Database Engine Tuning crash

  • I never had problem with DTA before... it seemingly started out of nowhere.

    When I start a new session at the "Submitting Configuration Information" step I get a crash popup saying:

    Problem signature:

    Problem Event Name:APPCRASH

    Application Name:DTAEngine.exe

    Application Version:2009.100.1600.1

    Application Timestamp:4bb67a3a

    Fault Module Name:ntdll.dll

    Fault Module Version:6.1.7600.16385

    Fault Module Timestamp:4a5bdb3b

    Exception Code:c0000005

    Exception Offset:0002dece

    OS Version:6.1.7600.2.0.0.400.8

    Locale ID:1033

    Additional Information 1:e8ad

    Additional Information 2:e8adce1c2b9e7be834b4063ac3c53863

    Additional Information 3:e8ad

    Additional Information 4:e8adce1c2b9e7be834b4063ac3c53863

    I tried with multiple different trace files, including some that were used for successful sessions previously. I also tried flushing all the DTA_% tables in msdb just in case some orphans got in there or something. I also tried running DTA as administrator with no luck.

    I tried different settings like 'keep all existing PDS' or 'do not keep any existing pds', and changed the maximum disk space or execution time for the analysis... Can't get this crash to go away!

    Has anybody ever experienced this or have any suggestions?

    Thanks

  • this pop up offers you 2 choices, to look online for info on the bug... .which leads nowhere, or to 'close the program'. If you click on that the popup goes away but the program doesn't close... it continues the analysis for a while... then eventually terminates saying "Tuning process exited unexpectedly"...

  • Looks like the problem was with my trace definition. I was tracing more then what is required by DTA. Now I split my trace into one dedicated for DTA and another one for the other things I was tracing... Now it works.

    The strange thing is that I was using this same trace template for a while and never ran into this problem before.

    Moral of the story... Careful with what you feed DTA!

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