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FIX: The SQL Server Writer Service is not listed in the results when you run the Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool on a server that has SQL Server 2005 installedArticle ID: 961704 - View products that this article applies to. 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. On This PageSYMPTOMSOn a server that has Microsoft SQL Server 2005 installed, you run the Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool (Vssadmin.exe) to list the subscribed volume shadow copy writers. When you do this, the SQL Writer Service is not listed in the results. Additionally, an event that resembles the following is logged in the System log: Writer name: SqlServerWriter CAUSEThis issue occurs because an problem in the SQLWriter.exe process. Therefore, the SQLWriter.exe process becomes unstable. RESOLUTIONCumulative update information for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2The fix for this issue was first released in Cumulative Update 13 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2. For more information about how to obtain this cumulative update package for SQL Server 2005, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:967908 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. We recommend 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:
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967908/
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Cumulative update package 13 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2937137
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937137/
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The SQL Server 2005 builds that were released after SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 was released Cumulative update information for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3The fix for this issue was first released in Cumulative Update 3 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3. For more information about how to obtain this cumulative update package for SQL Server 2005, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:967909 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. We recommend 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:
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967909/
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Cumulative update package 3 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3960598
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960598/
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The SQL Server 2005 builds that were released after SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 was released STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section. MORE INFORMATIONMore information about cumulative update package 13 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2For 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:967908
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967908/LN/
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Cumulative update package 13 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2More information about cumulative update package 3 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3For 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:967909
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967909/LN/
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Cumulative update package 3 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3REFERENCES
For more information about the list of builds that are available after SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
960598
For more information about the list of builds that are available after SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960598/
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The SQL Server 2005 builds that were released after SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 was released
937137
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:
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937137/
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The SQL Server 2005 builds that were released after SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 was released
935897 For more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935897/
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An Incremental Servicing Model is available from the SQL Server team to deliver hotfixes for reported problems
824684
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824684/
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Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updatesPropertiesArticle ID: 961704 - Last Review: April 20, 2009 - Revision: 2.1 APPLIES TO
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