Microsoft KB Archive/890637

= FIX: A 17883 error is written to the SQL Server 2000 error log and the LogWriter component does not yield correctly =

Article ID: 890637

Article Last Modified on 11/2/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Personal Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Workgroup Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (Windows)
 * Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition 64-bit

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Bug #: 473187 (SQL Server 8.0)



SUMMARY
''Microsoft distributes SQL Server 2000 fixes as one downloadable file. Because the fixes are cumulative, each new release contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous SQL Server 2000 fix release.''



Article Contents

 * Summary
 * Introduction
 * Issues that are fixed by this hotfix package
 * Cause
 * More Information
 * Hotfix information
 * Prerequisites
 * Restart information
 * Hotfix file information
 * Status
 * References



SUMMARY
This article describes the following about this hotfix release:


 * The issues that are fixed by this hotfix package.
 * The prerequisites for installing the hotfix package.
 * Whether you must restart your computer after you install the hotfix package.
 * Whether the hotfix package is replaced by any other hotfix package.
 * Whether you must make any registry changes.
 * The files that are contained in the hotfix package.

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Issues that are fixed by this hotfix package
The following issue is fixed in this Microsoft SQL Server 2000 hotfix package:

You experience one or more of the following symptoms on a computer that is running Microsoft SQL Server 2000:  SQL Server 2000 stops responding to incoming logon requests or to query execution requests. You experience reduced transaction throughput. An error message that is similar to the following is written to the SQL Server 2000 error log:

server Error: 17883, Severity: 1, State: 0

server Process 2:0 (b58) UMS Context 0x21D17050 appears to be non-yielding on Scheduler 1.



Note To determine whether you need this hotfix, run the following query in SQL Query Analyzer:

SELECT spid FROM master.dbo.sysprocesses WHERE cmd ='LOG WRITER'

The system process ID (spid) that is returned from the query should match the spid:ecid in the error message that was mentioned earlier. Typically, the spid number for the LogWriter is 2.

For a list of previous hotfixes, see the &quot;Microsoft SQL Server 2000 post-Service Pack 3 or Microsoft SQL Server 2000 post-Service Pack 3a hotfixes&quot; section in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

290211 How to obtain the latest SQL Server 2000 service pack

For additional information about error message 17883 and the UMS Scheduler health checks, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

319892 New concurrency and scheduling diagnostics added to SQL Server

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CAUSE
This problem occurs when the LogWriter component of SQL Server runs continuously and does not yield to the SQL Server User Mode Scheduler (UMS) to let other threads run on the scheduler. This problem may occur when all the following conditions are true:
 * The database recovery model is set to Full Recovery.
 * You are performing heavy transaction activity or bulk insert operations on the database, and this activity will generate lots of transaction log records.
 * You experience a drop in the drive throughput. When there is a steady increase in the Write requests that are being submitted to the drive in which the Transaction log files for these specific databases are located, the drive throughput may drop instead of increasing. This could be caused by a problem with the disk drivers or with the disk controllers.

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Service pack information
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft SQL Server 2000. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

290211 How to obtain the latest SQL Server 2000 service pack

Prerequisites
You must install SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3). For information about how to obtain SQL Server 2000 SP3, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

290211 How to obtain the latest SQL Server 2000 service pack

Additionally, this hotfix requires that you also have SQL Server 2000 hotfix build 2000.80.977 installed. For additional information about SQL Server 2000 Post SP3a hotfix build 2000.80.977, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

888007 You receive a &quot;The product does not have a prerequisite update installed&quot; error message when you try to install a SQL Server 2000 post-SP3 hotfix

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Restart information
You do not have to restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

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Hotfix file information
This hotfix contains only those files that are required to correct the issues that this article lists. This hotfix may not contain all the files that you must have to fully update a product to the latest build.

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

SQL Server 2000, 32-bit versions
Date        Time   Version            Size    File name -- 12-Nov-2004 19:12  2000.80.988.0     664,128  Autoplt.dll 12-Nov-2004 19:12  2000.80.988.0      78,400  Console.exe 12-Nov-2004 19:12  2000.80.988.0     332,352  Ctasksui.dll 12-Nov-2004 19:12  2000.80.988.0     315,968  Custtask.dll 12-Nov-2004 19:12  2000.80.988.0      33,340  Dbmslpcn.dll 12-Nov-2004 19:12  2000.80.988.0   1,905,216  Dtspkg.dll 12-Nov-2004 19:12  2000.80.988.0     528,960  Dtspump.dll 12-Nov-2004 19:12  2000.80.988.0      41,536  Dtsrun.exe 12-Nov-2004 19:12  2000.80.988.0   1,557,052  Dtsui.dll 12-Nov-2004 19:12  2000.80.988.0     639,552  Dtswiz.dll 12-Nov-2004 19:12  2000.80.988.0     352,828  Isqlw.exe 12-Nov-2004 19:12  2000.80.988.0      82,492  Itwiz.exe 12-Nov-2004 19:12  2000.80.988.0      90,692  Msgprox.dll 19-May-2004 23:43  8.11.40209.0      209,408  Mssdi98.dll 12-Nov-2004 19:12  2000.80.988.0      62,024  Odsole70.dll 12-Nov-2004 19:13  2000.80.988.0      25,144  Opends60.dll 12-Nov-2004 03:26                     17,576  Opends60.lib 12-Nov-2004 19:12  2000.80.988.0      57,904  Osql.exe 12-Nov-2004 19:12  2000.80.988.0     279,104  Pfutil80.dll 12-Nov-2004 19:12  2000.80.988.0     143,940  Qrdrsvc.exe 12-Nov-2004 19:12  2000.80.988.0     221,768  Replprov.dll 12-Nov-2004 19:12  2000.80.988.0     307,784  Replrec.dll 12-Nov-2004 19:12  2000.80.988.0     287,304  Rinitcom.dll 12-Nov-2004 19:12  2000.80.988.0      78,416  Sdiclnt.dll 12-Nov-2004 19:12  2000.80.988.0      66,112  Semmap.dll 12-Nov-2004 19:12  2000.80.988.0      57,916  Semnt.dll 12-Nov-2004 19:12  2000.80.988.0     492,096  Semobj.dll 12-Nov-2004 19:12  2000.80.988.0      53,832  Snapshot.exe 12-Nov-2004 19:12  2000.80.988.0      28,672  Sqlagent.dll 12-Nov-2004 19:12  2000.80.988.0     311,872  Sqlagent.exe 12-Nov-2004 19:12  2000.80.988.0     168,001  Sqlakw32.dll 12-Nov-2004 02:58                      4,352  Sqlakw32.lib 12-Nov-2004 19:12  2000.80.988.0      33,344  Sqlctr80.dll 12-Nov-2004 19:12  2000.80.988.0     815,676  Sqldata.dll 12-Nov-2004 19:13  2000.80.988.0   4,215,360  Sqldmo.dll 12-Nov-2004 19:12                     25,172  Sqldumper.exe 12-Nov-2004 19:12  2000.80.988.0     156,224  Sqlmaint.exe 12-Nov-2004 19:13  2000.80.988.0     180,792  Sqlmap70.dll 12-Nov-2004 19:13  2000.80.988.0     188,992  Sqlmmc.dll 12-Nov-2004 19:13  2000.80.988.0     401,984  Sqlqry.dll 12-Nov-2004 19:13  2000.80.988.0      57,920  Sqlrepss.dll 12-Nov-2004 19:13  2000.80.988.0   7,712,849  Sqlservr.exe 12-Nov-2004 19:13  2000.80.988.0     590,396  Sqlsort.dll 12-Nov-2004 19:13  2000.80.988.0      45,644  Sqlvdi.dll 12-Nov-2004 19:13  2000.80.988.0     106,588  Sqsrvres.dll 12-Nov-2004 19:13  2000.80.988.0      33,340  Ssmsgnet.dll 12-Nov-2004 19:13  2000.80.988.0      33,340  Ssmslpcn.dll 12-Nov-2004 19:13  2000.80.988.0      33,340  Ssmsqlgc.dll 12-Nov-2004 19:13  2000.80.988.0      33,340  Ssmssnet.dll 12-Nov-2004 19:13  2000.80.988.0      82,492  Ssnetlib.dll 12-Nov-2004 19:13  2000.80.988.0      25,148  Ssnmpn70.dll 12-Nov-2004 19:13  2000.80.988.0     123,456  Stardds.dll 12-Nov-2004 19:13  2000.80.988.0     158,240  Svrnetcn.dll 12-Nov-2004 19:12  2000.80.988.0      76,416  Svrnetcn.exe 12-Nov-2004 19:13  2000.80.988.0      49,228  Ums.dll 12-Nov-2004 19:13  2000.80.988.0      74,304  Xplog70.dll 12-Nov-2004 19:13  2000.80.988.0      98,872  Xpweb70.dll 30-Sep-2003 22:34  8.0.21213.0       352,256  Msvcr71.dll 30-Sep-2003 22:34  2000.80.796.0      57,904  Osql.exe 30-Sep-2003 22:34  2000.80.534.0     127,548  Sqdedev.dll 30-Sep-2003 22:34  2000.80.194.0     180,290  Sqlunirl.dll 12-Nov-2004 02:56  2000.80.988.0     159,813  Replres.rll 12-Nov-2004 03:18  2000.80.988.0     172,032  Semobj.rll 12-Nov-2004 02:48  2000.80.988.0      28,672  Sqlevn70.rll 12-Nov-2004 03:10  2000.80.988.0     479,232  Sqlmmc.rll

SQL Server 2000, 64-bit version
<pre class="fixed_text">Date        Time   Version            Size    File name        Platform

13-Nov-2004 02:16  2000.80.988.0      56,832  Dbmslpcn.dll     IA-64 13-Nov-2004 02:15  2000.80.988.0     528,960  Dtspump.dll      x86 13-Nov-2004 02:16  2000.80.988.0     185,856  Msgprox.dll      IA-64 19-May-2004 23:43  8.11.40517.0      722,944  Mssdi98.dll      IA-64 13-Nov-2004 02:16  2000.80.988.0     151,040  Odsole70.dll     IA-64 13-Nov-2004 02:16  2000.80.988.0      27,136  Opends60.dll     IA-64 12-Nov-2004 19:58                     19,880  Opends60.lib 13-Nov-2004 02:16  2000.80.988.0     148,992  Osql.exe         IA-64 13-Nov-2004 02:16  2000.80.988.0     353,280  Qrdrsvc.exe      IA-64 13-Nov-2004 02:16  2000.80.988.0     534,528  Replprov.dll     IA-64 13-Nov-2004 02:16  2000.80.988.0     769,024  Replrec.dll      IA-64 13-Nov-2004 02:16  2000.80.988.0     650,240  Rinitcom.dll     IA-64 13-Nov-2004 02:16  2000.80.988.0     160,768  Semmap.dll       IA-64 13-Nov-2004 02:16  2000.80.988.0     132,608  Semnt.dll        IA-64 13-Nov-2004 02:16  2000.80.988.0      88,576  Snapshot.exe     IA-64 13-Nov-2004 02:15  2000.80.988.0      10,240  Sqlagent.dll     IA-64 13-Nov-2004 02:16  2000.80.988.0   1,055,232  Sqlagent.exe     IA-64 13-Nov-2004 02:16  2000.80.988.0      90,112  Sqlboot.dll      IA-64 13-Nov-2004 02:16  2000.80.988.0      32,256  Sqlctr80.dll     IA-64 13-Nov-2004 02:16  2000.80.988.0     812,032  Sqldata.dll      IA-64 13-Nov-2004 02:16  2000.80.988.0  13,845,504  Sqldmo.dll       IA-64 13-Nov-2004 02:16                     39,936  Sqldumper.exe    IA-64 13-Nov-2004 02:16  2000.80.988.0     493,568  Sqlmaint.exe     IA-64 13-Nov-2004 02:16  2000.80.988.0      23,040  Sqlmap70.dll     IA-64 13-Nov-2004 02:16  2000.80.988.0     152,064  Sqlrepss.dll     IA-64 13-Nov-2004 02:16  2000.80.988.0  25,257,472  Sqlservr.exe     IA-64 13-Nov-2004 02:16  2000.80.988.0     616,960  Sqlsort.dll      IA-64 13-Nov-2004 02:16  2000.80.988.0     120,320  Sqlvdi.dll       IA-64 13-Nov-2004 02:16  2000.80.988.0     227,328  Sqsrvres.dll     IA-64 13-Nov-2004 02:16  2000.80.988.0      53,760  Ssmslpcn.dll     IA-64 13-Nov-2004 02:16  2000.80.988.0      59,904  Ssmsqlgc.dll     IA-64 13-Nov-2004 02:16  2000.80.988.0     255,488  Ssnetlib.dll     IA-64 13-Nov-2004 02:16  2000.80.988.0      20,992  Ssnmpn70.dll     IA-64 13-Nov-2004 02:16  2000.80.988.0     430,080  Svrnetcn.dll     IA-64 13-Nov-2004 02:16  2000.80.988.0     185,856  Svrnetcn.exe     IA-64 13-Nov-2004 02:16  2000.80.988.0     183,296  Xplog70.dll      IA-64 13-Nov-2004 02:16  2000.80.988.0     187,392  Xpweb70.dll 21-Jul-2004 17:38  2000.80.962.0      57,904  Osql.exe         x86 30-Sep-2003 22:23  2000.80.760.0     269,824  Sqdedev.dll      IA-64 12-Nov-2004 20:07  2000.80.988.0     146,432  Replres.rll 12-Nov-2004 19:58  2000.80.988.0      19,968  Sqlevn70.rll

Note Because of file dependencies, the most recent hotfix that contains these files may also contain additional files.

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.

This problem was first corrected in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4.

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