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How to Collect User-Mode Dumps Using Windows Error Reporting (WER) (Doc ID 1549028.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 15, 2020

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 10.2.0.5 and later
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Exadata Service - Version N/A and later
Microsoft Windows x64 (64-bit)
Microsoft Windows (32-bit)
Requires Windows 2008 or higher

Goal

When oracle.exe (or any Oracle process) terminates abnormally, an operating system crash dump may be required. This can be accomplished using ADPlus, Debug Diagnostic Tool (DebugDiag), or ProcDump. However, there may be occasions when these tools have side effects that are undesirable. In those cases, Windows Error Reporting (WER) can be implemented to capture the dump.

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