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FIX: Error message when you create a WMI event alert by using the sp_add_alert stored procedure in SQL Server 2005: "The @wmi_query could not be executed in the @wmi_namespace provided"

Article ID:944517
Last Review:November 20, 2007
Revision:1.3
Bug: #50001984 (SQL Hotfix)
Microsoft distributes Microsoft SQL Server 2005 fixes as one downloadable file. Because the fixes are cumulative, each new release contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous SQL Server 2005 fix release.

SYMPTOMS

When you create a Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) event alert by using the sp_add_alert stored procedure in Microsoft SQL Server 2005, you receive the following error message:
Msg 22022, Level 16, State 1, Line 0
SQLServerAgent Error: WMI error: 0x80041013.
Msg 14511, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sp_verify_alert, Line 300
The @wmi_query could not be executed in the @wmi_namespace provided. Verify that an event class selected in the query exists in the namespace and that the query has the correct syntax.
This problem occurs if one of the following conditions is true:
The computer name contains 15 or more characters.
The SQL network name in a cluster contains 15 or more than 15 characters.
Note The SQL network name is also known as the virtual SQL Server name.

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CAUSE

This problem occurs because SQL Server only allocates 14 characters for the computer name and for the SQL network name when SQL Server initializes the WMI Event Provider for SQL Server.

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RESOLUTION

The fix for this issue was first released in Cumulative Update 5. For more information about how to obtain this cumulative update package for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
943656 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943656/LN/) Cumulative update package 5 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2
Note Because the builds are cumulative, each new fix release contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous SQL Server 2005 fix release. Microsoft recommends that you consider applying the most recent fix release that contains this hotfix. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
937137 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937137/LN/) The SQL Server 2005 builds that were released after SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 was released
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 hotfixes are created for specific SQL Server service packs. You must apply a SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 hotfix to an installation of SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2. By default, any hotfix that is provided in a SQL Server service pack is included in the next SQL Server service pack.

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WORKAROUND

To work around this issue, rename the computer so that the computer name contains fewer than 15 characters. If you encounter this problem in a cluster environment, rename the SQL network name so than the SQL network name contains fewer than 15 characters.

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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MORE INFORMATION

For more information about what files are changed, and for information about any prerequisites to apply the cumulative update package that contains the hotfix that is described in this Microsoft Knowledge Base article, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
943656 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943656/LN/) Cumulative update package 5 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2

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REFERENCES

For more information about the list of builds that are available after SQL Server Service Pack 2, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
937137 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937137/LN/) The SQL Server 2005 builds that were released after SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 was released
For more information about the Incremental Servicing Model for SQL Server, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
935897 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935897/LN/) An Incremental Servicing Model is available from the SQL Server team to deliver hotfixes for reported problems
For more information about how to obtain SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
913089 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/913089/LN/) How to obtain the latest service pack for SQL Server 2005
For more information about the new features and the improvements in SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=71711 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=71711)
For more information about the naming schema for SQL Server updates, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
822499 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822499/LN/) New naming schema for Microsoft SQL Server software update packages
For more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
824684 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824684/LN/) Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

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APPLIES TO
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise X64 Edition
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition for Itanium-based Systems
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard X64 Edition
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition for Itanium-based Systems

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Keywords: 
kbsql2005engine kbhotfixrollup kbfix kbpubtypekc kbqfe kbexpertiseadvanced KB944517

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