Article ID: 818772
Article Last Modified on 11/2/2007
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
BUG #: 469459 (SQL Server 8.0)
SYMPTOMS
You cannot set the network affinity for an instance of SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3).
RESOLUTION
Service pack information
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 How to obtain the latest SQL Server 2000 service pack
Hotfix information
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 -------------------------------------------------------------- 26-Feb-2003 03:41 2000.80.777.0 29,244 Dbmslpcn.dll 25-Apr-2003 02:12 786,432 Distmdl.ldf 25-Apr-2003 02:12 2,359,296 Distmdl.mdf 30-Jan-2003 01:55 180 Drop_repl_hotfix.sql 07-Apr-2003 19:15 2000.80.801.0 1,557,052 Dtsui.dll 24-Apr-2003 02:51 747,927 Instdist.sql 30-Jan-2003 01:55 1,402 Inst_repl_hotfix.sql 08-Feb-2003 06:40 2000.80.765.0 90,692 Msgprox.dll 01-Apr-2003 02:07 1,873 Odsole.sql 05-Apr-2003 01:46 2000.80.800.0 62,024 Odsole70.dll 02-Apr-2003 21:48 2000.80.796.0 57,904 Osql.exe 02-Apr-2003 23:15 2000.80.797.0 279,104 Pfutil80.dll 04-Apr-2003 21:27 1,083,467 Replmerg.sql 04-Apr-2003 21:53 2000.80.798.0 221,768 Replprov.dll 08-Feb-2003 06:40 2000.80.765.0 307,784 Replrec.dll 01-Apr-2003 02:23 1,084,828 Replsys.sql 16-Apr-2003 22:39 115,892 Sp3_serv_uni.sql 07-Apr-2003 17:44 25,172 Sqldumper.exe 19-Mar-2003 18:20 2000.80.789.0 28,672 Sqlevn70.rll 24-Apr-2003 05:39 2000.80.811.0 176,696 Sqlmap70.dll 08-Feb-2003 06:40 2000.80.765.0 57,920 Sqlrepss.dll 30-Apr-2003 23:52 2000.80.816.0 7,540,817 Sqlservr.exe 08-Feb-2003 06:40 2000.80.765.0 45,644 Sqlvdi.dll 26-Feb-2003 03:41 2000.80.777.0 29,244 Ssmslpcn.dll 26-Feb-2003 03:41 2000.80.777.0 82,492 Ssnetlib.dll 30-Apr-2003 23:52 2000.80.816.0 45,132 Ums.dll 28-Feb-2003 01:34 2000.80.778.0 98,872 Xpweb70.dll
NOTE: Because of file dependencies, the most recent hotfix or feature that contains these 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 4.
MORE INFORMATION
After you apply this hotfix, you can set the incoming Tabular Data Stream (TDS) network affinity for an instance of SQL Server by using the startup parameter -N##. This parameter is case-sensitive.
SQL Server uses a high-priority thread to handle incoming TDS I/O completion activities. The high-priority network thread can be affinitized to a processor by providing the -N## startup parameter. The mask that is passed to the -N## parameter is used in a SetThreadAffinityMask call to establish the network thread's affinity.
By default, the network affinity is not set. However, if you must establish network affinity for the computer running SQL Server, Microsoft recommends that you set the mask to the last physical processor. When you set the affinity mask to the last physical processor of your computer, all incoming connection activity is automatically affinitized with the last physical processor, and the UMS scheduler that is associated with the last processor is correctly weighted to allow more network-based activities.
For high-end systems, you can combine the -N## startup parameter, the –I## command-line parameter, the sp_configure stored procedure affinity mask, and the Virtual Interface Architecture (VIA) card affinity settings to manage SQL Server resources.
REFERENCES
For additional information about a hotfix for this problem in SQL Server 2000 SP2, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
818764 FIX: Cannot Set SQL Server Instance Specific Network Affinity
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