vcac 5.1 prereq checker - 'IISServer' Rule won't turn green

[djmoose]

Hey everyone, I'm setting up vCAC 5.1 and going through the prereq steps. I've enabled and turned all of the authentication checks green, but for some reason I can't get the main IISServer Rule to check out.

"IIS Server is installed but not running or it is running but no authentication module is installed/enabled.

Am I missing someplace to actually enable an authentication service? The feature is installed.

Thanks in advance,

Jeff

[harkamal]

It's a bug, I never got past that.

Rebuild OS or continue as is..

Sent from my iPhone

[showard1]

A couple of things can cause this.  Try doing the following from a command prompt with elevated privileges:

cd C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\

aspnet_regiis.exe -i

iisreset

This will re-register ASP.NET with IIS.  Reboot the server at this point then re-run the prereq checker.

Out of curiosity, why not do VCAC 5.2?

[djmoose]

Sean Howard wrote:

Out of curiosity, why not do VCAC 5.2?

Basically, because it's what we have licences for via the 5.1 Cloud Suite.

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll give them a try. Actually, I tried the regiis, but I don't think I've rebooted since then.

[djmoose]

Sean Howard wrote:

A couple of things can cause this.  Try doing the following from a command prompt with elevated privileges:

cd C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\

aspnet_regiis.exe -i

iisreset

This will re-register ASP.NET with IIS.  Reboot the server at this point then re-run the prereq checker.

No luck. What other things can cause this? Thanks in advance.

[djmoose]

harkamal wrote:

It's a bug, I never got past that.

Rebuild OS or continue as is..

Sent from my iPhone

You're saying you've seen this before and the install runs just fine?

[showard1]

First, try adding in all of the authentication types for IIS (basic/digest) in addition to Windows auth.  Even though you'll be using only Windows auth, IIS 7 sometimes behaves strangely if those other modules aren't there.

Also try pinging the fqdn of the host from itself and see if it returns the loopback address for ipv6 (::1).  I've seen this cause problems as well.  Go into the host file (C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts) and add a line for the FQDN *and* another line for just the hostname of the VCAC server that points to the actual IP of it (not 127.0.0.1), like this:

10.25.8.111        myserver
10.25.8.111        myserver.mydomain.local

restart IIS and try again. 

[zebduin]

Since you know IIS is installed, otherwise you wouldn't be able to see green ticks under other IIS prerequisites, check the following:

• World Wide Web publishing service is running (services)
• Default website is running (IIS Manager)
• Default Application Pool is running

For future installs there is a blog that includes the PS Script for a completely scripted prerequisite installation/configuration:

http://www.jonathanmedd.net/2013/09/automating-the-pre-requisites-for-vcac-5-2.html

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