Microsoft KB Archive/328876

= FIX: Analysis Services Cannot Start and You Receive This Error Message: &quot;MSSQLServerOLAPService service terminated unexpectedly&quot; =

Article ID: 328876

Article Last Modified on 2/22/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services

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This article was previously published under Q328876



BUG #: 13688 (Plato7x)



SYMPTOMS
The Analysis Services service does not start, and the following error message is logged in the System Event log:

The MSSQLServerOLAPService service terminated unexpectedly.

You may see this error message if Analysis Server has a database with a large number of cubes, and those cubes contain private dimensions.

NOTE: This error occurs for various reasons, if the service experiences an unexpected error and shuts down. However, this article only applies to situations in which the Analysis Services service was running normally, but does not start after being stopped.



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

290211 INF: How To Obtain the Latest SQL Server 2000 Service Pack

NOTE: The following hotfix was created before the release of Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3.

The English version of this fix 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.   Date        Time    Version         Size              File name ---

9/05/2002  16:30   8.0.683.0       1,782,340 bytes   Msmdsrv.exe 4/18/2001  01:23   2000.80.382.0     815,676 bytes   Sqldata.dll 9/05/2002  16:32   2000.80.534.0     590,396 bytes   Sqlsort.dll NOTE: Because of file dependencies, the most recent hotfix or feature that contains the files may also contain additional files.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

This problem was first corrected in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3.

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbsqlserv2000presp3fix kbsqlserv2000sp3fix KB328876

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