multiple instances of sqlservr.exe process

I have a Windows Server 2003 with SQL server 2000
installed. Whenever I view the Task Manager/Processes I
see three entires for the sqlservr.exe process. I am
thinking this is not normal and must be causing certain
performance issues I am facing. Whenever the server has
been up for a few hours the server starts getting slower.
If I reboot the server everything stays fine for a few
hours but then it starts slowing down. I have 2GB of RAM
on the server, about 20 Gigs free space on the C: drive
and about 120 Gigs free space on the data drive. All the
database files are stored on the data drive. Any help or
pointers in the right direction would be greatly
appreciated.
LakshmanHow many services whose name starts "MSSQL" do you see when you look in
Services ?
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"Lakshman" <hlokku@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I have a Windows Server 2003 with SQL server 2000
> installed. Whenever I view the Task Manager/Processes I
> see three entires for the sqlservr.exe process. I am
> thinking this is not normal and must be causing certain
> performance issues I am facing. Whenever the server has
> been up for a few hours the server starts getting slower.
> If I reboot the server everything stays fine for a few
> hours but then it starts slowing down. I have 2GB of RAM
> on the server, about 20 Gigs free space on the C: drive
> and about 120 Gigs free space on the data drive. All the
> database files are stored on the data drive. Any help or
> pointers in the right direction would be greatly
> appreciated.
> Lakshman|||Hello Lakshman,
Please monitor the following.
Memory\Available Bytes (Threshold<4MB)
Memory\Pages/sec (Threshold>20)
PageFile\ % Usage (Threshold>70%)
Physical Disk\Avg. Disk Queue Length ( Threshold: > 1.5 x # of spindles )
Physical Disk\% Disk Time (Threshold: >90% )
SQLServer:Memory Manager/Total Server Memory (per instance)
Also make sure your patch level is up to date on the SQL server and the OS.
Did you install any extended stored procs?
"Lakshman" <hlokku@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I have a Windows Server 2003 with SQL server 2000
> installed. Whenever I view the Task Manager/Processes I
> see three entires for the sqlservr.exe process. I am
> thinking this is not normal and must be causing certain
> performance issues I am facing. Whenever the server has
> been up for a few hours the server starts getting slower.
> If I reboot the server everything stays fine for a few
> hours but then it starts slowing down. I have 2GB of RAM
> on the server, about 20 Gigs free space on the C: drive
> and about 120 Gigs free space on the data drive. All the
> database files are stored on the data drive. Any help or
> pointers in the right direction would be greatly
> appreciated.
> Lakshman|||I do not see any processes with "MSSQL" but there are 2
processes that say "sqlmangr.exe"
Lakshman.
>--Original Message--
>How many services whose name starts "MSSQL" do you see
when you look in
>Services ?
>--
>HTH
>Jasper Smith (SQL Server MVP)
>I support PASS - the definitive, global
>community for SQL Server professionals -
>http://www.sqlpass.org
>
>"Lakshman" <hlokku@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:2a3801c3fc98$efbaef60$a301280a@.phx.gbl...
>> I have a Windows Server 2003 with SQL server 2000
>> installed. Whenever I view the Task Manager/Processes I
>> see three entires for the sqlservr.exe process. I am
>> thinking this is not normal and must be causing certain
>> performance issues I am facing. Whenever the server has
>> been up for a few hours the server starts getting
slower.
>> If I reboot the server everything stays fine for a few
>> hours but then it starts slowing down. I have 2GB of RAM
>> on the server, about 20 Gigs free space on the C: drive
>> and about 120 Gigs free space on the data drive. All the
>> database files are stored on the data drive. Any help or
>> pointers in the right direction would be greatly
>> appreciated.
>> Lakshman
>
>.
>|||He was referring to Services:
Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services
<anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I do not see any processes with "MSSQL" but there are 2
> processes that say "sqlmangr.exe"
> Lakshman.
> >--Original Message--
> >How many services whose name starts "MSSQL" do you see
> when you look in
> >Services ?
> >
> >--
> >HTH
> >
> >Jasper Smith (SQL Server MVP)
> >
> >I support PASS - the definitive, global
> >community for SQL Server professionals -
> >http://www.sqlpass.org
> >
> >
> >"Lakshman" <hlokku@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:2a3801c3fc98$efbaef60$a301280a@.phx.gbl...
> >> I have a Windows Server 2003 with SQL server 2000
> >> installed. Whenever I view the Task Manager/Processes I
> >> see three entires for the sqlservr.exe process. I am
> >> thinking this is not normal and must be causing certain
> >> performance issues I am facing. Whenever the server has
> >> been up for a few hours the server starts getting
> slower.
> >> If I reboot the server everything stays fine for a few
> >> hours but then it starts slowing down. I have 2GB of RAM
> >> on the server, about 20 Gigs free space on the C: drive
> >> and about 120 Gigs free space on the data drive. All the
> >> database files are stored on the data drive. Any help or
> >> pointers in the right direction would be greatly
> >> appreciated.
> >> Lakshman
> >
> >
> >.
> >|||If you have multiple sqlservr.exe process showing up then you have multiple
instances of SQL Server running on this server. There are a multitude of
applications that install a copy of MSDE 2000 and use it as a data store.
If you did not purposely install the instances of SQL Server then more than
like other applications did. BackUp Exec uses MSDE, so if you have it
installed on this server that would explain one of the instances.
As Adam said, check:
Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services
You should see multiple services that start with MSSQL.
Rand
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