Hi,

Crash on edbsrvr.exe /install  (also tried /nointeract)

On windows server 2008.... anyone else running or can test this?

*Works just running as an application.

Thanks

>  Crash on edbsrvr.exe /install  (also tried /nointeract)
>  
>  On windows server 2008.... anyone else running or can test this?
>
>  *Works just running as an application.

I spent some time testing an application for a client last night with
the hopes of rolling out the third attempt to go-live today.  Alas, I
was getting crashes, or rather lock-ups, with EDB 2.01 b5 running on my
Windows 2008 server as a service.  It locked up so hard that I had to
actually uninstall the service and resinstall because simply stopping
and restarting did not work.

I didn't have time to finish testing before I had to leave (and cancel
the go-live with the customer, of course), but I think it had to do
with loading updates.  There is a scheduled job that runs every hour
that loads updates from remote stores.  It had run the first hour after
upgrading, but not the second.  There were also some meta-data changes
to the tables (deleted one on the server, started publishing a new one
from the clients) and so I simply deleted all pending updates and will
start over from a new backup.

It was unsettling, but I didn't post a message (although I had one
typed up) because I haven't had time to narrow down the source of the
problem yet.  However, since someone else has mentioned a problem, I
thought I'd chime in with my experience as well.

I did not try running the server as an application.

--
David Cornelius
CorneliusConcepts.com

While we have none in production we have tested it in office and it seems
works ok here.

Some (possibly) useful setup notes :
- EDB 2.01 b5
- 32bit Windows Server 2008 (have not tried 64bit)
- Used the GUI version of server installed as service (edbsrvr.exe -install)
- the server itself, config DB and databases are all in own folder on root
of C: (don't like using program files in Vista/Server 2008). So in our case
the server is in c:\edb, config also in c:\edb and our database in c:\edb\db
- start server in GUI mode and change the temp table path to c:\edb\temp (it
defaults to user folder which is not desirable)
- (optionally) enable server logging
- manually add edbsrvr.exe to the firewall exception list (or add port tcp
12010)
- close gui and start service (we also configured the service recovery to
restart service should it crash but it has not according to windows event
logs )

Server is  accessible from LAN and has been running ok for a while (only
doing basic data operations at this point - no jobs, stores or replicaton).

Raul


"Graeme" <graeme.cox@symbionhealth.com> wrote in message
news:F5C13EC5-7C5B-417A-9F3C-FABE757CE2D3@news.elevatesoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> Crash on edbsrvr.exe /install  (also tried /nointeract)
>
> On windows server 2008.... anyone else running or can test this?
>
> *Works just running as an application.
>
> Thanks
>

I could not get it to install. Let alone run.

v2.01b4  (I believe I tried on earlier version b3)
Windows Server 2008 (32 bit)

Just get an exception and it does not install.

Some sort of wacky permissions thing...though I think I am admin on this machine.

Definitely did not have this problem. Have you tried b5 (just as a test).

Do you have the services admin utility (or server manager) open when trying
to install service ?  These sometimes cause problems adding/removing
services.

What is the folder for edbsrvr.exe ?

Are you using a local console login or terminal services session (though
that should not matter for W2008).

Any other AntiVirus/AntiSpyware type software that might prevent service
install ?

Is server in domain - any chance group policy lockdown in effect ?

When you run regedit do you have the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\EDBSRVR key ? if so and
you have no service in service admin then i would delete key from registry,
reboot and try installing it again.

Raul


"Graeme" <graeme.cox@symbionhealth.com> wrote in message
news:901FED1E-25C2-4388-8179-164CA1B8A9BD@news.elevatesoft.com...
>I could not get it to install. Let alone run.
>
> v2.01b4  (I believe I tried on earlier version b3)
> Windows Server 2008 (32 bit)
>
> Just get an exception and it does not install.
>
> Some sort of wacky permissions thing...though I think I am admin on this
> machine.
>

Ok - i was able to duplicate your problem by running under non-admin
account. Exception generated and no service.

Under administrator all is OK so i think your account is not really an
admin.

Raul


"Graeme" <graeme.cox@symbionhealth.com> wrote in message
news:901FED1E-25C2-4388-8179-164CA1B8A9BD@news.elevatesoft.com...
>I could not get it to install. Let alone run.
>
> v2.01b4  (I believe I tried on earlier version b3)
> Windows Server 2008 (32 bit)
>
> Just get an exception and it does not install.
>
> Some sort of wacky permissions thing...though I think I am admin on this
> machine.
>

> v2.01b4  (I believe I tried on earlier version b3)
> Windows Server 2008 (32 bit)
>
> Just get an exception and it does not install.
>
> Some sort of wacky permissions thing...though I think I am admin on
> this machine.

I was running 2.1 b4 on Win server 2008 64-bit.  I had an earlier
version running on Win Server 2003 32-bit.

Version 2.01 b5 has been running all day today fine--after my problems
last night and this morning.  I'm pretty sure it had something to do
with loading updates for a table that was deleted on the server.


--
David Cornelius
CorneliusConcepts.com

Thanks... probably the case...I'll check it out..



"Raul" <raul@raul.ca> wrote:

Ok - i was able to duplicate your problem by running under non-admin
account. Exception generated and no service.

Under administrator all is OK so i think your account is not really an
admin.

Raul