# Windows Server 2012 R2 - Process is terminated due to StackOverflowException. **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Tags:** windows\ **Created:** [September 29, 2015, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-server-2012-r2-process-is-terminated-due-to-stackoverflowexception/19378 "2015-09-29T13:56:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Amir\_Luzon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9d8465/32.png) [@Amir\_Luzon](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Amir_Luzon)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-server-2012-r2-process-is-terminated-due-to-stackoverflowexception/19378/1 "2015-09-29T13:56:22Z")
I am running a playbook on this machine an i am recieving the following error: 2015-09-29 15:35:46,339 p=13487 u=deploy\_rn | failed: [some\_host] =\> (item=default) =\> {“failed”: true, “item”: “default”, “parsed”: false} 2015-09-29 15:35:46,341 p=13487 u=deploy\_rn | **Process is terminated due to StackOverflowException.** i have searched about this issue and mainly found discussions regarding installing a hotfix [https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2842230](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2842230) on the machine. in my case this fix is not relavent since the server is 2012 R2 and should have the hotfix already installed (either way i cannot install it on that machine, tried but received error that it is not compatible version) I am not sure how to proceed i do not have any information besides that error. another annoying fact is that this sometimes happens, sometimes does not happen. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Trond\_Hindenes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/96bed5/32.png) [@Trond\_Hindenes](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Trond_Hindenes)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-server-2012-r2-process-is-terminated-due-to-stackoverflowexception/19378/2 "2015-09-29T15:36:30Z")
That’s weird. Any particular Ansible module you’re seeing this on? ---
**Author:** ![Amir\_Luzon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9d8465/32.png) [@Amir\_Luzon](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Amir_Luzon)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 6:44am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-server-2012-r2-process-is-terminated-due-to-stackoverflowexception/19378/3 "2015-09-30T06:44:50Z")
We are running a custom module we wrote in powershell. this module basically runs about 5 parallel jobs which conduct SSDT work (sqlpackage.exe). it seems that the actual work done by each job is completed successfully yet still we receive the StackOverflowException. ---
**Author:** ![j.r.hawkesworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@j.r.hawkesworth](https://forum.ansible.com/u/j.r.hawkesworth)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-server-2012-r2-process-is-terminated-due-to-stackoverflowexception/19378/4 "2015-09-30T14:48:45Z")
I wonder if you are hitting one of the quota limits. [https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee309367(v=vs.85).aspx](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee309367(v=vs.85).aspx) ---
**Author:** ![Nikolai\_Shornikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Nikolai\_Shornikov](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nikolai_Shornikov)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2015, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-server-2012-r2-process-is-terminated-due-to-stackoverflowexception/19378/5 "2015-10-06T18:11:55Z")
Really want to know if you’ve found a workaround. This exact executable on a patched 2008R2 machine is giving me the same error. ---
**Author:** ![Trond\_Hindenes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/96bed5/32.png) [@Trond\_Hindenes](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Trond_Hindenes)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2015, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-server-2012-r2-process-is-terminated-due-to-stackoverflowexception/19378/6 "2015-10-06T21:53:45Z")
Nikolai, you’re saying a sqlpackage job is giving you the same error? ---
**Author:** ![Nikolai\_Shornikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Nikolai\_Shornikov](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nikolai_Shornikov)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2015, 9:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-server-2012-r2-process-is-terminated-due-to-stackoverflowexception/19378/7 "2015-10-06T21:59:19Z")
Yeah. Wrapping sqlpackage.exe, I would get the above CLR error, and sometimes Out of Memory, and sometimes success. I’m specifically wrapping a 32-bit sqlpackage.exe, but I don’t know which “plugin” settings below ultimately applies to the process, which I start via Start-Process. I’m having a long run of successes presently, so I think this last thing I tried may have been the fix. I raised memory per shell up to a few gigs, both on the top level, and in each plugin: cd WSMan:\localhost\Shell Set-Item .\MaxConcurrentUsers 25 Set-Item .\MaxMemoryPerShellMB 4096 cd WSMan:\localhost\Plugin\microsoft.powershell\Quotas Set-Item .\MaxConcurrentCommandsPerShell 4096 Set-Item .\MaxConcurrentUsers 25 Set-Item .\MaxMemoryPerShellMB 4096 cd WSMan:\localhost\Plugin\microsoft.powershell32\Quotas Set-Item .\MaxConcurrentCommandsPerShell 4096 Set-Item .\MaxConcurrentUsers 25 Set-Item .\MaxMemoryPerShellMB 4096 Restart-Service winrm -Nik ---
**Author:** ![Trond\_Hindenes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/96bed5/32.png) [@Trond\_Hindenes](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Trond_Hindenes)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2015, 10:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-server-2012-r2-process-is-terminated-due-to-stackoverflowexception/19378/8 "2015-10-06T22:03:54Z")
Nice. I doubt its the last one, since that seems to deal with the 32-bit think, but that’s just an assumption. Amir, care to test out these values and see if they help? ---
**Author:** ![Amir\_Luzon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9d8465/32.png) [@Amir\_Luzon](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Amir_Luzon)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 7:29am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-server-2012-r2-process-is-terminated-due-to-stackoverflowexception/19378/9 "2015-10-07T07:29:05Z")
Hey guys, I forgot to get back to this thread 🙂 anyways what did the thing for us was to increase the memory of powershell from 1024 to 2048 (i guess this depends on size of dacpacs, schemas loaded to memory, etc.) i used this guide to do it step by step: [http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2013/07/30/learn-how-to-configure-powershell-memory.aspx](http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2013/07/30/learn-how-to-configure-powershell-memory.aspx) you should play around with the value till you find what works for you. BTW, notice that in my case it was not the SQLPackage that was throwing the exception, it was powershell. i saw this from logs of sqlpackage that it completed it’s work. ---
**Author:** ![Amir\_Luzon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9d8465/32.png) [@Amir\_Luzon](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Amir_Luzon)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 7:30am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/windows-server-2012-r2-process-is-terminated-due-to-stackoverflowexception/19378/10 "2015-10-07T07:30:36Z")
PS, we dont use Start-Process but use ‘&’, as in “& c:.…\sqlpackage.exe …”