Error can be caused by a corrupt registry or a low memory condition

[Tina Ly]

We recently upgraded our SAS server using HP's SMP (Server Migration Pack); the old server had 32gig of RAM, 2 Dual Core processes, OS:Windows server 2003 SP2-Enterprise Edition and now we are running on 64gig of RAM, 4 Dual processors and same Operating System.

After our upgrade we have experienced more I/O errors along with these errors in our event log: Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Foundation Agents
Event Category: Software Version
Event ID: 3072
Date: 12/3/2008
Time: 2:32:06 PM
User: N/A
Computer: XXXXXXX
Description:
Component: Software Version Agent
Error: Could not read from the registry sub-key.
Cause: This error can be caused by a corrupt registry or a low memory condition. Rebooting the server may correct this error.
Data:
0000: 02 00 00 00

Any suggestions, would be helpful.

[Rune J. Winje]

Did you follow post-migration steps? (update PSP, check for invalid drivers, re-install any network teaming)

Is it x64 version of Windows or 32-bit? The 32 bit version "by design" can get resource shortages (hardcoded nonpaged pool memory limits etc) - especially if running with /3GB switch in boot.ini
In 64-bit it should not be an issue.

Is the registry size (\windows\system32\config) unusually large? (Compare with other servers)

Finally I suppose the error can also be due to missing permissions (permissions can be set on registry subkeys). Any service accounts or domain accounts that perhaps need refreshing passwords ?


Cheers,
Rune

What are the IO errors you see?