GetCommerceSites and GetWebSites Cause Added Memory Use in IIS

• Microsoft Site Server version 3.0, Commerce Edition

SYMPTOMS

Commerce Server may run out of metabase handles, which causes a memory leak, if the GetCommerceSites() or GetWebSites() methods of the Commerce.AdminWebServer component are called. This makes it impossible to retrieve the list of commerce sites.

CAUSE

Each time the GetCommerceSites and GetWebSites methods are called, four semaphores are created in the Inetinfo process. These semaphores are not released until the calling application is removed from memory.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Site Server 3.0. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q219292 How to Obtain the Latest Site Server 3.0 Service Pack

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, restart the Inetinfo process.

STATUS

This problem was first corrected in Site Server 3.0 Service Pack 3.

Additional query words:

Keywords : SS3SP3Fix
Version : winnt:3.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug