Progress Seek Errors and MSSQL Locks

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On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Brian W. Spolarich <
bspolarich@...> wrote:

>
>
> Where can I read up on that?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
> Of Waffqle
> Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 1:28 PM
> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Vantage] Progress Seek Errors and MSSQL Locks
>
>
> There's a 2gb limit on the Sort File for progress. If you're going over
> that
> limit you'll get errors like that. Read up on the -SS option. (I believe
> it
> goes in your mfgsys file) That'll break up the file and should take care
> of
> your issue.
>
> Forgive me for not having more details. It's been a while since we were
> running 8 and I haven't seen that issue come up in newer versions.
>
> On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 4:12 PM, Brian W. Spolarich <
> bspolarich@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > We're having an increasingly frequent problem where folks come in in
> > the morning and Vantage is unresponsive. We're running 8.03.408B on
> > MSSQL.
> >
> > The symptoms are:
> >
> > - Nothing interesting is reported in the log, except Vantage
> > starts to launch new appservers when users come in in the morning,
> > because (presumably) the existing appservers are busy.
> >
> > - Existing appservers are busy waiting for MSSQL transactions
> > that never finish.
> >
> > - In MSSQL we will see blocked SPIDs in the Activity Monitor,
> > with a single root blocking task that is always a FETCH_APICURSOR
> call.
> >
> > - This seems related to MRP, as it started up again after we
> > started running MRP again at night (for various reasons we stopped
> > running MRP for a few days).
> >
> > - MRP periodically takes a very long time to run (3-4x its
> > normal speed). But the server isn't otherwise busy.
> >
> > I've recently discovered sp_whoisactive (a very useful MSSQL tool),
> > and I've set it up to run and log to a table every 15 minutes, so
> maybe
> > we'll get some better visibility into what's going on.
> >
> > Also we saw this this morning, although this was logged after things
> > went south:
> >
> > EVENT #
> >
> > 11660431
> >
> > EVENT LOG
> >
> > Application
> >
> > EVENT TYPE
> >
> > Error
> >
> > SOURCE
> >
> > PROGRESS
> >
> > CATEGORY
> >
> > USER
> >
> > EVENT ID
> >
> > 163
> >
> > COMPUTERNAME
> >
> > VULCAN
> >
> > DATE / TIME
> >
> > 6/13/2011 8:59:01 AM
> >
> > MESSAGE
> >
> > Usr SYSTEM ERROR: Seek error 22, file 9, addr -2147453952. (163)
> >
> > Any of this sound familiar to folks? Our environment has gone from
> > pretty stable to quite unstable rather quickly, and we've not made any
> > obvious changes that should cause problems.
> >
> > -bws
> >
> > --
> >
> > Brian W. Spolarich ~ IT Consultant ~ Advanced Photonix / Picometrix
> >
> > bspolarich@...
> <mailto:bspolarich@...>
> > ~ 734-358-0033 ~ www.advancedphotonix.com
> > <http://www.advancedphotonix.com>
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
> >
>
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[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
We're having an increasingly frequent problem where folks come in in
the morning and Vantage is unresponsive. We're running 8.03.408B on
MSSQL.



The symptoms are:



- Nothing interesting is reported in the log, except Vantage
starts to launch new appservers when users come in in the morning,
because (presumably) the existing appservers are busy.

- Existing appservers are busy waiting for MSSQL transactions
that never finish.

- In MSSQL we will see blocked SPIDs in the Activity Monitor,
with a single root blocking task that is always a FETCH_APICURSOR call.


- This seems related to MRP, as it started up again after we
started running MRP again at night (for various reasons we stopped
running MRP for a few days).

- MRP periodically takes a very long time to run (3-4x its
normal speed). But the server isn't otherwise busy.

I've recently discovered sp_whoisactive (a very useful MSSQL tool),
and I've set it up to run and log to a table every 15 minutes, so maybe
we'll get some better visibility into what's going on.



Also we saw this this morning, although this was logged after things
went south:



EVENT #

11660431

EVENT LOG

Application

EVENT TYPE

Error

SOURCE

PROGRESS

CATEGORY

USER

EVENT ID

163

COMPUTERNAME

VULCAN

DATE / TIME

6/13/2011 8:59:01 AM

MESSAGE

Usr SYSTEM ERROR: Seek error 22, file 9, addr -2147453952. (163)



Any of this sound familiar to folks? Our environment has gone from
pretty stable to quite unstable rather quickly, and we've not made any
obvious changes that should cause problems.



-bws



--

Brian W. Spolarich ~ IT Consultant ~ Advanced Photonix / Picometrix

bspolarich@... <mailto:bspolarich@...>
~ 734-358-0033 ~ www.advancedphotonix.com
<http://www.advancedphotonix.com>





[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
There's a 2gb limit on the Sort File for progress. If you're going over that
limit you'll get errors like that. Read up on the -SS option. (I believe it
goes in your mfgsys file) That'll break up the file and should take care of
your issue.

Forgive me for not having more details. It's been a while since we were
running 8 and I haven't seen that issue come up in newer versions.

On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 4:12 PM, Brian W. Spolarich <
bspolarich@...> wrote:

>
>
> We're having an increasingly frequent problem where folks come in in
> the morning and Vantage is unresponsive. We're running 8.03.408B on
> MSSQL.
>
> The symptoms are:
>
> - Nothing interesting is reported in the log, except Vantage
> starts to launch new appservers when users come in in the morning,
> because (presumably) the existing appservers are busy.
>
> - Existing appservers are busy waiting for MSSQL transactions
> that never finish.
>
> - In MSSQL we will see blocked SPIDs in the Activity Monitor,
> with a single root blocking task that is always a FETCH_APICURSOR call.
>
> - This seems related to MRP, as it started up again after we
> started running MRP again at night (for various reasons we stopped
> running MRP for a few days).
>
> - MRP periodically takes a very long time to run (3-4x its
> normal speed). But the server isn't otherwise busy.
>
> I've recently discovered sp_whoisactive (a very useful MSSQL tool),
> and I've set it up to run and log to a table every 15 minutes, so maybe
> we'll get some better visibility into what's going on.
>
> Also we saw this this morning, although this was logged after things
> went south:
>
> EVENT #
>
> 11660431
>
> EVENT LOG
>
> Application
>
> EVENT TYPE
>
> Error
>
> SOURCE
>
> PROGRESS
>
> CATEGORY
>
> USER
>
> EVENT ID
>
> 163
>
> COMPUTERNAME
>
> VULCAN
>
> DATE / TIME
>
> 6/13/2011 8:59:01 AM
>
> MESSAGE
>
> Usr SYSTEM ERROR: Seek error 22, file 9, addr -2147453952. (163)
>
> Any of this sound familiar to folks? Our environment has gone from
> pretty stable to quite unstable rather quickly, and we've not made any
> obvious changes that should cause problems.
>
> -bws
>
> --
>
> Brian W. Spolarich ~ IT Consultant ~ Advanced Photonix / Picometrix
>
> bspolarich@... <mailto:bspolarich@...>
> ~ 734-358-0033 ~ www.advancedphotonix.com
> <http://www.advancedphotonix.com>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>



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*
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*:: waffqle@...*
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*

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[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Where can I read up on that?

-----Original Message-----
From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Waffqle
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 1:28 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Vantage] Progress Seek Errors and MSSQL Locks

There's a 2gb limit on the Sort File for progress. If you're going over
that
limit you'll get errors like that. Read up on the -SS option. (I believe
it
goes in your mfgsys file) That'll break up the file and should take care
of
your issue.

Forgive me for not having more details. It's been a while since we were
running 8 and I haven't seen that issue come up in newer versions.

On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 4:12 PM, Brian W. Spolarich <
bspolarich@...> wrote:

>
>
> We're having an increasingly frequent problem where folks come in in
> the morning and Vantage is unresponsive. We're running 8.03.408B on
> MSSQL.
>
> The symptoms are:
>
> - Nothing interesting is reported in the log, except Vantage
> starts to launch new appservers when users come in in the morning,
> because (presumably) the existing appservers are busy.
>
> - Existing appservers are busy waiting for MSSQL transactions
> that never finish.
>
> - In MSSQL we will see blocked SPIDs in the Activity Monitor,
> with a single root blocking task that is always a FETCH_APICURSOR
call.
>
> - This seems related to MRP, as it started up again after we
> started running MRP again at night (for various reasons we stopped
> running MRP for a few days).
>
> - MRP periodically takes a very long time to run (3-4x its
> normal speed). But the server isn't otherwise busy.
>
> I've recently discovered sp_whoisactive (a very useful MSSQL tool),
> and I've set it up to run and log to a table every 15 minutes, so
maybe
> we'll get some better visibility into what's going on.
>
> Also we saw this this morning, although this was logged after things
> went south:
>
> EVENT #
>
> 11660431
>
> EVENT LOG
>
> Application
>
> EVENT TYPE
>
> Error
>
> SOURCE
>
> PROGRESS
>
> CATEGORY
>
> USER
>
> EVENT ID
>
> 163
>
> COMPUTERNAME
>
> VULCAN
>
> DATE / TIME
>
> 6/13/2011 8:59:01 AM
>
> MESSAGE
>
> Usr SYSTEM ERROR: Seek error 22, file 9, addr -2147453952. (163)
>
> Any of this sound familiar to folks? Our environment has gone from
> pretty stable to quite unstable rather quickly, and we've not made any
> obvious changes that should cause problems.
>
> -bws
>
> --
>
> Brian W. Spolarich ~ IT Consultant ~ Advanced Photonix / Picometrix
>
> bspolarich@...
<mailto:bspolarich@...>
> ~ 734-358-0033 ~ www.advancedphotonix.com
> <http://www.advancedphotonix.com>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>



--
*Waffqle Driggers*
*High End Dev, System Design, Profit Drinking
*
*:: 904.962.2887*
*:: waffqle@...*
*:: NO FAXES*

*

*


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]



------------------------------------

Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must
have already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder
and Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
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