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    May 24

    Generating crash dump reports with PowerShell

    I've been using the new Windows scripting language PowerShell.  I've also been having a lot of problems with my workstation;  ever since I found my machine overheating--due to old, slow fans, it's never been the same since, averaging a crash a day.  Is it just the hardware?  Is it a bad driver?  Did I just not seat the cards correctly last time I opened it?
     
    I use Microsoft's Debugging Tools For Windows to diagnose crashes for SATV's servers and other machines and I was getting tired of going to WinDbg and putting in the same commands every time I needed to look at a crash dump.
     
    Here's my first PowerShell script, a simple wrapper for KD, the command line debugger.
     
    # crashreport.ps1
    # Create debug analysis logs using KD
    # D. Moisan 5/24/2006
    #
    # Usage: crashreport <dumpfile>
    #
    # Input: <dumpfile> can be a full memory dump, kernel dump or minidump
    #
    # Output: Log file to standard output
    #
    # Note:  Debugging Tools for Windows must be installed
    # in its default directory (Program Files\Debugging Tools For Windows)
    #
    if ($Args.Count -eq 0) {
       "Usage: crashreport <dumpfile>"
       exit }
    set-alias kd $Env:ProgramFiles"\Debugging Tools For Windows\kd.exe"
    # Debug commands are specified here.  See the Debugging Tools For
    # Windows for more details
    #
    # Commands are:  !analyze -v    Verbose analysis of the crash
    #                kv             Stacktrace
    #                !process       Current process and thread at crash
    #                lmf            List loaded modules and file paths
    #                q              quit KD (or else KD will keep running)
    #
    $debugcommands = "`"!analyze -v; kv; !process; lmf; q`""
    "Using debug commands: " + $debugcommands
    "Generating debug output"
    $crashdumpfile = $Args[0]
    "Using crash dump file: " + $crashdumpfile
    # Execute kd with commands
    kd -c $debugcommands -noshell -z $Args[0]
    "Debug Output to log file: " + $debugoutputfile
    "Done!"
    exit
     
     
    Take care,
     
    Dave
     
    8:36 PM | Blog it | SBS

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