DTA (Database Tuning Advisor) Malfunction, no error message

Hello, I am having an extremely odd problem with the Database Engine Tuning Advisor, on SQL Server 2005 Enterprise x64. It was working fine, and I was tuning the queries for a bunch of database views we have created. About 2/3 of the way through the list DTA began getting stuck on "Submitting Configuration Information" every time it was run.

I get no error messages, it just sits and spins on Submitting Configuration Information for days and days at a time. When other users view my session, its status says ready as though it had never started, but I am unable to start nor stop it until I close out of it and simply delete it out of the Session Monitor on the left. Other users are able to run sessions without issue, and nothing has changed on the server. I get the same behavior whether I am tuning a query or a workload file. **Edit** A workload file eventually died on the first step with the nebulous "Tuning process exited unexpectedly." There are no entries in dbo.DTA_tuninglog. In dbo.DTA_progress, only TuningStage 0 is present for that SessionID.

I have tried using a different SQL user, rebooting, uninstalling all SQL Server components from my PC then re-installing them, and deleting out all previous DTA session data with no luck. We have also recently installed SP2 for SQL Server 2005 on the server, and I updated my local installation with Microsoft Update. The problem persists. I would appreciate any input you could provide!

Thanks,
Konrad Willmert
Indiana Wesleyan University

I am having the Same Problem, I have no Idea what to do to fix it.

I get this error even after a complete Uninstall (Per the Book) and ReInstallation (Per the Book).

I have tried 3 times.

|||I am having a similar problem. I can get it to start consuming the workload, but it errors out every time. My SQL version is 9.0.3042 so I don't think KB 917131 applies. Was there ever a resolution?|||Shelly,

I have neither found nor received any resolution to this problem--other than asking my co-workers to tune things for me.
|||I gave up as well. I am just using other systems to do the testing.

DTA (Database Tuning Advisor) Malfunction, no error message

Hello, I am having an extremely odd problem with the Database Engine Tuning Advisor, on SQL Server 2005 Enterprise x64. It was working fine, and I was tuning the queries for a bunch of database views we have created. About 2/3 of the way through the list DTA began getting stuck on "Submitting Configuration Information" every time it was run.

I get no error messages, it just sits and spins on Submitting Configuration Information for days and days at a time. When other users view my session, its status says ready as though it had never started, but I am unable to start nor stop it until I close out of it and simply delete it out of the Session Monitor on the left. Other users are able to run sessions without issue, and nothing has changed on the server. I get the same behavior whether I am tuning a query or a workload file. **Edit** A workload file eventually died on the first step with the nebulous "Tuning process exited unexpectedly." There are no entries in dbo.DTA_tuninglog. In dbo.DTA_progress, only TuningStage 0 is present for that SessionID.

I have tried using a different SQL user, rebooting, uninstalling all SQL Server components from my PC then re-installing them, and deleting out all previous DTA session data with no luck. We have also recently installed SP2 for SQL Server 2005 on the server, and I updated my local installation with Microsoft Update. The problem persists. I would appreciate any input you could provide!

Thanks,
Konrad Willmert
Indiana Wesleyan University

I am having the Same Problem, I have no Idea what to do to fix it.

I get this error even after a complete Uninstall (Per the Book) and ReInstallation (Per the Book).

I have tried 3 times.

|||I am having a similar problem. I can get it to start consuming the workload, but it errors out every time. My SQL version is 9.0.3042 so I don't think KB 917131 applies. Was there ever a resolution?|||Shelly,

I have neither found nor received any resolution to this problem--other than asking my co-workers to tune things for me.
|||I gave up as well. I am just using other systems to do the testing.

DTA (Database Tuning Advisor) Malfunction, no error message

Hello, I am having an extremely odd problem with the Database Engine Tuning Advisor, on SQL Server 2005 Enterprise x64. It was working fine, and I was tuning the queries for a bunch of database views we have created. About 2/3 of the way through the list DTA began getting stuck on "Submitting Configuration Information" every time it was run.

I get no error messages, it just sits and spins on Submitting Configuration Information for days and days at a time. When other users view my session, its status says ready as though it had never started, but I am unable to start nor stop it until I close out of it and simply delete it out of the Session Monitor on the left. Other users are able to run sessions without issue, and nothing has changed on the server. I get the same behavior whether I am tuning a query or a workload file. **Edit** A workload file eventually died on the first step with the nebulous "Tuning process exited unexpectedly." There are no entries in dbo.DTA_tuninglog. In dbo.DTA_progress, only TuningStage 0 is present for that SessionID.

I have tried using a different SQL user, rebooting, uninstalling all SQL Server components from my PC then re-installing them, and deleting out all previous DTA session data with no luck. We have also recently installed SP2 for SQL Server 2005 on the server, and I updated my local installation with Microsoft Update. The problem persists. I would appreciate any input you could provide!

Thanks,
Konrad Willmert
Indiana Wesleyan University

I am having the Same Problem, I have no Idea what to do to fix it.

I get this error even after a complete Uninstall (Per the Book) and ReInstallation (Per the Book).

I have tried 3 times.

|||I am having a similar problem. I can get it to start consuming the workload, but it errors out every time. My SQL version is 9.0.3042 so I don't think KB 917131 applies. Was there ever a resolution?|||Shelly,

I have neither found nor received any resolution to this problem--other than asking my co-workers to tune things for me.
|||I gave up as well. I am just using other systems to do the testing.

DTA (Database Engine Tuning Advisor) error when opening connection

Hi all,

I've got some problem to launch DTA, after the connection, I've got this message :

===================================

Failed to open a new connection.

===================================

Failed to initialize MSDB database for tuning (exit code: -1). (DTAClient)

Program Location:

at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.DTA.Client.TuningServer.InitializeTuningParametersDatabase()
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.DTA.Client.TuningServer.InitializeConnection()
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.DTA.Client.TuningServer.Connect()
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.DTA.Shell.SessionMonitor.AddServerInternal(SqlConnectionInfo connectionInfo, SqlConnection connection)
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.DTA.Shell.SessionMonitor.AddServer(SqlConnectionInfo connectionInfo, SqlConnection connection)
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.DTA.Shell.SessionMonitor.connectButton_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)

===================================

Failed to establish a connection to the server.

Any ideas ?

Information : SQL Server 2005 beta 2 Enterprise edition CTP June 2005

Thanks for your futurse answers.

Hello Herve
This was a known problem in Beta 2 Yukon bits. We have addressed this in the later bits of Yukon (Post Beta 2) -
Thanks
Manoj

|||

Manojas wrote:

Hello Herve
This was a known problem in Beta 2 Yukon bits. We have addressed this in the later bits of Yukon (Post Beta 2) -
Thanks
Manoj

I am using the evaluation copy of SQL2005 that I downloaded yesterday and having the same or similar problem. I can use the Management Studio to connect to the database without any problem.

The following is the details of the error:

===================================

Failed to open a new connection.

===================================

Failed to initialize MSDB database for tuning (exit code: -1). (DTAClient)

Program Location:

at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.DTA.Client.TuningServer.InitializeTuningParametersDatabase()
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.DTA.Client.TuningServer.InitializeConnection()
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.DTA.Client.TuningServer.Connect()
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.DTA.Shell.SessionMonitor.AddServerInternal(SqlConnectionInfo connectionInfo, SqlConnection connection)
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.DTA.Shell.SessionMonitor.AddServer(SqlConnectionInfo connectionInfo, SqlConnection connection)
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.DTA.Shell.SessionMonitor.OnConnect(Object sender, EventArgs e)

===================================

Failed to establish a connection to the server.

DTA (Database Engine Tuning Advisor) error when opening connection

Hi all,

I've got some problem to launch DTA, after the connection, I've got this message :

===================================

Failed to open a new connection.

===================================

Failed to initialize MSDB database for tuning (exit code: -1). (DTAClient)

Program Location:

at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.DTA.Client.TuningServer.InitializeTuningParametersDatabase()
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.DTA.Client.TuningServer.InitializeConnection()
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.DTA.Client.TuningServer.Connect()
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.DTA.Shell.SessionMonitor.AddServerInternal(SqlConnectionInfo connectionInfo, SqlConnection connection)
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.DTA.Shell.SessionMonitor.AddServer(SqlConnectionInfo connectionInfo, SqlConnection connection)
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.DTA.Shell.SessionMonitor.connectButton_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)

===================================

Failed to establish a connection to the server.

Any ideas ?

Information : SQL Server 2005 beta 2 Enterprise edition CTP June 2005

Thanks for your futurse answers.

Hello Herve
This was a known problem in Beta 2 Yukon bits. We have addressed this in the later bits of Yukon (Post Beta 2) -
Thanks
Manoj

|||

Manojas wrote:

Hello Herve
This was a known problem in Beta 2 Yukon bits. We have addressed this in the later bits of Yukon (Post Beta 2) -
Thanks
Manoj

I am using the evaluation copy of SQL2005 that I downloaded yesterday and having the same or similar problem. I can use the Management Studio to connect to the database without any problem.

The following is the details of the error:

===================================

Failed to open a new connection.

===================================

Failed to initialize MSDB database for tuning (exit code: -1). (DTAClient)

Program Location:

at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.DTA.Client.TuningServer.InitializeTuningParametersDatabase()
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.DTA.Client.TuningServer.InitializeConnection()
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.DTA.Client.TuningServer.Connect()
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.DTA.Shell.SessionMonitor.AddServerInternal(SqlConnectionInfo connectionInfo, SqlConnection connection)
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.DTA.Shell.SessionMonitor.AddServer(SqlConnectionInfo connectionInfo, SqlConnection connection)
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.DTA.Shell.SessionMonitor.OnConnect(Object sender, EventArgs e)

===================================

Failed to establish a connection to the server.

DTA (Database Engine Tuning Advisor) error when opening connection

Hi all,

I've got some problem to launch DTA, after the connection, I've got this message :

===================================

Failed to open a new connection.

===================================

Failed to initialize MSDB database for tuning (exit code: -1). (DTAClient)

Program Location:

at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.DTA.Client.TuningServer.InitializeTuningParametersDatabase()
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.DTA.Client.TuningServer.InitializeConnection()
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.DTA.Client.TuningServer.Connect()
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.DTA.Shell.SessionMonitor.AddServerInternal(SqlConnectionInfo connectionInfo, SqlConnection connection)
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.DTA.Shell.SessionMonitor.AddServer(SqlConnectionInfo connectionInfo, SqlConnection connection)
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.DTA.Shell.SessionMonitor.connectButton_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)

===================================

Failed to establish a connection to the server.

Any ideas ?

Information : SQL Server 2005 beta 2 Enterprise edition CTP June 2005

Thanks for your futurse answers.

Hello Herve
This was a known problem in Beta 2 Yukon bits. We have addressed this in the later bits of Yukon (Post Beta 2) -
Thanks
Manoj

|||

Manojas wrote:

Hello Herve
This was a known problem in Beta 2 Yukon bits. We have addressed this in the later bits of Yukon (Post Beta 2) -
Thanks
Manoj

I am using the evaluation copy of SQL2005 that I downloaded yesterday and having the same or similar problem. I can use the Management Studio to connect to the database without any problem.

The following is the details of the error:

===================================

Failed to open a new connection.

===================================

Failed to initialize MSDB database for tuning (exit code: -1). (DTAClient)

Program Location:

at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.DTA.Client.TuningServer.InitializeTuningParametersDatabase()
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.DTA.Client.TuningServer.InitializeConnection()
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.DTA.Client.TuningServer.Connect()
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.DTA.Shell.SessionMonitor.AddServerInternal(SqlConnectionInfo connectionInfo, SqlConnection connection)
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.DTA.Shell.SessionMonitor.AddServer(SqlConnectionInfo connectionInfo, SqlConnection connection)
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.DTA.Shell.SessionMonitor.OnConnect(Object sender, EventArgs e)

===================================

Failed to establish a connection to the server.