SQL Server 2014 cumulative update - won't install

PatrickW

Cumulative Update 6 for SQL Server 2014 SP2 KB4019094

ERROR...
Failed to shutdown the instance with process ID 1932. Error encountered: Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.Sco.ScoException: The service cannot accept control messages at this time. ---> System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: The service cannot accept control messages at this time. at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.Sco.Service.ControlService(UInt32 dwControlCode) at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.Sco.Service.StopService(Boolean bStopDependents) at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.Sco.Service.StopServiceWait(Int32 dwTimeOut, Boolean bStopDependents) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.Sco.Service.StopServiceWait(Int32 dwTimeOut, Boolean bStopDependents) at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.Sco.Service.StopServiceWait(Int32 dwTimeOut, Boolean bStopDependents) at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.SqlEngine.SqlServerServiceSCM.StopSqlServer(Boolean withFailpoint). Error code: 0x851A0018

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?LinkId=20476&ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&EvtSrc=setup.rll&EvtID=50000&ProdVer=12.0.5553.0&EvtType=0xEB642EB9@0x4BDAF9BA@1306@24&EvtType=0xEB642EB9@0x4BDAF9BA@1306@24


The solution I found was to manually stop the SQL Monitor Base Monitor 1st, then apply the update


But even I couldn't stop this service - so I had to stop SQL (which stops (SQL Monitor Base Monitor) then start SQL & apply the patch