FIX: A Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) activity is not rolled back when the send port fails in delivering the output message in BizTalk Server 2006

Consider the following scenario:

• You create and deploy a Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) activity.
• You enable the Enable routing for failed messages option for the corresponding send port of the deployed activity.
• You receive a message that is generated by the activity in Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006.
• BizTalk Server 2006 processes the message. However, the send port fails in delivering the output message.

In this scenario, the transaction for BAM is not rolled back as expected. After the output message is sent out, the BAM data contains two entries for the transaction instead of one entry.

Notes

1. One of the two entries is in the table bam_ActivityName_Active of BAMPrimaryImport database. The other entry is in the bam_ActivityName_Completed table of the BAMPrimaryImport database.
2. This problem does not occur if you clear the Enable routing for failed messages option for the send port.

This problem occurs because of an error in the BizTalk message engine.

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problemP1 that P2 described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing the problemP1 described in this article. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next software update that contains this hotfix.

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Prerequisites

You must have BizTalk Server 2006 installed to apply this hotfix.

Restart requirement

You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information

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x86-based version for Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006

x64-based version for Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

For more information about how to enable routing for failed messages, visit the following Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Web site:
For more information about BAM, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
For more information about failed message routing, visit the following Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Web site: