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WayneS
Posted Wednesday, August 15, 2012 8:16 AM


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I have a process that is blocking a lot of stuff on the server. The session id is "-2", which means that it's an orphaned distributed transaction (see KILL), so I look up the UnitOfWork with this code:
select distinct 'KILL ''' + convert(varchar(50), request_owner_guid) + ''';'
from sys.dm_tran_locks
where request_session_id = -24



and... when I run this KILL command, I get this error message:
Msg 6112, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Distributed transaction with UOW {A31C3D99-E956-45F1-AA98-891509B9A11F} is in prepared state. Only Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator can resolve this transaction. KILL command failed.


My google attempts are only pulling up the error message and translations for it. Any idea of how to handle this?

I don't know if this following information is helpful, but in case it is:
SQL 2008 R2 (build 10.50.1600) 64 bit cluster. Used in log shipping.


Thanks!

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Posted Wednesday, August 15, 2012 8:20 AM


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Trace the UOW back to the originiating host via sys.dm_exec_requests and terminate the DTC transaction from the source, that should resolve the issue.


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Posted Wednesday, August 15, 2012 8:33 AM


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All that shows up in sys.dm_exec_requests are the transactions being blocked by session id "-2".

And then, just seconds later, it has cleared.

Okay, any ideas of what caused it to clear?

Wayne
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Posted Wednesday, August 15, 2012 9:35 AM


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Update: the distributed transaction had to be killed (aborted) in the DTC snapin.

Edit: Link for tracking this down and doing this[/u]

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Posted Thursday, August 16, 2012 1:38 AM


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Good blog Wayne will bookmark that.

Just one thing you have a [/u] IFCode in the URL link, so if you click it you get a 404 error.


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Posted Thursday, August 16, 2012 6:41 AM


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WayneS (8/15/2012)
Update: the distributed transaction had to be killed (aborted) in the DTC snapin.

Edit: Link for tracking this down and doing this[/u]

Wayne, I think you need to remove the "\[u]" from your URL or it 404's.

I loved this line from the blog post you created to document this:
And now all is well with the world. Or is it?… do you know what you just did? Do you? DO YOU?


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Posted Thursday, August 16, 2012 7:19 AM
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1) Use this query to get the UOW (a GUID) of the offending transaction:

use master
select distinct req_transactionUOW from syslockinfo

Note: Ignore the UOW records that are all zeros. “00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000”

2) Use the Kill command, replacing the GUID below with the req_transactionUOW obtained from the query above, to kill the offending transaction:

KILL ‘D5499C66-E398-45CA-BF7E-DC9C194B48CF’

Repeat for each orphaned transaction.


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