Generate a memory dump for a frozen VMware, windows virtual machine.

Enable complete memory dump feature by changing following registry keys:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl
CrashDumpEnabled    REG_DWORD    0x1

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management
PagingFiles    REG_MULTI_SZ    c:\pagefile.sys 13312 13312

Enable keyboard crash dump feature by adding following registry keys:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\i8042prt\Parameters
Value Name: CrashOnCtrlScroll
Data Type:    REG_DWORD
Value:    1

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\kbdhid\Parameters
Value Name: CrashOnCtrlScroll
Data Type:    REG_DWORD
Value:    1

Enable NMI crash dump feature by adding following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl
Value Name: NMICrashDump
Data Type:  REG_DWORD
Value:   1

• Restart Server to take effects.
• Do a memory dump test with below steps:

Capture a kernel memory dump in following ways:

o    Send NMI to Guest OS Link:How to send NMI to Guest OS on ESXi 6.x (2149185)

Or

o   On VM console, press Right Ctrl + Scroll Lock button 2 times.

Machine crashes into blue screen and save a memory dump, restart automatically once dump generation reaches 100%. You should be able to see 12GB (memory allocated to the VM) here: C:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP file.