November 2014 Cumulative Updates for SQL Server 2012

SQL Server / SQL Server 2012

November 2014 Cumulative Updates for SQL Server 2012

Aaron Bertrand November 18th, 2014 SQL Server / SQL Server 2012 3

Microsoft has released Cumulative Updates for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 and Service Pack 2. Note that RTM is no longer supported and you should be moving to the SP2 branch soon.

SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 Cumulative Update #13

KB #3002044
Build #11.0.3482
13 fixes (10 public)
Relevant for Service Pack 1 only (11.0.3000 -> 11.0.3481)

SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 2 Cumulative Update #3

KB #3002049
Build #11.0.5556
40 fixes (33 public)
Relevant for Service Pack 2 only (11.0.5058 -> 11.0.5555)

For more information about SQL Server 2012 builds, see this blog post.

Aaron Bertrand

I am a passionate technologist with industry experience dating back to Classic ASP and SQL Server 6.5. I am a long-time Microsoft MVP, write at SQLPerformance and MSSQLTips, and have had the honor of speaking at more conferences than I can remember. In non-tech life, I am a father of two, a huge hockey and football fan, and my pronouns are he/him.

Alex Averin says:

April 23, 2016 at 6:09 AM

I have 11.0.2218.0 of MS SQL Server Standard Edition (64-bit). Which update do I need to install? Thank you in advance.
Chris Wood says:

November 21, 2014 at 12:50 AM

Wonder if this issue is related to this fix in SP1 CU13 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/3013551
Chris
Sankar Reddy says:

November 20, 2014 at 9:37 PM

Hi Aaron,
FYI. Sharing info here so that others can be prepared just in case if this happens to them.
I had one of the dev servers died on me when applying the CU3. Had to rebuild the system databases. Prior to this, I have successfully applied this CU to many dev, production servers.
2014-11-20 08:06:03.83 spid4s Database 'master' is upgrading script 'upgrade_ucp_cmdw_discovery.sql' from level 184554434 to level 184554932.
2014-11-20 08:06:04.47 spid4s Database 'master' is upgrading script 'msdb110_upgrade.sql' from level 184554434 to level 184554932.
2014-11-20 08:06:04.47 spid4s ———————————-
2014-11-20 08:06:04.47 spid4s Starting execution of PRE_MSDB.SQL
2014-11-20 08:06:04.47 spid4s ———————————-
2014-11-20 08:06:04.75 spid4s Error: 15002, Severity: 16, State: 1.
2014-11-20 08:06:04.75 spid4s The procedure 'sys.sp_dbcmptlevel' cannot be executed within a transaction.
2014-11-20 08:06:04.75 spid4s —————————————–
2014-11-20 08:06:04.75 spid4s Starting execution of PRE_SQLAGENT100.SQL
2014-11-20 08:06:04.75 spid4s —————————————–
2014-11-20 08:06:04.75 spid4s Error: 226, Severity: 16, State: 6.
2014-11-20 08:06:04.75 spid4s ALTER DATABASE statement not allowed within multi-statement transaction.
2014-11-20 08:06:04.75 spid4s The failed batch of t-sql statements :
–set compatibily level to 110
ALTER DATABASE msdb
SET COMPATIBILITY_LEVEL = 110
2014-11-20 08:06:04.75 spid4s Error: 912, Severity: 21, State: 2.
2014-11-20 08:06:04.75 spid4s Script level upgrade for database 'master' failed because upgrade step 'msdb110_upgrade.sql' encountered error 226, state 6, severity 16. This is a serious error condition which might interfere with regular operation and the database will be taken offline. If the error happened during upgrade of the 'master' database, it will prevent the entire SQL Server instance from starting. Examine the previous errorlog entries for errors, take the appropriate corrective actions and re-start the database so that the script upgrade steps run to completion.
2014-11-20 08:06:04.76 spid4s Error: 3417, Severity: 21, State: 3.
2014-11-20 08:06:04.76 spid4s Cannot recover the master database. SQL Server is unable to run. Restore master from a full backup, repair it, or rebuild it. For more information about how to rebuild the master database, see SQL Server Books Online.