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Non-Yielding Scheduler During Backups?

March 24, 2026 Sean Gallardy 2 Comments

Memories Sparked by my friends at Straight Path SQL, we’re going to look at a rare cause of non-yielding scheduler…

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Posted in: Configuration, Dumps, SQL Server, Storage Filed under: Backups, Debugging, Dump, Dumps, Non-Yielding, SQL Server, Storage

Crouching Driver, Hidden Message

February 27, 2026 Sean Gallardy 4 Comments

This issue was a fun one, brought to me due to a single replica in an availability group constantly having…

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Posted in: Drivers, NotASQLServerProblem, SQL Server Filed under: Always On, Availability Groups, Drivers, Dump, Heavy Sigh, NotReallyASQLProblem, SQL Server, Threads, Windows Server

PSA: ACE Drivers Aren’t For Linked Server Usage

August 5, 2025 Sean Gallardy

There’s been a resurgence of people pointing out dumps occurring in SQL Server when using linked servers with the ACE…

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Posted in: Dumps, General Info, NotASQLServerProblem, SQL Server Filed under: Access Violation, Dump, Dumps, general, Heavy Sigh, Linked Server, PSA, SQL Server

Sentinel One Is Breaking SQL And Your Cluster

July 10, 2025 Sean Gallardy 7 Comments

I have a long history shitting on CrowdStrike – and well, with their past it’s pretty warranted – but antivirus…

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Posted in: Dumps, General Info, HA/DR, NotASQLServerProblem, Performance, Security, SQL Server Filed under: Always On, Availability Groups, Drivers, Dump, HADR, Heavy Sigh, NotReallyASQLProblem, Performance, PSA, Security, SQL Server, Windows, Windows Server

Automated SQL Dump Analysis – Beta!

October 26, 2023 Sean Gallardy 6 Comments

Update: The website has been replaced with a stand alone application for better local security and no need for an…

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Posted in: Dumps, SQL Server Filed under: Debugging, Dump, Dumps, Non-Yielding, SQL Server

PSA: Uptick in CrowdStrike Issues with SQL Server (Non-Yielding Scheduler)

August 19, 2023 Sean Gallardy 1 Comment

I would say I’m surprised but… ahem… I’m not. My own snarkyness aside, I’m not sure what updates have or…

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Posted in: NotASQLServerProblem, Security, SQL Server Filed under: Debugging, Drivers, Dump, Heavy Sigh, Non-Yielding, NotReallyASQLProblem, PSA, SQL Server

olved steries #4 – SQL Won’t Shut Down!

July 8, 2023 Sean Gallardy

Issue Introduction I was sent a quite an interesting email stating that SQL Server would not shut down. Attempting to…

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Posted in: olved stery, SQL Server Filed under: Debugging, Dump, Monitoring, olved steries, olved stery, service broker, SQL Server, WinDBG

olved steries #3 – SQL Agent Eating Memory

May 21, 2023 Sean Gallardy 1 Comment

Issue Introduction I was asked if I knew any reason why SQL Agent would be using “a bunch” of memory…

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Posted in: NotASQLServerProblem, olved stery, SQL Server Filed under: Debugging, Dump, NotReallyASQLProblem, ODBC, olved steries, olved stery, SQL Server, SQL2022, WinDBG

Non-WSFC Dumping Woes – Assert in ucsconnectionsend.cpp

March 29, 2023 Sean Gallardy 5 Comments

Setup If you’re using availability groups with read-scale or linux (cluster type = None/External), you might want to watch the…

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Posted in: Dumps, HA/DR, SQL Server Filed under: Always On, Availability Groups, Dump, Dumps, HADR, linux, read-scale, SQL Server, WSFC

Demystifying Dumps: Stalled Dispatcher

December 1, 2021 Sean Gallardy 1 Comment

Hey Dispatch, We Have a Code 8 If you’ve been following with the series of demystifying dumps then you’re probably…

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Posted in: Dumps, SQL Server Filed under: Demystified, Dump, Dumps, Non-Yielding, SQL Server, stalled, stalled dispatcher, Windows, Windows Server

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