SQL Server 2012 Configuration Manager WMI Error – Remote Procedure call failed [0x800706be]
I recently installed SQL 2008 R2 alongside my existing SQL Server 2012 instance. I wanted to change the service account for the SQL Agent service, so I opened SQL Server Configuration Manager (SSCM). To my surprise, I got this error. Bear in mind, this is a freshly installed OS and SQL combination.
Error Text: The remote procedure call failed. [0x800706be]
Considering this to a WMI error, I recompiled the MOF file –> mofcomp.exe "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Shared\sqlmgmproviderxpsp2up.mof"
I even un-registered and re-registered the sql provider DLL –> regsvr32 "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Shared\sqlmgmprovider.dll"
But the issue was not resolved. This was working before and all I did was to install another instance of SQL 2008 R2 which went fine without any issues.
Next, I used wbemtest utility to connect to the SQL namespace and query the list of SQL Service. I was able to connect to the namespace root\microsoft\sqlserver\computermanagement10, but the query “select * from SqlService” returned this error
Basically, this was the same error as before. Interestingly, I could connect to the SQL 2012 namespaceroot\microsoft\sqlserver\computermanagement11, and the query to list the SQL Services worked as well. I checked the application event log and found this “Application Error” Event ID 1000. This tells me that the wmiprvse.exe (WMI host process) is crashing due to an issue with svrenumapi100.dll. This is the DLL that SQL Server uses to perform discovery of services.
Log Name: Application
Source: Application Error
Date: 12/5/2012 10:49:28 PM
Event ID: 1000
Task Category: (100)
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: XYZ.domain.com
Description:
Faulting application name: wmiprvse.exe, version: 6.2.9200.16384, time stamp: 0x5010ad15
Faulting module name: svrenumapi100.dll, version: 2009.100.1600.1, time stamp: 0x4bb681be
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x00000000000514e6
Faulting process id: 0×1458
Faulting application start time: 0x01cdd30cad78774b
Faulting application path: C:\windows\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Shared\svrenumapi100.dllLog Name: Application
Source: Windows Error Reporting
Date: 12/5/2012 10:44:58 PM
Event ID: 1001
Task Category: None
Level: Information
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer:XYZ.domain.com
Description:
Fault bucket -1203304158, type 1
Event Name: APPCRASH
Response: Not available
Cab Id: 0Problem signature:
P1: wmiprvse.exe
P2: 6.2.9200.16384
P3: 5010af6d
P4: svrenumapi100.dll
P5: 2009.100.1600.1
P6: 4bb682e9
P7: c0000005
P8: 0003a0bf
P9:
P10:Attached files:
C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Local\Temp\WER18A9.tmp.appcompat.txt
C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Local\Temp\WER18C9.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml
C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Local\Temp\WER18CA.tmp.hdmp
C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Local\Temp\WER18FA.tmp.dmpThese files may be available here:
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppCrash_wmiprvse.exe_caa0d63711bd20d668bdb425a1333d9b5156bed4_17011eb4
Solution
If you have SQL Server 2012 running side-by-side on the same machine with SQL Server 2008/2008 R2, then you need to have SQL Server 2008 SP3 or later (or) SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 or later. This is required to obtain the edition information when performing a SQL Server discovery across the enterprise. I applied SP2 on my SQL 2008 R2 instance and that fixed the issue with configuration manager. If you run into this issue, this piece of information might help you.