Re: Servers fail to reboot after patching with SMS 2003.



Are you running Windows Server 2003 SP1? There was a post Windows Server
2003 hotfix that corrected the "fail to reboot" error...

Steve
"Dave Turner" <DaveTurner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:66879841-CEFE-464F-84F1-7337FC3847CF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi All,
> Have this problem when rolling out patches to Windows Server 2003
machines.
> The patches all install then when it goes to reboot it fails with the
below
> error message in the Patchinstall.log.
>
> 9 Authorized updates, 9 updates attempted, 1 updates failed. Success MIF
> will be generated.
> InstallStatusMIFEx() Called with ProgramReboot = TRUE
> Successfully created Status MIF
> Requesting the system to reboot.Forced Reboot = (TRUE)
> QuietMode -- timer will be given by the system
> System reboot request InitiateSystemShutdown failed with Error (21)
> ~ ======= Software Updates Installation Agent Terminating =======
>
> I have previously opened a thread on this subject earlier this month. I
> thought a group policy was the cause of the problem, but this proved to be
> wrong.
> Anyone got any ideas?
>
> Dave Turner


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