200k Handles in TaskManager: Server out of memory / How to get list of used ressources [closed]

StackOverflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16740363

Question

I have a Windows Server 2003 Small Business System here. The problem: there are about 200.000 handles which are consuming almost all the memory of the machine and I don't know how to determine which of the services is using all that memory and why.

I was wondering if there is a possibility to get to that information. Maybe via batch-script?

On the server runs:

  • SQL-Server
  • Windows Exchange
  • Trend Micro
  • Acronis

Any help would be great. Let me know if you need further information.

UPDATE:

I recognized that the problem is the SMTP server that gets a sh*tload of mail. It seems that someone/something uses my relay to send spam mails. Does anyone know how I can prevent thit?

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Solution

You could try two utilities from sysinternals suite (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062) - either cmd line handle or more versatile Process Explorer.

Note: You'd have to open/display lower pane on PE to view handles.

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