SYMPTOMS
The Analysis Services service does not start, and the
following error message is logged in the System Event log:
The MSSQLServerOLAPService service terminated
unexpectedly.
You may see this error message if Analysis Server has
a database with a large number of cubes, and those cubes contain private
dimensions.
NOTE: This error occurs for various reasons, if the service
experiences an unexpected error and shuts down. However, this article only
applies to situations in which the Analysis Services service was running
normally, but does not start after being stopped.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest
service pack for Microsoft SQL Server 2000. For additional information, click
the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:
290211 INF: How To Obtain the Latest SQL Server 2000 Service Pack
: The following hotfix was created before the release of Microsoft
SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3.
The English version of this fix has
the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The
dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC).
When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the
difference between UTC and local time, use the
Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.
Date Time Version Size File name
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9/05/2002 16:30 8.0.683.0 1,782,340 bytes Msmdsrv.exe
4/18/2001 01:23 2000.80.382.0 815,676 bytes Sqldata.dll
9/05/2002 16:32 2000.80.534.0 590,396 bytes Sqlsort.dll
NOTE: Because of file dependencies, the most recent hotfix or feature
that contains the files may also contain additional
files.