System for performing dump analysis

摘要

A system for automating the dump analysis process includes a remotely located host computer system which, in response to requests from a local expert computer system, retrieves only relevant values from one or more physical memory dumps. The expert system reconstructs from these values the operating system control structures represented in the dump, and applies expert knowledge on these control structures to determine the symptom of the problem occurring on the computer system which stopped operating and generated the dump.