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Cannot start service broker activation manager

Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.Cannot_start_service_broker_activation_manager_5_Rule (Rule)

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

Service Broker activation helps applications to scale dynamically to match the message traffic. In general, an application uses activation if traffic to the service varies unpredictably or if the service must dynamically scale to match the traffic the service receives.

The Service Broker activation process consists of two steps. First, Service Broker determines whether activation is necessary. Second, Service Broker determines whether activation occurs. Although the exact process differs between internal activation and external activation, the overall concepts involved are the same for either strategy.

In this case the Service Broker activation manager determined that activation was necessary and unsuccessfully tried to start a Service Broker application.

Causes

This error is recorded in the Windows application log as MSSQLSERVER event ID 9701. This could be caused by a lack of memory during server startup. This is probably connected to one or more other hardware or software problems in the computer.

Resolutions

Investigate the Windows application log to find errors caused by other problems.

Diagnose this as you would do in case of any low-memory condition. Increase the available memory by removing less critical applications, or by adding virtual or physical memory.

Consider the following solutions to increase available memory:

Overrideable Parameters

Name

Description

Default Value

Enabled

Enables or disables the workflow.

Yes

Priority

Defines Alert Priority.

1

Severity

Defines Alert Severity.

2

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.SQLServer.2008.DBEngine
CategoryEventCollection
EnabledTrue
Event_ID9701
Event Source$Target/Property[Type="SQL!Microsoft.SQLServer.DBEngine"]/ServiceName$
Alert GenerateTrue
Alert SeverityError
Alert PriorityNormal
RemotableTrue
Alert Message
Cannot start service broker activation manager
{0}
Event LogApplication
CommentMom2008ID='{679F7701-5328-45B1-A617-B88F211E4E77}';MOM2008GroupID={467ECC75-C5DA-42BD-955C-A73BBB51AF74}

Member Modules:

ID Module Type TypeId RunAs 
_F6DA1507_12AF_11D3_AB21_00A0C98620CE_ DataSource Microsoft.Windows.EventProvider Microsoft.SQLServer.SQLDefaultAccount
GenerateAlert WriteAction System.Health.GenerateAlert Default

Source Code:

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  <Category>EventCollection</Category>

  <DataSources>

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      <ComputerName>$Target/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetworkName$</ComputerName>

      <LogName>Application</LogName>

      <Expression>

        <And>

          <Expression>

            <SimpleExpression>

              <ValueExpression>

                <XPathQuery>EventDisplayNumber</XPathQuery>

              </ValueExpression>

              <Operator>Equal</Operator>

              <ValueExpression>

                <Value>9701</Value>

              </ValueExpression>

            </SimpleExpression>

          </Expression>

          <Expression>

            <SimpleExpression>

              <ValueExpression>

                <XPathQuery>PublisherName</XPathQuery>

              </ValueExpression>

              <Operator>Equal</Operator>

              <ValueExpression>

                <Value>$Target/Property[Type="SQL!Microsoft.SQLServer.DBEngine"]/ServiceName$</Value>

              </ValueExpression>

            </SimpleExpression>

          </Expression>

        </And>

      </Expression>

    </DataSource>

  </DataSources>

  <WriteActions>

    <WriteAction ID="GenerateAlert" TypeID="SystemHealth!System.Health.GenerateAlert">

      <Priority>1</Priority>

      <Severity>2</Severity>

      <AlertMessageId>$MPElement[Name="Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.Cannot_start_service_broker_activation_manager_5_Rule.AlertMessage"]$</AlertMessageId>

      <AlertParameters>

        <AlertParameter1>Event ID: $Data/EventDisplayNumber$. $Data/EventDescription$</AlertParameter1>

      </AlertParameters>

      <Suppression>

        <SuppressionValue/>

      </Suppression>

    </WriteAction>

  </WriteActions>

</Rule>