KB4024023 - FIX: SSAS crashes when you access .vmp files in SQL Server 2017 and SQL Server 2016

Applies To
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) SQL Server 2017 on Linux (all editions)

Symptoms

Assume that you use SQL Server 2017 Analysis Services (SSAS) and Microsoft SQL Server 2016 SSAS in tabular mode. The SSAS instance may crash when you access .vmp files. Additionally, an error message that resembles the following is logged in the msmdsrv.log file.

Note

The file 'FilePath\FileName.vmp' could not be opened. Please check the file for permissions or see if other applications locked it. (Source: *FilePath\FileName\*msmdsrv.log, Type: 3, Category: 289, Event ID: 0xC1210023)

Resolution

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

Cumulative Update 1 for SQL Server 2017

Cumulative Update 4 for SQL Server 2016 SP1

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

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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