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Hi everyone.

Today I wanted to share a new bug I stumble into with Windows Server 2019.

The error is showed from the Add Role Wizard;

The request to add or remove features on the specified server failed. the operation cannot be completed because the server that you specified requires a restart

It happened to me while I tried to install the WSUS's role, and no matter how many times I restart, the error always come back.

If such happen the first thing to look for is the WSUS Configuration wizard inside the admin's tool, as the link would be there to finish the configuration even if the error happened in Add/Remove feature.

Click to run the Wizard and click Execute after.

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If it's the same error as me, there the wizard will fail, with a link to the error log, please open the log.

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In the log locate the error at the end, there we can see the error; it's a logon error.

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In the GPO console, gpedit.msc, please add the Logon as a Service right to the MSSQL account.

NT SERVICE\MSSQL\$MICROSOFT##WID in Computer Configuration—>Policies—>Windows Settings—>Security Settings—>Local Policies—>User Rights Assignment

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That should do the tip :)

ps, another workaround there

 

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Microsoft Q&A Launch !

October 31, 2019, 7:44 am technology

Hi everyone

Good news from Microsoft today, Microsoft Q&A is launched and will soon replace the Technet Forum. The direct link is there.

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Good new users would be able to link to their old Technet profile in Q1 of 2020 :)

For over 10 years the MSDN and TechNet Forums played a key part in enabling our customers to unblock their business scenarios by offering a platform where technical questions could be answered by Microsoft and the community . As time progressed, and technology evolved, the needs of the community grew beyond what the existing solution could provide. We started on a journey to identify a new, robust solution which would support our need to evolve the user experience.

We’re excited to share an important milestone in the journey, introducing the preview release of Microsoft Q&A - the place to get answers to all your technical questions on Microsoft products and services.

Just wanted to share it as it's a good news, as the old forum was starting to show it's ages.

Thanks everyone, and happy hunt in the news forum :)

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Hi everyone

Today I wanted to share a small tip if you got some problems with your Windows Server 2019 OEM Activation if you have OEM media.

I used the latest Dell OEM installation media in my case. When the virtual machine booted I used to get an activation error even if my key was valid.

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Running a slmgr /ato returned me that error;

Error: 0x8007041D on a computer running Microsoft windows non-core edition, run 'slui.exe 0x2a 0x8007041D ' to display the error text

At that point, even if I used my OEM media, I think it's possibly a manufacturer problem with the media kit as in each of my cases I used to had a pre-installed version of ESX, and I selected to had the OEM OS.

To pass the activation the tip I got was simple, to use these customs settings inside the VM .vmx or parameters;

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smbios.addHostVendor = TRUE

SMBIOS.reflectHost = TRUE

SMBIOS.noOEMStrings = TRUE

 

With those setting my virtual machine activated correctly :)

 

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StackOverflow moderation

October 15, 2019, 8:16 am technology

Hi everyone

This month was my one year anniversary to be a moderator on serverfault! Youpii 🎉❣️!!

I love the community and can't ask better.

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Hi everyone

On Microsoft Exchange you might fall into a strange bug if a time error happen between your DC and your server.

The error start by showing that error;

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Event ID 5003, MSEchangeIS

Impossible d'initialiser le service de bande de d'information car les horloges de l'ordinateur client et du serveur sn déréglées. Le problème être dû à un changement d'heure sur l'ordinateur client ou le serveur, et un redémarrage peut être nécessaire. Vérifiez que votre domaine est configuré correctement et qu'il est actuellement en ligne.

That error may appear too;

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EventID 3154, MSExchangeRepl

Active Manager n'a pas pu monter la base de données XXXXXXXX sur le serveur YYYYYYYY. Erreur: Une opération Active Manager a échoué avec une erreur provisoire. Recommencez l'opération. Erreur: Échec de l'action de base de données avec une erreur passagère. Erreur: Une erreur passagère s'est produite pendant une opération de base de données. Erreur: MapiExceptionNetworkError: Unable to make admin interface connection to server (hres:0x80040115, ec=-214221227)

To recover those erreurs you must do a net time command to sync the time with your active directory server.

net time \\DC-Server /set /y

After the net time don't forget to restart the Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology service;

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Voila, the error will be a past memory !

Thanks !

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