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Prior to SQL Server 2017 CU4 for Linux (Linux only) the generation of a sequential UUID may not function as expected. SQL Server’s NewSequentialId() calls the Windows API UuidCreateSequential, which is limited in SQLPAL, prior to the CU 4 update.
SQL Server on Linux – CU4 advances the logic in the SQLPAL, in support of UuidCreateSequential, adding a pseudo-mac, random increment, boot id and persisting the value in the /var/opt/mssql/.secrets/instance_id file. The SQLPAL uuid now contains the following.
| Timestamp | Boot Id | Mac Address |
Timestamp: is initialized, during SQLPAL startup with random data from /dev/urandom. During