KB3006838 - FIX: Instance of SSAS 2012 or SSAS 2014 crashes when cube writeback commit and processing transactions are executed at the same time

Applies To
SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services SQL Server 2014 Business Intelligence - duplicate (do not use)

Symptoms

When a cube writeback commit transaction and a processing transaction are executed at the same time on an instance of SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services (SSAS 2012) or SQL Server 2014 Analysis Services (SSAS 2014), the instance crashes, and you receive a mini-dump file in the SSAS log folder.

Resolution

The issue was first fixed in the following cumulative updates for SQL Server:

Cumulative Update 2 for SQL Server 2014 SP1

Cumulative Update 6 for SQL Server 2014

Cumulative Update 4 for SQL Server 2012 SP2

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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.