Re: KB917537 Failing

Yup.

There's some sort of detection errors going on.. see if you can do this patch manually.. if you can't.. call the support number.

And yes they sooooo should have blogged on this on the msrc blog and given folks a heads up... I pinged them several days ago about this issue.

Keven wrote:

There's a whole mess of errors on the log on that actually.. I hadn't gone to check that yet was seeing if there was a common config err or such first.

The errors on the log are numerous such as:
6.600: dumpDownloadTask returned 0xf200 (more files to download)
33.077: LoadHotpatchSourceInfo: [HotpatchSourceInfo] flags not specified on line 1; assuming zero.
33.077: LoadFileQueues: UpdSpGetSourceFileLocation for halacpi.dll failed: 0xe0000102
36.322: KB917537 Setup encountered an error: The update.ver file is not correct.

and on.. and on.. and on..

"Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks" wrote:



What does the 917537.log have in your windows folder?

See if it's having issues copying over asp.dll

I honestly hand patch servers... even with WSUS/Shavlik.. I'm just a mondo control freak and don't let WSUS auto update them.

Keven wrote:



Correct, they all update at 3am automaticly. All four of them had the exact same senario, where they have rebooted attempting the update at 3am all of the last three nights. Each has the exact same critical error on my performance reports:

Critical Errors in System Log


Source Event ID Last Occurrence Total Occurrences NtServicePack 4379 7/15/2006 3:00 AM 1 Windows Server 2003 Hotfix KB917537 installation failed. KB917537 installation did not complete.




"Marina Roos [SBS-MVP]" wrote:





Hi Keven,

Were or are those servers set to automatically download and install the
updates?

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Wow.. didn't expect this sort of feedback. No, there is no common third
party software between the machines, and really no hardware or primary




setup




commonality on them either. I have tested one of them on manual update




this




afternoon and it seems to have successfully applied the patch and will be
attempting it on others as well to see if it works across the board with




them




that way.


"Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" wrote:





Surely this is not a common or widespread issue if we're just hearing




about




it from one person, four days after the patch released. I just




installed it




without issue on my SBS and two member servers. Of greater relevance is




the




fact that Susan Bradley monitors for issues with Microsoft patches in




any




forum where such an issue would be presented, and she has not mentioned




a




word about this one. Not to say that MS has not had widespread issues
caused by patches, but in this case I would be very surprised to find




that




this patch was causing more than a few isolated problems. I wonder if
Keven's servers are all running a 3rd party app or something else that
caused all three to exhibit the same failure.

The consensus among the MVPs is that SBS'ers should reboot after patch
installations, whether the specific patches require a reboot or not.




SBS,




with multiple server apps running on the same box, and with dependencies




and




interactions not found on a plain-vanilla WS03 box, seems to benefit




from a






reboot in cases where it would otherwise not be necessary.

I'm perfectly happy to have the 'nix people laughing at me. I just hope
that when they laugh at me for a 15 minute reboot once a month, there's




a




chuckle in there for RWW, and another one for all the SBS'ers who get a
mature server OS, an enterprise-class messaging system, and automated
network-wide patching for six hundred bucks.




"CO-DBA-SC-EL" <dx6490@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Another improperly tested patch. Shame on Microsoft for not even




having an




updated bulletin on this flaw after 3 days. It's not like they have




not




heard about it. After Googling the topic it looks like the solution is




to




stop IIS before starting the installation. A number of people seem to




have




had success with it. In the command window type

tasklist /fi "modules eq asp.dll"

I just dit it on my SBS2003 standard, manually went back to the




Windows




Update site, and did the install. I got the "success" notice. If you
don't want to take the chance, wait until the patch is patched.

My other gripe is why these updates require restarting the server




(even if




they fail completely!). Which also means rechecking everything to




verify




that it started OK, etc. It's pretty pathetic to have to restart the
server a couple of times every month at update time while the 'nix




people




are laughing at us. The "hot patching" alternative that requires




writing




down the patch numbers and typing in an arcane command line is, shall




we




say, amateurish. To add insult to injury, if you hit the "Restart"




button




in the patch success dialog box rather than clicking "Later" and doing




the




restart manually, it fails to make the appropriate entry in the system




log




to document the reason for shutdown. So much for integration.

C_O

"Keven" <Keven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Multiple SBS03 Premium installs that I manage have all been doing




their




overnight updates and failing KB917537 for the last three nights in a
row.
I'm shocked that there isn't a litter of information about this




already




in
here as I had assumed this would be a common problem.. anyone have




any




info
for me beyond the one reply that someone did a baseline security




analysis




and
it seemed to work? I'm hoping there is a logical answer as to what




is




going
on here to fix this as I have multiple servers that I need to apply
solution
for.












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