Re: Service hung on starting

From: Marina Roos [SBS-MVP] (marina_at_roos.nodontwantspam.nl.com)
Date: 09/28/04 

Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 01:26:07 +0200

Hi Paul,

For ISA to work right, you will need to have 2 nics installed. 

-- 
Regards,
Marina
Microsoft SBS-MVP
"Paul W" <PAX@CPGGroup.com> schreef in bericht
news:047b01c4a5ad$33f3afb0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> OK, I have NO IDEA what is going on anymore.  I am sure the
> overloards are just messing with my head ;-)
>
> I disabled the on-board NIC, cleared all entries from the
> event logs and shut off the server, waited a bit and turned
> it back on.  Left to get something to eat, so the computer
> was sitting at the "Sign On" screen for a good half-hour.
> When I did sign into it, everything started up properly -
> no services "hung on starting".
>
> I shut down the computer again and re-started, and again,
> all is OK.
>
> Now, I have to try and break it again by installing ISA
> 2000 Service Pack 2.
>
> If the solution to this is that I have to let the server
> sit for 4 hours after the installation then I guess I can
> live with it, but that is not what I would expect.
>
> I'll let you all know what happens.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul W
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Just so you are aware there has not been much reported
> success with setting up dual port nics/loadbalancing in SBS
> >can you post the ipconfig for this nic??
> >  "Paul W" <PAX@CPGGroup.com> wrote in message
> news:2ff301c4a58e$797a8c30$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> >  Yes
> >
> >  I have two IBM/Intel Server NICs (10/100/1000), and one of
> >  them is disabled, the other is enabled with a static IP
> >  (192.168.20.99) and currently plugged into a switch
> >  (nothing else is plugged into the switch).  There is also
> >  an on-board NIC that is also disabled.  When things are
> >  running properly, the IBM NICs will be set up as one
> >  virtual NIC with load balancing and fail-over support and
> >  will be connected to a switch.  The onboard NIC will be set
> >  up as the second NIC connecting the server to a 3Com
> >  firewall/router/VPN.
> >
> >  In a previous installation, without installing all the
> >  Service Packs, I did get the server set up to access the
> >  internet through the second NIC through the firewall and I
> >  can get another computer connected to the switch to access
> >  the internet through the server.
> >
> >  To get the server NIC load-balancing support requires an
> >  update the the Intel chipset and the drivers for the NICs.
> >   Those updates require Windows 2000 SP4.  I have not yet
> >  tried installing SP4 in this iteration, I was going to
> >  leave that as the last SP to install.
> >
> >  Paul W.
> >
> >  >-----Original Message-----
> >  >Do you have one nic connected to a switch??
> >  >  "Paul W" <PAX@CPGGroup.com> wrote in message
> >  news:048401c4a58b$7c254130$3a01280a@phx.gbl...
> >  >  I am trying to set up SBS 2000 on a brand new computer.
> >  >  The computer is plenty capable - IBM xSeries 225 with
> 2 gig
> >  >  ram, tons of disk, etc.  This server is not connected to
> >  >  anything else yet (not the internet) so no viruses,
> worms,
> >  >  etc.  I can set up SBS2000 from the CDs OK, but when
> I try
> >  >  to install the various updates/Service Packs/Feature
> >  >  Packs/Roll-ups, etc I run into problems.
> >  >
> >  >  I have downloaded all of these packs on a different
> >  >  computer and burned them onto CDs - I do not download
> them
> >  >  directly on the new server - not attached to anything
> yet.
> >  >
> >  >  The problem is that after the update has been installed,
> >  >  and the computer is re-booted a bunch of services get
> "hung
> >  >  on starting" and never come back.  It is usually the same
> >  >  group of 4 or 5 services:
> >  >
> >  >  WWW Publishing service hung on starting
> >  >  SMTP service hung on starting
> >  >  Exchange Routing Engine service hung on starting
> >  >  Exchange POP3 service hung on starting
> >  >  Site Server ILS service hung on starting
> >  >  Exchange IMAP4 service hung on starting
> >  >
> >  >  It is not a problem with some updates, and re-installing
> >  >  things in a different order seems to avoid the
> problem with
> >  >  other updates.  But this is getting tough - I am on my
> >  >  fifth attempt at re-installing SBS2000 on this
> computer and
> >  >  I keep getting this problem somewhere along the line.
> >  >
> >  >  The latest time, I just installed the ISA2000 SP1, it was
> >  >  fine.  Then I installed the ISA2000 Feature Pack and
> I got
> >  >  the above problem.  What I installed was:
> >  >    SBS2000 using all the defaults
> >  >    SQL2000 SP3a
> >  >    Windows 2000 SP2  (I KNOW there is SP4, but I went that
> >  >  route once already - bear with me)
> >  >    Exchange 2000 SP3
> >  >    Exchange 2000 Post-SP3 Roll-up
> >  >    ISA 2000 SP1  (again, I KNOW there is a SP2)
> >  >    ISA 2000 Feature Pack 1
> >  >        got the error after installing isafp1.exe and again
> >  >  after installing isafp1sd.exe, did not try installing
> >  >  isafp1ur.exe
> >  >
> >  >  Any ideas?  Again, nothing else has been installed yet,
> >  >  nothing like anti-virus, backup or other application
> >  >  software, just stuff from Microsoft.
> >  >
> >  >  Thanks,
> >  >
> >  >  Paul W.

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