Setting Dr. Watson - NEC Express5800 Series Software Installation

NEC Express5800/120Lh Operation Manual for Microsoft®Windows Server™ 2003 x64 Editions
8. In the [Paging file size for selected drive] box, change [Initial Size] to the
[Recommended] value or more and click [Set].
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9. Click [OK].
Depending on the change made, a message may be displayed, asking you to restart
the system.
Restart the system according to the message.

Setting Dr. Watson

Dr. Watson is a debugger for application errors. When detecting an application error, Dr.
Watson diagnoses the system and records diagnostic information (log). Follow the
steps below so that diagnostic information can be collected:
1. Click [Run] in the start menu.
2. In the [Open] box enter "drwtsn32.exe", and click [OK].
The [Dr. Watson for Windows] dialog box is displayed.
3. In the [Log File Path] box, specify the storage destination of diagnostic information.
Information is stored under the file name "DRWTSN32.LOG".
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4. In the [Crash Dump] box, specify the storage destination of the crash dump file.
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5. In the [Option] box, check the following checkboxes:
Dump Symbol Table
Dump All Thread Contexts
Add To Existing Log File
Create Crash Dump File
For information about these functions, refer to the online help.
6. Click [OK].
• The above paging file size is a recommended size for
collecting debug information (dump file).
volume, a paging file having an enough initial size for storing
the dump file is required.
insufficient, collection of correct debug information may fail
because of virtual memory shortage. So, set an enough
paging file size for the entire system.
• For "Recommended", see "Size of a Created Partition".
• When memory has been expanded, set the paging file again
according to the memory size.
• Checking should be performed in advance by pressing the
dump switch to confirm that a dump is collected normally in
case a failure occurs.
No network path can be specified. Specify a path on the local
computer.
The crash dump file is a binary file that can be read with Windows
Debugger.
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