sqlwriter.exe
Summary
SQL Server VSS Writer - integrates SQL Server with Volume Shadow Copy for consistent database backups.
sqlwriter.exe is the 1189th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 1,371 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Shared and it is most often launched by services.exe.
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Shared98.54%
- C:\Windows\WID\Binn1.46%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- d9e975341320b25f9575ee4680e83a2521b3e78b556031d7fc2be51d51dbf14e37.76%
- 0699bc79a7c55af1830eed581319c5855c9e9e77bc11a2e542844f29007d59d310.87%
- f0b09d3e08bdb1b8aeba97a700271e97ab2506793b42d96415b23db68da99fa89.07%
- af077ca22268e25833a4aa15e60d64589cba9fb50a7887a1297deb1c71be18038.91%
- 5ecb12cffa8dcac281d825ead91f65ed1a1bdc766adade887f235fa7b63059d68.13%
- 322ff75d1ca460368fd72adcd93273f1d5aa5cf2c4df65a94bf9abaa2e6951504.85%
- 8d1d449a0bd5b2085c52e4662e5999d2163f8e2b7a73874329fb4f01a397d7ab2.74%
- 845f8256171bf5cc89976bd99aec51253e0ce9ef63e3a9e63a43e251f485f5592.66%
- 55f5700294a0356daf8ad1b6cbf30d3b714698aa43fdba37bbfcb2a352a84ae72.58%
- 43717de020db8e3201795e73c05398f3478ce07178c1bcb4e569307af19a6f722.27%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- wininit.exe100%
Top Parents
- services.exe100%
Rare or environment-specific process names are omitted from ancestry tables. Percentages are of all observed relationships.
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Data from EchoTrail's dataset of ~346M Windows process executions. Last extracted 2026-08-04.