Buffer Overrun reported in SQLDiag

I have applied SQL SP4 to a SQL Server running on a Windows 2000 Cluster
(Active/ Passive), and have started to get Buffer Overrun errors on running
SQLDiag - as follows :
/********************************
Event ID:26
User:N/A
Description:
Application popup: Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library : Buffer overrun
detected!
Program: C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~3\MSSQL\binn\SQLDiag.exe
A buffer overrun has been detected which has corrupted the program's
internal state. The program cannot safely continue execution and must
now be terminated.
/********************************
SQLDiag is being run by an SQL job running an OS command as follows :
SQLDiag -O Z:\Outputsqldiag.txt -E -C
This was always successful prior to the installation of SP4. There seems to
be nothing about this on the web...
Any thoughts or comments gratefully received.
This is a known bug... I don't think there is anything you can do about it
until it is fixed, but it has been reported...
Wayne Snyder, MCDBA, SQL Server MVP
Mariner, Charlotte, NC
www.mariner-usa.com
(Please respond only to the newsgroups.)
I support the Professional Association of SQL Server (PASS) and it's
community of SQL Server professionals.
www.sqlpass.org
"BarryC" <BarryC@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have applied SQL SP4 to a SQL Server running on a Windows 2000 Cluster
> (Active/ Passive), and have started to get Buffer Overrun errors on
> running
> SQLDiag - as follows :
> /********************************
> Event ID: 26
> User: N/A
> Description:
> Application popup: Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library : Buffer overrun
> detected!
> Program: C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~3\MSSQL\binn\SQLDiag.exe
> A buffer overrun has been detected which has corrupted the program's
> internal state. The program cannot safely continue execution and must
> now be terminated.
> /********************************
> SQLDiag is being run by an SQL job running an OS command as follows :
> SQLDiag -O Z:\Outputsqldiag.txt -E -C
> This was always successful prior to the installation of SP4. There seems
> to
> be nothing about this on the web...
> Any thoughts or comments gratefully received.
|||SQLDiag.exe upgraded by SP4 has this Buffer overrun issue. Follow this work
around for an immediate solution
Rename the existing SQLDiag.exe (SP4)
Copy the SQLDiag.exe from the SQL Server Setup CD (Version 2000.80.194.0) to
the Binn folder
This old version SQLDiag works fine with the SP4. I tested this solution
and it works fine.
"BarryC" wrote:

> I have applied SQL SP4 to a SQL Server running on a Windows 2000 Cluster
> (Active/ Passive), and have started to get Buffer Overrun errors on running
> SQLDiag - as follows :
> /********************************
> Event ID:26
> User:N/A
> Description:
> Application popup: Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library : Buffer overrun
> detected!
> Program: C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~3\MSSQL\binn\SQLDiag.exe
> A buffer overrun has been detected which has corrupted the program's
> internal state. The program cannot safely continue execution and must
> now be terminated.
> /********************************
> SQLDiag is being run by an SQL job running an OS command as follows :
> SQLDiag -O Z:\Outputsqldiag.txt -E -C
> This was always successful prior to the installation of SP4. There seems to
> be nothing about this on the web...
> Any thoughts or comments gratefully received.
|||Thanks for that - in testing at the moment, but its looking good. Have MS
got an official line on this one yet?
"M. S. Reddy" wrote:
[vbcol=seagreen]
> SQLDiag.exe upgraded by SP4 has this Buffer overrun issue. Follow this work
> around for an immediate solution
> Rename the existing SQLDiag.exe (SP4)
> Copy the SQLDiag.exe from the SQL Server Setup CD (Version 2000.80.194.0) to
> the Binn folder
> This old version SQLDiag works fine with the SP4. I tested this solution
> and it works fine.
>
>
>
> "BarryC" wrote:

Buffer Overrun reported in SQLDiag

I have applied SQL SP4 to a SQL Server running on a Windows 2000 Cluster
(Active/ Passive), and have started to get Buffer Overrun errors on running
SQLDiag - as follows :
/********************************
Event ID: 26
User: N/A
Description:
Application popup: Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library : Buffer overrun
detected!
Program: C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~3\MSSQL\binn\SQLDiag.exe
A buffer overrun has been detected which has corrupted the program's
internal state. The program cannot safely continue execution and must
now be terminated.
/********************************
SQLDiag is being run by an SQL job running an OS command as follows :
SQLDiag -O Z:\Outputsqldiag.txt -E -C
This was always successful prior to the installation of SP4. There seems to
be nothing about this on the web...
Any thoughts or comments gratefully received.This is a known bug... I don't think there is anything you can do about it
until it is fixed, but it has been reported...
--
Wayne Snyder, MCDBA, SQL Server MVP
Mariner, Charlotte, NC
www.mariner-usa.com
(Please respond only to the newsgroups.)
I support the Professional Association of SQL Server (PASS) and it's
community of SQL Server professionals.
www.sqlpass.org
"BarryC" <BarryC@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:45D5EBF1-0642-46D9-A3A0-696FBC1C2650@.microsoft.com...
>I have applied SQL SP4 to a SQL Server running on a Windows 2000 Cluster
> (Active/ Passive), and have started to get Buffer Overrun errors on
> running
> SQLDiag - as follows :
> /********************************
> Event ID: 26
> User: N/A
> Description:
> Application popup: Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library : Buffer overrun
> detected!
> Program: C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~3\MSSQL\binn\SQLDiag.exe
> A buffer overrun has been detected which has corrupted the program's
> internal state. The program cannot safely continue execution and must
> now be terminated.
> /********************************
> SQLDiag is being run by an SQL job running an OS command as follows :
> SQLDiag -O Z:\Outputsqldiag.txt -E -C
> This was always successful prior to the installation of SP4. There seems
> to
> be nothing about this on the web...
> Any thoughts or comments gratefully received.|||SQLDiag.exe upgraded by SP4 has this Buffer overrun issue. Follow this work
around for an immediate solution
Rename the existing SQLDiag.exe (SP4)
Copy the SQLDiag.exe from the SQL Server Setup CD (Version 2000.80.194.0) to
the Binn folder
This old version SQLDiag works fine with the SP4. I tested this solution
and it works fine.
"BarryC" wrote:
> I have applied SQL SP4 to a SQL Server running on a Windows 2000 Cluster
> (Active/ Passive), and have started to get Buffer Overrun errors on running
> SQLDiag - as follows :
> /********************************
> Event ID: 26
> User: N/A
> Description:
> Application popup: Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library : Buffer overrun
> detected!
> Program: C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~3\MSSQL\binn\SQLDiag.exe
> A buffer overrun has been detected which has corrupted the program's
> internal state. The program cannot safely continue execution and must
> now be terminated.
> /********************************
> SQLDiag is being run by an SQL job running an OS command as follows :
> SQLDiag -O Z:\Outputsqldiag.txt -E -C
> This was always successful prior to the installation of SP4. There seems to
> be nothing about this on the web...
> Any thoughts or comments gratefully received.|||Thanks for that - in testing at the moment, but its looking good. Have MS
got an official line on this one yet?
"M. S. Reddy" wrote:
> SQLDiag.exe upgraded by SP4 has this Buffer overrun issue. Follow this work
> around for an immediate solution
> Rename the existing SQLDiag.exe (SP4)
> Copy the SQLDiag.exe from the SQL Server Setup CD (Version 2000.80.194.0) to
> the Binn folder
> This old version SQLDiag works fine with the SP4. I tested this solution
> and it works fine.
>
>
>
> "BarryC" wrote:
> > I have applied SQL SP4 to a SQL Server running on a Windows 2000 Cluster
> > (Active/ Passive), and have started to get Buffer Overrun errors on running
> > SQLDiag - as follows :
> >
> > /********************************
> > Event ID: 26
> > User: N/A
> > Description:
> > Application popup: Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library : Buffer overrun
> > detected!
> >
> > Program: C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~3\MSSQL\binn\SQLDiag.exe
> >
> > A buffer overrun has been detected which has corrupted the program's
> > internal state. The program cannot safely continue execution and must
> > now be terminated.
> > /********************************
> >
> > SQLDiag is being run by an SQL job running an OS command as follows :
> >
> > SQLDiag -O Z:\Outputsqldiag.txt -E -C
> >
> > This was always successful prior to the installation of SP4. There seems to
> > be nothing about this on the web...
> >
> > Any thoughts or comments gratefully received.

Buffer Overrun reported in SQLDiag

I have applied SQL SP4 to a SQL Server running on a Windows 2000 Cluster
(Active/ Passive), and have started to get Buffer Overrun errors on running
SQLDiag - as follows :
/********************************
Event ID: 26
User: N/A
Description:
Application popup: Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library : Buffer overrun
detected!
Program: C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~3\MSSQL\binn\SQLDiag.exe
A buffer overrun has been detected which has corrupted the program's
internal state. The program cannot safely continue execution and must
now be terminated.
/********************************
SQLDiag is being run by an SQL job running an OS command as follows :
SQLDiag -O Z:\Outputsqldiag.txt -E -C
This was always successful prior to the installation of SP4. There seems to
be nothing about this on the web...
Any thoughts or comments gratefully received.This is a known bug... I don't think there is anything you can do about it
until it is fixed, but it has been reported...
Wayne Snyder, MCDBA, SQL Server MVP
Mariner, Charlotte, NC
www.mariner-usa.com
(Please respond only to the newsgroups.)
I support the Professional Association of SQL Server (PASS) and it's
community of SQL Server professionals.
www.sqlpass.org
"BarryC" <BarryC@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:45D5EBF1-0642-46D9-A3A0-696FBC1C2650@.microsoft.com...
>I have applied SQL SP4 to a SQL Server running on a Windows 2000 Cluster
> (Active/ Passive), and have started to get Buffer Overrun errors on
> running
> SQLDiag - as follows :
> /********************************
> Event ID: 26
> User: N/A
> Description:
> Application popup: Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library : Buffer overrun
> detected!
> Program: C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~3\MSSQL\binn\SQLDiag.exe
> A buffer overrun has been detected which has corrupted the program's
> internal state. The program cannot safely continue execution and must
> now be terminated.
> /********************************
> SQLDiag is being run by an SQL job running an OS command as follows :
> SQLDiag -O Z:\Outputsqldiag.txt -E -C
> This was always successful prior to the installation of SP4. There seems
> to
> be nothing about this on the web...
> Any thoughts or comments gratefully received.|||SQLDiag.exe upgraded by SP4 has this Buffer overrun issue. Follow this work
around for an immediate solution
Rename the existing SQLDiag.exe (SP4)
Copy the SQLDiag.exe from the SQL Server Setup CD (Version 2000.80.194.0) to
the Binn folder
This old version SQLDiag works fine with the SP4. I tested this solution
and it works fine.
"BarryC" wrote:

> I have applied SQL SP4 to a SQL Server running on a Windows 2000 Cluster
> (Active/ Passive), and have started to get Buffer Overrun errors on runnin
g
> SQLDiag - as follows :
> /********************************
> Event ID: 26
> User: N/A
> Description:
> Application popup: Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library : Buffer overrun
> detected!
> Program: C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~3\MSSQL\binn\SQLDiag.exe
> A buffer overrun has been detected which has corrupted the program's
> internal state. The program cannot safely continue execution and must
> now be terminated.
> /********************************
> SQLDiag is being run by an SQL job running an OS command as follows :
> SQLDiag -O Z:\Outputsqldiag.txt -E -C
> This was always successful prior to the installation of SP4. There seems
to
> be nothing about this on the web...
> Any thoughts or comments gratefully received.|||Thanks for that - in testing at the moment, but its looking good. Have MS
got an official line on this one yet?
"M. S. Reddy" wrote:
[vbcol=seagreen]
> SQLDiag.exe upgraded by SP4 has this Buffer overrun issue. Follow this wo
rk
> around for an immediate solution
> Rename the existing SQLDiag.exe (SP4)
> Copy the SQLDiag.exe from the SQL Server Setup CD (Version 2000.80.194.0)
to
> the Binn folder
> This old version SQLDiag works fine with the SP4. I tested this solution
> and it works fine.
>
>
>
> "BarryC" wrote:
>

Buffer Cache Hit Ratio

Please advice.
I ran an OLTP Database on a SQL 2K on WIN 2K Advaced
Server in an Active/Passive Cluster configuration. I have
noticed the buffer cache hit ratio dropping down to about
1% sometimes below 1%. Waht can I do to ascertain the
Server needs more memory.
(i.e What memory is available to SQL ,what memory is SQL
requesting and what memory is given.)
I have also noticed the server running out of locks.
Please help urgent.Look at the SQL Server:Memory Manager:Target Server Memory(KB) counter in
Performance Monitor. That is the amount of memory SQL Server would like to
have. Also look at the SQL Server:Memory Manager:Target Server Memory(KB)
counter, which is the total memory SQL Server actually uses.
You can check in Enterprise Manager in the server properties if there are
any limits imposed on the amount of memeory SQL Server can use.
--
Jacco Schalkwijk
SQL Server MVP
"Olutimi" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:07f901c3c47e$e30f25d0$a401280a@.phx.gbl...
> Please advice.
> I ran an OLTP Database on a SQL 2K on WIN 2K Advaced
> Server in an Active/Passive Cluster configuration. I have
> noticed the buffer cache hit ratio dropping down to about
> 1% sometimes below 1%. Waht can I do to ascertain the
> Server needs more memory.
> (i.e What memory is available to SQL ,what memory is SQL
> requesting and what memory is given.)
> I have also noticed the server running out of locks.
>
> Please help urgent.

Brought down passive cluster - now getting "SQL Server does not ex

I turned off the passive part of the cluster. When I try to connect via DSN,
to an instance of SQL ServerI receive the error "SQL Server does not exist".
Is this due to the fact that the passive cluster is shutdown?
What are the properties of your DSN...maybe you have it set to the the Node,
not the Virtual SQL Server name?
Kevin Hill
3NF Consulting
http://www.3nf-inc.com/NewsGroups.htm
Real-world stuff I run across with SQL Server:
http://kevin3nf.blogspot.com
"Kristen" <Kristen@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I turned off the passive part of the cluster. When I try to connect via
>DSN,
> to an instance of SQL ServerI receive the error "SQL Server does not
> exist".
> Is this due to the fact that the passive cluster is shutdown?