KB4033789 - FIX: A memory leak may occur when you perform Process Update operations in SSAS

Applies To
SQL Server 2014 Developer - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2014 Enterprise - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2014 Enterprise Core - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2014 Standard - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 2 - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2016 Developer - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2016 Enterprise - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2016 Enterprise Core - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2016 Standard - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 1 SQL Server 2017 on Windows (all editions)

Symptoms

Assume that you use Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) in multidimensional mode. If you enable proactive caching for one or more dimensions, a memory leak might occur.

Resolution

This issue is fixed in the following cumulative updates for SQL Server:

Cumulative Update 1 for SQL Server 2017

Cumulative Update 9 for SQL Server 2016 RTM

Cumulative Update 5 for SQL Server 2016 SP1

Cumulative Update 7 for SQL Server 2014 SP2

About cumulative updates for SQL Server:

Each new cumulative update for SQL Server contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous cumulative update. Check out the latest cumulative updates for SQL Server:

Latest cumulative update for SQL Server 2017

Latest cumulative update for SQL Server 2016

Latest cumulative update for SQL Server 2014

More Information

For more information about proactive caching, see Proactive Caching (Dimensions).

Status

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

References

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