Message: Error mapping to memory mapped file

jhommingajhomminga Posts: 5
edited June 17, 2014 6:30PM in SQL Backup Previous Versions
help on msg: "error mapping to memory mapped file"

Very new to SQL Backup Pro... search docs and asking question now in forums before using support. Appreciate any insight.

The tree of servers has just one with red x

Installed GUI on aging SQL2005/W2003 Enterprise and tried registering, importing but no joy... yet :-)

Thank you!

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  • peteypetey Posts: 2,358 New member
    Could you please locate the SQL Backup Agent service in Windows Services, and see if it's started? If not, could you try to start it and see what happens?

    If it does not start, try using a startup account that is an Administrator on the machine. Will the service start then?
    Peter Yeoh
    SQL Backup Consultant Developer
    Associate, Yohz Software
    Beyond compression - SQL Backup goodies under the hood, updated for version 8
  • SQL Backup Agent located and running without event log error. Running with local services; Double checked by trying to run as administrator... still same message "error mapping to memory mapped file".

    Also tried with Hyperbac service turned off.
  • peteypetey Posts: 2,358 New member
    When you run the following in Management Studio, what is the result:
    EXEC master..sqlbackup '-sql "BACKUP DATABASE model TO DISK = [<AUTO>]"'
    
    Peter Yeoh
    SQL Backup Consultant Developer
    Associate, Yohz Software
    Beyond compression - SQL Backup goodies under the hood, updated for version 8
  • Apologies for not having checked docs first... appreciate guidance where to start and the cool command to learn.. here is the result...

    SQL Backup 7.6.029
    ERRSQB: 5220 (Error mapping to memory mapped file.) (SQBMmf_): 8 (Not enough storage is available to process this command.)

    name::value
    exitcode::5220
    sqlerrorcode::0

    -- current
    use master
    go
    BACKUP DATABASE MODEL TO DISK = 'F:\Model.bak' --1500K on disk
    BACKUP DATABASE MODEL TO DISK = 'F:\Model.zip' --0150K on disk
  • peteypetey Posts: 2,358 New member
    Could you please run the following in Management Studio and post the result:
    EXEC master..sqbmemory
    
    Thanks.
    Peter Yeoh
    SQL Backup Consultant Developer
    Associate, Yohz Software
    Beyond compression - SQL Backup goodies under the hood, updated for version 8
  • Type             Minimum              Maximum              Average              Blk count                      Total
    ---------------- -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- --------------------
    Commit           4096                 262733824               50892                  14560                  740999168
    Reserve          4096                   16773120              105625                  12357                1305219072
    Free                4096                      983040              166996                     606                  101199872
    Private            4096                 262733824                74437                 26345                 1961050112
    Mapped           4096                    1060864               107861                      63                      6795264
    Image             4096                  24948736               153974                    509                     78372864
    
    (6 row(s) affected
    
  • peteypetey Posts: 2,358 New member
    The problem seems to be that your SQL Server process has very little free memory left, and the largest contiguous block of free memory is only 983040 bytes. That's why SQL Server is raising the error 'Not enough storage is available to process this command.'.

    If possible, try restarting the SQL Server instance to reset the memory allocations, and try running the backup. Then you could run sqbmemory periodically to try and identify which process in SQL Server is taking up all the memory.
    Peter Yeoh
    SQL Backup Consultant Developer
    Associate, Yohz Software
    Beyond compression - SQL Backup goodies under the hood, updated for version 8
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