PRB: Error COMADMIN_E_SESSION (0x8011042c) When You Access ICOMAdminCatalog Remotely (305764)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft COM+ 1.5, when used with:
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows XP
This article was previously published under Q305764

SYMPTOMS

When you try to access a COM+ 1.5 catalog remotely on Windows XP from COM+ 1.0 on Windows 2000 or Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) on Window NT 4.0, you receive the following error message:
0x8011042C (-2146368468) - The server catalog version is not supported.
You receive this error if you use the COMAdmin Application Programming Interface (API) or if you add a remote computer through the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in and open the COM+ Applications folder.

CAUSE

To support new COM+ 1.5 features, the catalog has been extended. This problem occurs because the COM+ 1.5 catalog is not backwards compatible with the COM+ 1.0 catalog.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, administer COM+ 1.5 locally or from a remote COM+ 1.5 computer.

MORE INFORMATION

You can connect to a COM+ 1.0 catalog from COM+ 1.5. This is the only scenario in which you can go across versions. For more information, see the "References" section.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Paste the following code into a .vbs file:
        dim oCat
    dim oApps
    dim sServerName

    sServerName = inputBox("Enter the name of the remote server")

    if len(sServerName) then
        set oCat = createObject("COMAdmin.COMAdminCatalog")
        oCat.connect sServerName
        set oApps = oCat.getCollection("Applications")
        oApps.populate
        msgBox "Successfully connected to remote server"
    end if
  2. Run this script on a COM+ 1.0 computer. Point to a COM+ 1.5 computer, and you receive the following error message:
    Script: C:\Connect_Remote.vbs
    Line: 11
    Char: 9
    Error: The server catalog version is not supported
    Code: 8011042C
    Source: (null)
  3. From the Start menu, point to Settings, point to Control Panel, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Component Services to open the Component Services MMC.
  4. Click to expand the Component Services node.
  5. Click and then right-click the Computers node, point to New, and then click Computer.
  6. In the Add Computer dialog box, type the name of the COM+ 1.5 server, and then click OK. Notice that a new server icon appears under Computers in the tree.
  7. Click to expand the new server, and then click COM+ Applications. You receive the following error message:
    The server catalog version is not supported. The catalog is either newer or older than this application and a common version for communication does not exist.

REFERENCES

For additional information, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

246623 PRB: Cannot Administer MTS 2.0 from Windows 2000 Component Services Snap-in

246624 PRB: Cannot Administer COM+ Applications from Windows NT4 MTS 2.0 Services Snap-in

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:2/20/2002
Keywords:kbprb KB305764
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