Corrupt COM+ Catalog Prevents Iissync.exe from Running Properly (310412)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0
This article was previously published under Q310412

SYMPTOMS

When you run Iissync.exe on an IIS cluster that is running on two Windows 2000 Advanced Server computers, you may receive the following error message:
Source : 133, scanned, Targets : (133,5), Error replicating to target (Target Name): Server Execution Failed error code 2148007941 ( 800800005 )
If you expand Component Services and then expand My Computer in the Microsoft Management Console (MMC), you may receive the following error message:
Source : 167, scanned, Targets : (167,0), Error replicating to target (Target Name): Class not registered error code 2147746132 ( 80040154 )
Failing over nodes in Cluster Administrator works without error, and you see no indication of metabase corruption.

CAUSE

A COM+ catalog that is running on the active node of the cluster may be corrupted.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, repair the COM+ catalog.

For additional information on how to repair the COM+ catalog, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

301919 PRB: Cannot Expand My Computer in Component Services MMC

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

To reproduce this issue, you need a corrupt COM+ catalog. To create a corrupt COM+ catalog, do either of the following:

Method 1:
  1. On the cluster active node, unregister the COM+ catalog. To do this, click Start, click Run, type regsvr32 -u %windir%\system32\regsvr32 -u clbcatq.dll, and click OK.
  2. Click Start, point to Run, type C:\Winnt\System32\Inetsrv\Iissync.exe target node name, and then click OK.
  3. In Component Services, expand Component Services, and then expand My Computer.
Method 2:
  1. On the cluster active node, create a text file and name it ~clbcatq.dll.
  2. Click Start, point to Run, type C:\Winnt\System32\Inetsrv\Iissync.exe target node name, and then click OK.
  3. In Component Services, expand Component Services, and then expand My Computer.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:6/25/2004
Keywords:kbpending kbprb KB310412
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