Setup: Install Debugging Tools for Windows – for WinDbg Install and configure CSharpGuitarBugs on an IIS server as described in Lab 1 Place PROCDUMP executable on the IIS Server Review memory dump collection process for W2K8 and W2K12 Lab 21.1 Open the main page of the CSharpGuitarBugs website so that a W3WP process is instantiated […]
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Lab 20: Debugging a low CPU hang W3WP process using WinDbg
Setup Install Debugging Tools for Windows – For WinDbg Install and Configure CSharpGuitarBugs on an IIS server as described in Lab 1 Place PROCDUMP executable on the IIS Server Review Memory Dump using PROCDUMP on 2008R2 or 2012R2: Lab Open the CSharpGuitarBugs website Click on the ‘Enter Payment Information’ link and note about how long […]
Read More →Lab 19: Debugging a high CPU hang W3WP process using WinDbg
Setup Install Debugging Tools for Windows – For WinDbg Install and Configure CSharpGuitarBugs on an IIS server as described in Lab 1 Place PROCDUMP executable on the IIS Server Read this HOW TO here. Read about the !runaway command here and copy dbghelp.dll into the c:\temp directory Lab Open Task manager so that the CPU […]
Read More →Lab 18: Debugging a handled and unhandled exception
In this lab you will use procdump to view exceptions and capture a memory dump when an exception happens. Setup Install Debugging Tools for Windows – For WinDbg Install and Configure CSharpGuitarBugs on an IIS server as described in Lab 1 Place PROCDUMP executable on the IIS Server Read this article here about the –f […]
Read More →Lab 16: Configuring Failed Request Tracing to take a memory dump
Prerequisites Read this, using ADPLUS here Download/Read about Procdump here Have a look at Lab 19 and Lab 20, for other examples of Procdump Review this blog here Setup Install and Configure CSharpGuitarBugs on an IIS server as described in Lab 1 Install and Configure Failed Request Tracing on the same IIS server as described […]
Read More →Lab 15: Debug Diagnostics
Setup Setup the CSharpGuitarBugs web site as described in Lab 1 and Lab 2. Download and install most recent version of Debug Diagnostics,from here. Also check debugdiag.com Instructions Debugging a process crash is a challenging activity. Although you know the exception type, the exceptions error message and you know the method that it is being […]
Read More →Lab 13: Using LogParser
Setup Install LogParser 2.2 from here. Remember that IIS Log default to GMT and not local time, write queries accordingly Review this article which goes into great detail about LogParser Review this link which describes HTTP error codes Review this link which describes IIS error codes You can get a copy of the queries, iis […]
Read More →Lab 12: IntelliTraceCollector
Prerequisites Read about the InteliTraceCollector here Read about debugging the iTrace in Visual Studio here Download the InteliTraceCollector here, view system requirements Some PowerShell understanding, perform Lab 8 Setup Install and Configure CSharpGuitarBugs on an IIS server as described in Lab 1 Copy IntelliTraceCollection.exe to the IIS web server and expand into c:\IntelliTraceCollection and install […]
Read More →Lab 11: Using aspnet_regiis
General information The description of the aspnet_regiis tool can be found here Lab 11-1 Setup 2 IIS servers are needed for this lab, install IIS as per these instructions Lab 1, but the CSharpGuitarBUgs web site is not required Place a copy of each of the c:\windows\system32\inetsrv\config\applicationHost.config files in a temporary location, mark them so […]
Read More →Lab 10: Using ASP.NET Tracing (Trace=“True“)
Prerequisites Review this post here Review or complete Lab 4 which provides similar performance information Setup Install and Configure CSharpGuitarBugs on an IIS server as described in Lab 1 Lab 10-1 Click on the the FullCatalog –ASPX page located within the CSharpGuitarBugs website. About how long did it take? The goal is to find out […]
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