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  • Friday, October 12, 2012 12:03 PM
     
     
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    I have setup a domain controller in Windows Server 2012 Standard. Currently this server is holding roles: AD DS, AD CS, DHCP, DNS, IIS. Now I am trying to install Windows Server Update Server (WSUS) and part of this is to install Windows Internal Database (WID). I have installed WSUS by not including WID during the add roles and features wizard but WID would not install. It keeps coming up with an error message that the server requires restart but when I try to install after I restart the computer it comes with same message.

     

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  • Friday, October 12, 2012 5:42 PM
     
     
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    Am 12.10.2012 schrieb gen_gen95:

    I have setup a domain controller in Windows Server 2012 Standard. Currently this server is holding roles: AD DS, AD CS, DHCP, DNS, IIS. Now I am trying to install Windows Server Update Server (WSUS) and part of this is to install Windows Internal Database (WID). I have installed WSUS by not including WID during the add roles and features wizard but WID would not install. It keeps coming up with an error message that the server requires restart but when I try to install after I restart the computer it comes with same message.

    Search for a file WININIT.INI in Windows Directory. Delete the file if
    you find it.

    Next part is in Registry.
    HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager >
    PendingFileRenameOperations You can delete
    PendingFileRenameOperations. Try Installation again.

    Winfried

    http://www.microsoft.com/germany/windowsserver2003/technologien/updateservices/default.mspx
    http://www.wsuswiki.com/Home

     
  • Sunday, October 14, 2012 11:48 PM
     
     
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    Winfried, thanks for the reply.

    But I don't seem to have the WININIT.INI file and registry entry.

     
  • Monday, October 15, 2012 5:52 PM
     
     
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    I have same issue trying to install AD FS.  Any luck?
     
  • Wednesday, October 17, 2012 2:54 PM
     
     
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    I am having the same issue just trying to install WSUS without WID using SQL 2012 database. No matter what I do Requires restart error.
     
  • Thursday, October 18, 2012 9:15 PM
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    I am having the same issue just trying to install WSUS without WID using SQL 2012 database.
    This one is easy: WSUS v3 is not supported on SQL Server 2012 (yet).

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  • Thursday, October 18, 2012 9:16 PM
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    I have setup a domain controller in Windows Server 2012 Standard. Currently this server is holding roles: AD DS, AD CS, DHCP, DNS, IIS.

    You'll want to research the implications of running WSUS on a Certificate Services server.

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  • Thursday, October 18, 2012 10:52 PM
     
     
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    You'll want to research the implications of running WSUS on a Certificate Services server

    Are you referring to the performance issue it can cause if WSUS installed in certificate server? Performance is not really an issue for me because we don't have many client computers and our setup is pretty simple - one DC and about 50 client computers.
     
  • Monday, October 22, 2012 3:09 PM
     
     
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    I am experiencing a near identical issue.  I am running Server 2012 Standard with AD DS, no AD CS, DHCP, DNS, no IIS.  I cannot get WSUS installed using WID.  I also tried using SQL Server 2008 R2 with no luck.  The same error occurs, stating the server needs a restart.  Any luck with a solution?
     
  • Wednesday, October 24, 2012 1:00 AM
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    Are you referring to the performance issue it can cause if WSUS installed in certificate server?

    Uh no... I'm referring to the well-documented guidance on how to properly implement Certificate Services, and the potential impact on your CS installation if some other less-critical application (such as WSUS) causes the server to become hosed, or requires an uninstallation/reinstallation that will negatively impact the CS installation. (Hint: Both require the Web Server role.)

    Personally, I would argue that anybody who needs to install DS, CS, DNS, DHCP, IIS, and WSUS on the same server -- probably does not need an Enterprise PKI in the first place. (If you need a certificate, go buy one. The cost of the certificate from a 3rd party will be miniscule compared to the operational costs of maintaining a CS installation.)

    Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MCITP:EA, MCDBA, MCSA
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  • Wednesday, October 24, 2012 1:05 AM
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    I am experiencing a near identical issue.  I am running Server 2012 Standard with AD DS, no AD CS, DHCP, DNS, no IIS.  I cannot get WSUS installed using WID.  I also tried using SQL Server 2008 R2 with no luck.  The same error occurs, stating the server needs a restart.  Any luck with a solution?

    Not really intending to finger-point here, but getting in the right forum to get the best help will save you lots of time.

    Is your issue that you cannot install *WSUS* with a successfully installed instance of WID? (In which case this is the correct forum to pursue this question.), or

    Is your issue that you cannot install WID on Windows Server 2012? (In which case the correct forum to pursue this question is one of the Windows Server 2012 forums, inasmuch as WSUS isn't even part of the picture until the WID is installed, and those of us in this forum are, generally speaking, not WID experts -- we all work from a successful installation of WID.)

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  • Wednesday, October 24, 2012 2:43 AM
     
     
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    Thanks Lawrence,

    I have opened a new topic in Windows Server 2012 forum now.

    http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserver8gen/thread/ae88de7d-f69f-4cb1-877f-379151d01899

     
  • Friday, January 11, 2013 8:44 PM
     
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    Edit the "Log on as a service" setting in your User Rights Assignment under Policies, Windows Settings, Security Settings, Local Policies in your default domain policy.  Add IIS_WPG, NETWORK, NETWORK SERVICE, SERVICE to the setting.  Use Gpupdate on your server to sync the policy and then try to install WID.
    • Proposed As Answer by Brian_Jones Wednesday, March 06, 2013 9:19 AM
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  • Wednesday, January 30, 2013 8:26 PM
     
     
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    Thanks everyone!! My issue is now RESOLVED thankfully.
     
  • Saturday, February 02, 2013 12:56 AM
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    Thanks everyone!! My issue is now RESOLVED thankfully.

    Would you might sharing what it was that resolved your issue for the benefit of others who might read this thread?

    Or put a link to the thread where it was answered?

    Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MCITP:EA, MCDBA, MCSA
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    My MVP Profile: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Lawrence.Garvin
    The views expressed on this post are mine and do not necessarily reflect the views of SolarWinds.

     
  • Thursday, February 07, 2013 12:58 PM
     
     
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    How did you solve this? I'm having the same issue

    Cheers

    • Proposed As Answer by RLAGroup Thursday, February 07, 2013 2:40 PM
    • Unproposed As Answer by RLAGroup Thursday, February 07, 2013 2:40 PM
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  • Thursday, February 07, 2013 2:42 PM
     
     
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    I managed to get this working by doing the following:

    - Install and user SQL Express 2012 as the database
    - Install the WSUS role, when on the features screen un-tick the Windows Internal Database (WID) so this isn't installed.

    For me the WID was trying to start a service that didn't exist and asked for the restart each time. By not installing WID and using SQL Express this doesn't happen

     
  • Friday, February 08, 2013 12:04 AM
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    - Install and user SQL Express 2012 as the database
    - Install the WSUS role, when on the features screen un-tick the Windows Internal Database (WID) so this isn't installed.

    For me the WID was trying to start a service that didn't exist and asked for the restart each time. By not installing WID and using SQL Express this doesn't happen

    Well, that's scary for a number of reasons, and not a solution I'd endorse for others.

    • First, SQL Server 2012 is not a supported platform for installing WSUS (and I made that statement earlier in this thread).
    • Second, if the WID won't install, then there's something wrong with the OS installation. The proper action is to fix what's broken.
    • Third, if the WID was trying to start a service that didn't exist, then the proper action is to find out why that service doesn't exist and fix it.
    • Finally SQL Server Express Edition is a performance-throttled edition of SQL Server, and does not have sufficient performance capacity to properly support a WSUS installation.

    Yes, you've worked around the WID issue, but now you have a totally unsupportable WSUS installation.

    Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MCITP:EA, MCDBA, MCSA
    SolarWinds Head Geek
    Microsoft MVP - Software Distribution (2005-2013)
    My MVP Profile: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Lawrence.Garvin
    The views expressed on this post are mine and do not necessarily reflect the views of SolarWinds.

     
  • Friday, February 08, 2013 9:02 AM
     
     
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    There is a solution here which may work:

    http://qa.social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/winserver8gen/thread/ae88de7d-f69f-4cb1-877f-379151d01899

    • Edited by RLAGroup Friday, February 08, 2013 9:17 AM
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  • Wednesday, March 06, 2013 9:19 AM
     
     
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    This worked for me, thanks Del

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  • Wednesday, May 01, 2013 7:00 AM
     
     
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    Edit the Default Domain Policy" in the section "log on as a service" add parameter "NT SERVICE\ALL SERVICES"