Unable to connect to WSUS 3.0 via MMC console

Ong@discussions.microsoft.com Alpha Ong

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May 13, 2008, 5:12:01 AM5/13/08

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Hi,

Got this error msg when after reinstalling WSUS 3.0, not sure where the
problem lies, IIS or WSUS installation. Your kind advise is most appreciated.

The WSUS administration console has encountered an unexpected error. This
may be a transient error; try restarting the administration console. If this
error persists,

Try removing the persisted preferences for the console by deleting the wsus
file under %appdata%\Microsoft\MMC\.

System.InvalidOperationException -- Client found response content type of
'text/html; charset=utf-8', but expected 'text/xml'.
The request failed with the error message:
--
<html>
<head>
<title>Could not load file or assembly 'System.EnterpriseServices,
Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of
its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.</title>
<style>
body {font-family:"Verdana";font-weight:normal;font-size:
.7em;color:black;}
p {font-family:"Verdana";font-weight:normal;color:black;margin-top:
-5px}
b {font-family:"Verdana";font-weight:bold;color:black;margin-top:
-5px}
H1 {
font-family:"Verdana";font-weight:normal;font-size:18pt;color:red }
H2 {
font-family:"Verdana";font-weight:normal;font-size:14pt;color:maroon }
pre {font-family:"Lucida Console";font-size: .9em}
.marker {font-weight: bold; color: black;text-decoration: none;}
.version {color: gray;}
.error {margin-bottom: 10px;}
.expandable { text-decoration:underline; font-weight:bold;
color:navy; cursor:hand; }
</style>
</head>

<span><H1>Server Error in '/ApiRemoting30' Application.<hr
width=100% size=1 color=silver></H1>

<h2> <i>Could not load file or assembly
'System.EnterpriseServices, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies. The system
cannot find the file specified.</i> </h2></span>

<b> Description: </b>An unhandled exception occurred during the
execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more
information about the error and where it originated in the code.

<b> Exception Details: </b>System.IO.FileNotFoundException:
Could not load file or assembly 'System.EnterpriseServices, Version=2.0.0.0,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies.
The system cannot find the file specified.<br><br>

<b>Source Error:</b> <br><br>

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web
request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can
be identified using the exception stack trace below.</code>

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<br>

<b>Assembly Load Trace:</b> The following information can be
helpful to determine why the assembly 'System.EnterpriseServices,
Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' could not
be loaded.<br><br>

WRN: Assembly binding logging is turned OFF.
To enable assembly bind failure logging, set the registry value
[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog] (DWORD) to 1.
Note: There is some performance penalty associated with assembly bind
failure logging.
To turn this feature off, remove the registry value
[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog].
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<b>Stack Trace:</b> <br><br>

[FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly
'System.EnterpriseServices, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies. The system
cannot find the file specified.]
System.Reflection.Assembly._nLoad(AssemblyName fileName, String codeBase,
Evidence assemblySecurity, Assembly locationHint, StackCrawlMark& stackMark,
Boolean throwOnFileNotFound, Boolean forIntrospection) +0
System.Reflection.Assembly.nLoad(AssemblyName fileName, String codeBase,
Evidence assemblySecurity, Assembly locationHint, StackCrawlMark& stackMark,
Boolean throwOnFileNotFound, Boolean forIntrospection) +54
System.Reflection.Assembly.InternalLoad(AssemblyName assemblyRef,
Evidence assemblySecurity, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean
forIntrospection) +211
System.Reflection.Assembly.InternalLoad(String assemblyString, Evidence
assemblySecurity, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean forIntrospection) +141
System.Reflection.Assembly.Load(String assemblyString) +25
System.Web.Configuration.CompilationSection.LoadAssemblyHelper(String
assemblyName, Boolean starDirective) +32

[ConfigurationErrorsException: Could not load file or assembly
'System.EnterpriseServices, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies. The system
cannot find the file specified.]
System.Web.Configuration.CompilationSection.LoadAssemblyHelper(String
assemblyName, Boolean starDirective) +590
System.Web.Configuration.CompilationSection.LoadAssembly(AssemblyInfo ai)
+70

System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.GetReferencedAssemblies(CompilationSection compConfig) +193
System.Web.Compilation.BuildProvidersCompiler..ctor(VirtualPath
configPath, Boolean supportLocalization, String outputAssemblyName) +187

System.Web.Compilation.ApplicationBuildProvider.GetGlobalAsaxBuildResult(Boolean isPrecompiledApp) +233
System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.CompileGlobalAsax() +47
System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.EnsureTopLevelFilesCompiled() +510

[HttpException (0x80004005): Could not load file or assembly
'System.EnterpriseServices, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies. The system
cannot find the file specified.]
System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.ReportTopLevelCompilationException()
+58
System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.EnsureTopLevelFilesCompiled() +610
System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironment.Initialize(ApplicationManager
appManager, IApplicationHost appHost, IConfigMapPathFactory
configMapPathFactory, HostingEnvironmentParameters hostingParameters) +803

[HttpException (0x80004005): Could not load file or assembly
'System.EnterpriseServices, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies. The system
cannot find the file specified.]
System.Web.HttpRuntime.FirstRequestInit(HttpContext context) +940
System.Web.HttpRuntime.EnsureFirstRequestInit(HttpContext context) +70
System.Web.HttpRuntime.ProcessRequestInternal(HttpWorkerRequest wr) +275
</pre></code>

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<b>Version Information:</b> Microsoft .NET Framework
Version:2.0.50727.1433; ASP.NET Version:2.0.50727.1433

</font>

</body>
</html>

--.

Source
Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration

Stack Trace:
at
Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration.AdminProxy.CreateUpdateServer(Object[] args)
at Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration.AdminProxy.GetUpdateServer()
at
Microsoft.UpdateServices.UI.AdminApiAccess.AdminApiTools.GetUpdateServer()
at
Microsoft.UpdateServices.UI.SnapIn.Wizards.OOBE.OOBEWizard.get_AdminApiTools()
at
Microsoft.UpdateServices.UI.SnapIn.Wizards.OOBE.OOBEWizard.get_ServerState()
at
Microsoft.UpdateServices.UI.SnapIn.Wizards.OOBE.OOBEWizard.SetNavigationItemEnabledStates()
at
Microsoft.UpdateServices.UI.SnapIn.Wizards.OOBE.OOBEWizard.InitializeNavigationItems()
at
Microsoft.UpdateServices.UI.SnapIn.Wizards.OOBE.OOBEWizard.OOBEWizardInitialize()

Lawrence Garvin [MVP]

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May 15, 2008, 10:37:20 PM5/15/08

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"Alpha Ong" <Alpha O...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Got this error msg when after reinstalling WSUS 3.0, not sure where the
> problem lies, IIS or WSUS installation. Your kind advise is most
> appreciated.
>
> The WSUS administration console has encountered an unexpected error. This
> may be a transient error; try restarting the administration console. If
> this
> error persists,
>
> Try removing the persisted preferences for the console by deleting the
> wsus
> file under %appdata%\Microsoft\MMC\.

Did you do this?

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Alpha Ong

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May 15, 2008, 11:44:00 PM5/15/08

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Hi Lawrence,

Tried that, but it still doesn't work. Though i can launch the MMC console,
but when i try to connect to WSUS server it still fails. The error message
indicates that it cannot connect to the server and states that the server
could be using another port of different SSL setting.

Even though during the installation, i have indicate the use port 80 and
default web site on the IIS.

Comments?

Lawrence Garvin [MVP]

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May 16, 2008, 12:39:11 AM5/16/08

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"Alpha Ong" <Alph...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Tried that, but it still doesn't work. Though i can launch the MMC
> console,
> but when i try to connect to WSUS server it still fails. The error message
> indicates that it cannot connect to the server and states that the server
> could be using another port of different SSL setting.

Are the remote workstation and the WSUS Server in the same Active Directory
domain?

Is the logged on account of the remote workstation a member of the WSUS
Administrators local group on the WSUS Server, or a member of the local
Administrators group on the WSUS Server, or a member of the Domain Admins
group?

Alpha Ong

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May 16, 2008, 2:39:01 AM5/16/08

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Lawrence,

The remote station and server is on the same domain.

On the server's local users and group accounts. server administrator and
domain administrator are added into the "\server\administrators" &
"\server\wsus administrators" group.

I've run "wsusutil.exe checkhealth" on the server, i noticed that there are
some errors under the event viewer. See below

Source: Windows Server Update, Category: Web services and Event ID: 12002
The Reporting Web service is not working.

Source: Windows Server Update, Category: Web services and Event ID: 12012
The API Remoting Web Service is not working.

Source: Windows Server Update, Category: Web services and Event ID: 12032
The Server Synchronization Web Service is not working.

Source: Windows Server Update, Category: Web services and Event ID: 12022
The Client Web service is not working.

Source: Windows Server Update, Category: Web services and Event ID: 12042
The SimpleAuth Web service is not working.

Source: Windows Server Update, Category: Web services and Event ID: 12052
The DSS Authentication Web service is not working.

Apart from this 5 errors, there are also error under ASP.NET 2.0.50727.0
Source, in the category of Web event.

Lawrence Garvin [MVP]

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May 16, 2008, 7:08:28 PM5/16/08

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"Alpha Ong" <Alph...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> The remote station and server is on the same domain.
>
> On the server's local users and group accounts. server administrator and
> domain administrator are added into the "\server\administrators" &
> "\server\wsus administrators" group.

Great!... but this doesn't answer my question. I *assumed* that the server
and domain administrator accounts were properly populated, or you wouldn't
be able to access the console from even the WSUS Server itself.

>> Is the >>logged on account of the remote workstation<<

>> [a] a member of the WSUS Administrators local group on the WSUS
>> Server, or
>> [b] a member of the local Administrators group on the WSUS Server, or
>> [c] a member of the Domain Admins group?

>
> I've run "wsusutil.exe checkhealth" on the server, i noticed that there
> are
> some errors under the event viewer. See below

This is an indication that either WSUS Server Setup is looking at the wrong
URL to verify these services,
or the permissions are incorrect on the virtual server and/or virtual
directories indicated.

>
> Source: Windows Server Update, Category: Web services and Event ID: 12002
> The Reporting Web service is not working.
>
> Source: Windows Server Update, Category: Web services and Event ID: 12012
> The API Remoting Web Service is not working.

Incorrect permissions on the API Remoteing Web Service would also impact
your ability to access the remote admin console.

> Apart from this 5 errors, there are also error under ASP.NET 2.0.50727.0
> Source, in the category of Web event.

A LOT of errors across a LOT of different subsystems.

What's the rest of the story about this server???

Alpha Ong

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May 18, 2008, 7:08:01 AM5/18/08

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The account on the remote workstation belongs to a domain admins group acct.
The account on which was logged onto the server is the domain admin acct.
Both these accounts belong to the server local WSUS administrators and also
members of local admins group as well.

The server was working fine and until recently when the MMC console had
problem trying to connect to the server. Which i've tried to reinstall the
WSUS server to attempt to rectify the problem. Unfortunately it does not
seems to be so.

If the permission is incorrect, which part i should be looking at permission
on the WSUS folder in the Programs folder or the permission of the web
directories under the IIS.

Olestokie

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Oct 12, 2009, 7:07:28 AM10/12/09

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Similar problem. Have deleted the wsus file under
%appdata%\Microsoft\MMC\.
Full (potted) history.
Server on a domain. Under domainadmin account, installed WSUS SP1. Used
for several months.
Updated to SP2. Everything fine.
Then had to install AD on the server.
Now unable to connect to the update service running on the server.
Attempted to uninstall - "Unable to unistall because an error occured".
domainadmin account added to WSUS administrators and Reporters - still
the same. DNS running on same server.
Appreciate that is is a permissions / security problem, but where ?

Many thanks in advance
Bob W

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Olestokie

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Oct 12, 2009, 7:22:08 AM10/12/09

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Further information . From the application event log :-
FCB::Open: Operating system error 5(error not found) occurred while
creating or opening file
'C:\WINDOWS\SYSMSI\SSEE\MSSQL.2005\MSSQL\DATA\master.mdf'. Diagnose and
correct the operating system error, and retry the operation.
and from the system log
A process serving application pool 'WsusPool' terminated unexpectedly.
The process id was '4452'. The process exit code was '0xc0000005'.

Lawrence Garvin [MVP]

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"Olestokie" <Olestoki...@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message
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> Then had to install AD on the server.

It's been a long-known fact and well documented that you cannot run dcpromo
on a machine with IIS installed.

The simple solution is to uninstall WSUS, uninstall IIS, reinstall IIS,
reinstall WSUS.

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