Something is locking the IIS metabase preventing the installer from writing to it. You can see the retries in there because there can be things that randomly lock the metabase. But 30 seconds is usually enough unless something is being rather abusive.
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Joseph Vano <joseph.v...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am getting an installer error that does not happen consistently. > > I am using Wix 3.0.5419.0 and have a package that installs two IIS web > application. From the log below it looks like it successfully created the > app pool and added one of the sites ... but then starts failing and does > not > install the web application. I run the installer again and I don't get the > error and it installs successfully. This error happens every so often. > > My system is Win7 (64bit), IIS 7 with IIS 6 > Management Compatibility Mode On > > Here is the log portion that errors: > > MSI (s) (04:C4) [09:32:34:127]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL: > C:\Windows\Installer\MSIFF7.tmp, Entrypoint: ConfigureIIsExec > ConfigureIIsExec: Skipping ScaWebSvcExtRead() because > IIsWebServiceExtension data not present > ConfigureIIsExec: Skipping ScaMimeMapRead() - required table not present > ConfigureIIsExec: Skipping ScaHttpHeaderRead() - required tables not > present. > ConfigureIIsExec: Skipping ScaWebErrorRead() - required tables not > present. > ConfigureIIsExec: Skipping ScaInstallWebDirs() because IIsWebDir table not > present > ConfigureIIsExec: Skipping ScaFiltersRead() - no IIsFilter table > ConfigureIIsExec: Skipping ScaInstallProperty() - required table not > present > ConfigureIIsExec: Skipping ScaWebSvcExtCommit() because there are no web > service extensions in the list > MSI (s) (04:C8) [09:32:34:321]: Executing op: > ActionStart(Name=WriteMetabaseChanges,Description=Installing Metabase Keys > and Values,) > MSI (s) (04:C8) [09:32:34:323]: Executing op: > > CustomActionSchedule(Action=WriteMetabaseChanges,ActionType=11265,Source=BinaryData,Target=**********,CustomActionData=**********) > MSI (s) (04:DC) [09:32:34:326]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL: > C:\Windows\Installer\MSI10C3.tmp, Entrypoint: WriteMetabaseChanges > WriteMetabaseChanges: Creating Metabase Key: /W3SVC/AppPools/ExampleApp/ > WriteMetabaseChanges: Writing Metabase Value Under Key: > /LM/W3SVC/AppPools/ExampleApp/ ID: 1002 > WriteMetabaseChanges: Writing Metabase Value Under Key: > /LM/W3SVC/AppPools/ExampleApp/ ID: 9028 > WriteMetabaseChanges: Writing Metabase Value Under Key: > /LM/W3SVC/AppPools/ExampleApp/ ID: 9021 > WriteMetabaseChanges: Creating Metabase Key: /W3SVC/AppPools/ExampleApp/ > WriteMetabaseChanges: Key `/LM/W3SVC/AppPools/ExampleApp/` already > existed, > continuing. > WriteMetabaseChanges: Writing Metabase Value Under Key: > /LM/W3SVC/AppPools/ExampleApp/ ID: 1002 > WriteMetabaseChanges: Writing Metabase Value Under Key: > /LM/W3SVC/AppPools/ExampleApp/ ID: 9028 > WriteMetabaseChanges: Writing Metabase Value Under Key: > /LM/W3SVC/AppPools/ExampleApp/ ID: 9021 > WriteMetabaseChanges: Creating Metabase Key: /W3SVC/1/Root/ExampleSite/ > WriteMetabaseChanges: Writing Metabase Value Under Key: > /LM/W3SVC/1/Root/ExampleSite/ ID: 1002 > WriteMetabaseChanges: Writing Metabase Value Under Key: > /LM/W3SVC/1/Root/ExampleSite/ ID: 6005 > WriteMetabaseChanges: Writing Metabase Value Under Key: > /LM/W3SVC/1/Root/ExampleSite/ ID: 3001 > WriteMetabaseChanges: Creating ASP App: /LM/W3SVC/1/Root/ExampleSite > WriteMetabaseChanges: Writing Metabase Value Under Key: > /LM/W3SVC/1/Root/ExampleSite/ ID: 2102 > WriteMetabaseChanges: Writing Metabase Value Under Key: > /LM/W3SVC/1/Root/ExampleSite/ ID: 9101 > WriteMetabaseChanges: Writing Metabase Value Under Key: > /LM/W3SVC/1/Root/ExampleSite/ ID: 6014 > WriteMetabaseChanges: failed to open root key, retrying 30 time(s)... > WriteMetabaseChanges: failed to open root key, retrying 29 time(s)... > WriteMetabaseChanges: failed to open root key, retrying 28 time(s)... > WriteMetabaseChanges: failed to open root key, retrying 27 time(s)... > WriteMetabaseChanges: failed to open root key, retrying 26 time(s)... > WriteMetabaseChanges: failed to open root key, retrying 25 time(s)... > WriteMetabaseChanges: failed to open root key, retrying 24 time(s)... > WriteMetabaseChanges: failed to open root key, retrying 23 time(s)... > WriteMetabaseChanges: failed to open root key, retrying 22 time(s)... > WriteMetabaseChanges: failed to open root key, retrying 21 time(s)... > WriteMetabaseChanges: failed to open root key, retrying 20 time(s)... > WriteMetabaseChanges: failed to open root key, retrying 19 time(s)... > WriteMetabaseChanges: failed to open root key, retrying 18 time(s)... > WriteMetabaseChanges: failed to open root key, retrying 17 time(s)... > WriteMetabaseChanges: failed to open root key, retrying 16 time(s)... > WriteMetabaseChanges: failed to open root key, retrying 15 time(s)... > WriteMetabaseChanges: failed to open root key, retrying 14 time(s)... > WriteMetabaseChanges: failed to open root key, retrying 13 time(s)... > WriteMetabaseChanges: failed to open root key, retrying 12 time(s)... > WriteMetabaseChanges: failed to open root key, retrying 11 time(s)... > WriteMetabaseChanges: failed to open root key, retrying 10 time(s)... > WriteMetabaseChanges: failed to open root key, retrying 9 time(s)... > WriteMetabaseChanges: failed to open root key, retrying 8 time(s)... > WriteMetabaseChanges: failed to open root key, retrying 7 time(s)... > WriteMetabaseChanges: failed to open root key, retrying 6 time(s)... > WriteMetabaseChanges: failed to open root key, retrying 5 time(s)... > WriteMetabaseChanges: failed to open root key, retrying 4 time(s)... > WriteMetabaseChanges: failed to open root key, retrying 3 time(s)... > WriteMetabaseChanges: failed to open root key, retrying 2 time(s)... > WriteMetabaseChanges: failed to open root key, retrying 1 time(s)... > WriteMetabaseChanges: Error 0x80070094: failed to open metabase key: /LM > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by > > Make an app they can't live without > Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge > http://p.sf.net/sfu/RIM-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: Show off your parallel programming skills. 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