Have a Dell Poweredge 2900 with 4gb physical memory. Running SBS 2003 SP2. Been running ok since installation - about 2006.
Had to restart the server a couple days ago. When I logged in there was a license notification and said I had 3 days left on license & needed to activate. Thought this was strange as everything was running fine & license was activated on installation. Did an (re)activation anyway over the Internet, which seemed to worked ok.
The next day users reported server sluggishness. I investigated & noticed the OS reported only 1GB memory while the Dell Management tool reported 4GB RAM.
There is nothing strange in system logs & hardware logs.
Anyone have any ideas?
Copy of environment below...
OS NameMicrosoft(R) Windows(R) Server 2003 for Small Business Server
Version5.2.3790 Service Pack 2 Build 3790
Other OS Description Not Available
OS ManufacturerMicrosoft Corporation
System NameSRV01
System ManufacturerDell Inc.
System ModelPowerEdge 2900
System TypeX86-based PC
Processorx86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6 GenuineIntel ~2992 Mhz
Processorx86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6 GenuineIntel ~2992 Mhz
Processorx86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6 GenuineIntel ~2992 Mhz
Processorx86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6 GenuineIntel ~2992 Mhz
BIOS Version/DateDell Inc. 2.7.0, 10/30/2010
SMBIOS Version2.5
Windows DirectoryC:\WINDOWS
System DirectoryC:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device\Device\HarddiskVolume2
LocaleUnited States
Hardware Abstraction LayerVersion = "5.2.3790.3959 (srv03_sp2_rtm.070216-1710)"
User NameNot Available
Time ZoneEastern Standard Time
Total Physical Memory1,018.82 MB
Available Physical Memory128.33 MB
Total Virtual Memory4.91 GB
Available Virtual Memory3.72 GB
Page File Space4.00 GB
Page FileC:\pagefile.sys