poolmon. So, I am wondering whether I'm using the

> right

> method to discover a leak.

> The problem is very annoying

 

 

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