Article ID: 921473
Article Last Modified on 10/11/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows Management Instrumentation 1.5, when used with:
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition (32-bit x86)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard x64 Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter x64 Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition for Itanium-based Systems
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition for Itanium-Based Systems
SYMPTOMS
Microsoft Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) event buffering may delay the delivery of events to the WMI consumer. In certain scenarios, WMI may take days to deliver the event to the consumer.
If you turn on WMI verbose error logging, you may see entries that indicate this delay:
In this example, the delivery of events has slowed down to 293000220 milliseconds (ms) from 217 ms.
CAUSE
This problem may occur if the WMI event subsystem is being heavily used.
To accommodate speed differentials between event providers and event consumers, WMI may try to throttle (slow down) an event provider. For more efficiency, consumers must collect the objects at a pace that matches the provider. If the queue grows out of control, WMI gradually throttles the delivery of events to align with the consumer's rate. This slowdown starts when the rate at which events are generated exceeds the value of the LowThresholdOnEvents property.
RESOLUTION
Service pack information
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2003. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
889100 How to obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2003
Hotfix information
Prerequisites
To apply this hotfix, you must have Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or an x64-based version of Windows Server 2003 installed.
Restart requirement
You must restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.
Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.
File information
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) 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 item in Control Panel.
Windows Server 2003, 32-bit (x86-based) versions
| File name | File version | File size | Date | Time | Platform |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wbemcomn.dll | 5.2.3790.2741 | 226,816 | 07-Jul-2006 | 00:53 | x86 |
Windows Server 2003, x64-based versions
| File name | File version | File size | Date | Time | Platform |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wbemcomn.dll | 5.2.3790.2741 | 530,432 | 07-Jul-2006 | 01:08 | x64 |
Windows Server 2003, Itanium-based versions
| File name | File version | File size | Date | Time | Platform |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wbemcomn.dll | 5.2.3790.2741 | 681,472 | 07-Jul-2006 | 01:08 | IA-64 |
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section. This problem was first corrected in Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2.
MORE INFORMATION
For more information about the terms that are used to describe software updates, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates
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