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    Hi everyone,

    I've been banging my head against this for a while and hope someone can help me.

     Running Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard with Service Pack 1.

    When I try to add the Active Directory Domain Services role to the server it gets to about 90% complete and then dies.

    The ServerManager.log shows the following information, I have run the System Readiness Tool - output below - with no errors found.

    At a loss on what to do next. The only other links I've found suggest rebuilding the server which I would really like to avoid...

    Help appreciated,

    John

    ServerManager.log (extract) 

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name     : Active Directory Domain Services
state    : Changed
rank     : 1
sync tech: CBS
guest[1] : Active Directory Domain Controller
guest[2] : Identity Management for UNIX
ant.     : empty
pred.    : empty
provider : null
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name     : Active Directory Domain Controller
state    : Changed
rank     : 4
sync tech: CBS
ant.     : .NET Framework 3.5.1
pred.    : Active Directory Domain Services, .NET Framework 3.5.1
provider : Provider

8720: 2012-01-18 10:54:41.853 [Sync]                      Calling sync provider of Active Directory Domain Controller ...
8720: 2012-01-18 10:54:41.853 [Provider]                  Sync:: guest: 'Active Directory Domain Controller', guest deleted?: False
8720: 2012-01-18 10:54:41.853 [Provider]                  Begin installation of 'Active Directory Domain Controller'...
8720: 2012-01-18 10:54:41.853 [Provider]                  Install: Guest: 'Active Directory Domain Controller', updateElement: 'DirectoryServices-DomainController'
8720: 2012-01-18 10:54:41.853 [Provider]                  Installation queued for 'Active Directory Domain Controller'.
8720: 2012-01-18 10:54:41.853 [CBS]                       installing 'DirectoryServices-DomainController ' ...
8720: 2012-01-18 10:54:42.399 [CBS]                       ...parents that will be auto-installed: 'NetFx3 '
8720: 2012-01-18 10:54:42.399 [CBS]                       ...default children to turn-off: 'WCF-HTTP-Activation '
8720: 2012-01-18 10:54:42.415 [CBS]                       ...current state of 'DirectoryServices-DomainController': p: Staged, a: Staged, s: UninstallRequested
8720: 2012-01-18 10:54:42.415 [CBS]                       ...setting state of 'DirectoryServices-DomainController' to 'InstallRequested'
8720: 2012-01-18 10:54:42.430 [CBS]                       ...current state of 'NetFx3': p: Installed, a: Installed, s: InstallRequested
8720: 2012-01-18 10:54:42.430 [CBS]                       ...skipping 'NetFx3' because it is already in the desired state.
8720: 2012-01-18 10:54:42.430 [CBS]                       ...current state of default child 'WCF-HTTP-Activation': p: Installed, a: Installed, s: InstallRequested
8720: 2012-01-18 10:54:42.430 [CBS]                       ...skipped child 'WCF-HTTP-Activation' because it is already installed
8720: 2012-01-18 10:54:42.461 [CBS]                       ...'DirectoryServices-DomainController' : applicability: Applicable
8720: 2012-01-18 10:54:42.461 [CBS]                       ...'NetFx3' : applicability: Applicable
8720: 2012-01-18 10:54:42.539 [CbsUIHandler]              Initiate: 
8720: 2012-01-18 10:54:42.539 [InstallationProgressPage]  Installing...
8720: 2012-01-18 10:54:42.758 [InstallationProgressPage]  Verifying installation...
8720: 2012-01-18 10:54:42.758 [InstallationProgressPage]  Installing...
8720: 2012-01-18 10:55:03.740 [CbsUIHandler]              Error: -2147021879 : 
8720: 2012-01-18 10:55:03.740 [CbsUIHandler]              Terminate: 
8720: 2012-01-18 10:55:03.787 [InstallationProgressPage]  Verifying installation...
8720: 2012-01-18 10:55:03.802 [CBS]                       ...done installing 'DirectoryServices-DomainController '. Status: -2147021879 (80070bc9)
8720: 2012-01-18 10:55:03.818 [Provider]                  Skipped configuration of 'Active Directory Domain Controller' because install operation failed.
8720: 2012-01-18 10:55:03.818 [Provider]                  
[STAT] ---- CBS Session Consolidation -----
[STAT] For 
          'Active Directory Domain Controller'[STAT] installation(s) took '21.9535541' second(s) total.
[STAT] Configuration(s) took '0.0007754' second(s) total.
[STAT] Total time: '21.9543295' second(s).

8720: 2012-01-18 10:55:03.818 [Provider] Error (Id=0) Sync Result - Success: False, RebootRequired: True, Id: 110
8720: 2012-01-18 10:55:03.818 [Provider] Error (Id=0) Sync Message - OperationKind: Install, MessageType: Error, MessageCode: -2147021879, Message: <null>, AdditionalMessage: The requested operation failed. A system reboot is required to roll back changes made
8720: 2012-01-18 10:55:03.818 [InstallationProgressPage]  Sync operation completed
8720: 2012-01-18 10:55:03.818 [InstallationProgressPage]  Performing post install/uninstall discovery...
8720: 2012-01-18 10:55:03.833 [Provider]                  C:\Windows\system32\ServerManager\Cache\CbsUpdateState.bin does not exist.
8720: 2012-01-18 10:55:03.833 [CBS]                       IsCacheStillGood: False.
8720: 2012-01-18 10:55:04.333 [CBS]                       >>>GetUpdateInfo--------------------------------------------------
8720: 2012-01-18 10:55:34.784 [CBS] Error (Id=0) Function: 'ReadUpdateInfo()->Update_GetInstallState' failed: 80070bc9 (-2147021879)
8720: 2012-01-18 10:55:34.784 [CBS]                       <<<GetUpdateInfo--------------------------------------------------
8720: 2012-01-18 10:55:34.815 [DISCOVERY]                 hr: -2147021879 -> reboot required.
8720: 2012-01-18 10:55:34.831 [InstallationProgressPage]  About to load finish page...
8720: 2012-01-18 10:55:34.831 [InstallationFinishPage]    Loading finish page
8720: 2012-01-18 10:55:34.831 [InstallationFinishPage]    Finish page loaded

     

    CheckSUR.log

    =================================
Checking System Update Readiness.
Binary Version 6.1.7601.21645
Package Version 13.0
2012-01-18 10:33

Checking Windows Servicing Packages

Checking Package Manifests and Catalogs

Checking Package Watchlist

Checking Component Watchlist

Checking Packages

Checking Component Store

Summary:
Seconds executed: 220
 No errors detected

     

    • Edited by John J Parker Wednesday, January 18, 2012 2:36 PM clean up formatting
    Wednesday, January 18, 2012 2:32 PM

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    Hi Zhang,

    The only thing I saw in the Event Viewer is in the System log:
    Event Id 7001, The DFS Namespace service depends on the Remote Registry service which failed to start because of the following error:
    The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it.
    I set the service to Manual, started it and the Installation succeeded.

    Thanks,
    John
    • Marked as answer by John J Parker Friday, January 20, 2012 5:03 PM
    Friday, January 20, 2012 5:03 PM

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    Hi John,

     

    Thanks for posting.

     

    Performed some research and some results say that this problem can be caused by HD Write Caching.

     

    To disable Write Caching:

     

    1. Go to Device Manager.

    2.Click the plus sign (+) next to the Disk Drives branch to expand it.

    3.Right-click the drive on which you want to enable or disable disk write caching, and then click Properties.

    4.Click the Disk Properties tab.

    5.Click to select or clear the Write Cache Enabled check box as appropriate.

    6.Click OK.

     

    If no luck, Please check if any erros can be found in Event log, Dcpromoui.Log and Dcpromo.log

     

    The following articles maybe helpful to you:

     

    Known Issues for Installing and Removing AD DS

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754463(v=WS.10).aspx

     

    You cannot install Active Directory Domain Services

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975142

     

     

     

    Thanks

    ZHANG

    Thursday, January 19, 2012 8:07 AM
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    Hi Zhang,

     

    Thank you for your reply. Write Caching is not enabled for the drive, still looking through the links above

     

    Thanks,

    John

     

     

     

    Thursday, January 19, 2012 8:03 PM
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    Hi Zhang,

    The only thing I saw in the Event Viewer is in the System log:
    Event Id 7001, The DFS Namespace service depends on the Remote Registry service which failed to start because of the following error:
    The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it.
    I set the service to Manual, started it and the Installation succeeded.

    Thanks,
    John
    • Marked as answer by John J Parker Friday, January 20, 2012 5:03 PM
    Friday, January 20, 2012 5:03 PM
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    John - 

    You are the man of the world in my eyes today! I can't tell you how much I appreciate your resolution here. I've spent hours upon hours trying to fix an AD installation failure on a brand new server build, and I was at the end of my rope. My problem was not this exact one, but the direction you gave to look at the system logs and at services status saved me! My problem ended up being the Server service itself. It was set on "Disable" and as such killing the AD install everytime. I tried so many things. My poor server has to have been restarted 100 times. Once I set the Server service to automatic, started it, then rebooted.... voila! It worked. Thanks again.

    DS

    Tuesday, March 17, 2015 11:11 PM
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    John & DS -

    Three yesrs on from the first post and two people in a week with the same problem solved the same way!

    For me it was the Remote Registory as well, set to Disabled by the security policy. Fixed in seconds.

    Thanks. Alan

    Friday, March 20, 2015 4:37 PM