FIX: Lazy Writer Process May Cause an Access Violation

ID: Q172557

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft SQL Server version 6.5

BUG #: 17017

SYMPTOMS

If tempdb is in RAM, heavy tempdb usage may cause the lazy writer processes to have a handled access violation (AV). This will appear in the SQL Server errorlog as the following message:

Lazywriter: Process 2 generated access violation SQL Server is
terminating this process

This message may occur once or hundreds of times, and can also cause SQL Server to eventually stop responding.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, do either of the following:

Move tempdb out of RAM to a physical disk.

-or-

Reduce tempdb usage.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SQL Server version 6.5. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):


   S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: hang hung freeze frozen stopped


Keywords          : kbenv kbusage SSrvGen SSrvGPF kbbug6.50 kbfix6.50.sp4 
Version           : 6.5
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: April 16, 1999