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FIX: Can't install and configure BizTalk Server in unattended noninteractive mode


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Symptoms

Assume that you try to install and configure BizTalk Server automatically as part of a service template without any user logged on (for example, with startup scripts, policies, or remote scripts, or in Virtual Machine Manager (VMM)) by using the following script:
Configuration.exe /s MyBizTalkConfig.xml /l MyBizTalkConfigLog.txt
In this situation, a crash occurs, and you receive the following error messages:
Log Name: Application
Source: Windows Error Reporting
Date: <Date> <Time>
Event ID: 1001
Level: Information
Computer: <ComputerName.domain>
Description:
Fault bucket 94514951244, type 5
Event Name: CLR20r3
Response: Not available
Cab Id: 0
Problem signature:
P1: configuration.exe
P2: 3.10.229.0
P3: 50fe360e
P4: System.Windows.Forms
P5: 4.0.30319.18408
P6: 52311103
P7: 2d77
P8: ee
P9: System.InvalidOperationException
P10:
Log Name: Application
Source: Application Error
Date: <Date> <Time>
Event ID: 1000
Level: Error
Computer: ComputerName.domain>
Description:
Faulting application name: Configuration.exe, version: 3.10.229.0, time stamp: 0x50fe360e
Faulting module name: KERNELBASE.dll, version: 6.2.9200.16451, time stamp: 0x50988950
Exception code: 0xe0434352
Fault offset: 0x00014b32
Faulting process id: 0x1298
Faulting application start time: 0x01cf44a20a602d49
Faulting application path: <Disk Name>:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft BizTalk Server 2013\Configuration.exe
Faulting module path: <Disk Name>:\Windows\SYSTEM32\KERNELBASE.dll
Report Id: 5f389614-b095-11e3-940a-00155da23448
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:

You may also receive the following crash event details:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<WatsonInfo xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<osVersion><OSVersion></osVersion>
<AppName>Microsoft ® BizTalk ® Server 2013</AppName>
<AppVersion>3.10.229.0</AppVersion>
<exceptionString>System.InvalidOperationException: Showing a modal dialog box or form when the application is not running in UserInteractive mode is not a valid operation. Specify the ServiceNotification or DefaultDesktopOnly style to display a notification from a service application.
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.ShowDialog(IWin32Window owner)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.ShowDialog()
at Microsoft.BizTalk.Configuration.Program.RunConfigProgressUIThread()
at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart_Context(Object state)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()</exceptionString>
<exceptionMessage>Showing a modal dialog box or form when the application is not running in UserInteractive mode is not a valid operation. Specify the ServiceNotification or DefaultDesktopOnly style to display a notification from a service application.</exceptionMessage>
<exceptionStackTrace> at System.Windows.Forms.Form.ShowDialog(IWin32Window owner)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.ShowDialog()
at Microsoft.BizTalk.Configuration.Program.RunConfigProgressUIThread()
at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart_Context(Object state)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()</exceptionStackTrace>
<targetSite>System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult ShowDialog(System.Windows.Forms.IWin32Window)</targetSite>
<HResult>80131509</HResult>
</WatsonInfo>

Note The progress window (ShowDialog) can't be displayed. However, the installation and configuration are successful when the same script is used interactively with a logged-on user. 

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Cause

This issue occurs because the user will still be updated with a progress window during the silent (/s) installation. If no user logs on to the computer, the update doesn't work as the progress window can only be displayed in an interactive user session. 

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Resolution

Cumulative update information

After you apply this fix, please use the new parameter /noprogressbar when you run Configuration.exe unattended.

Note
  • You can check all parameters with Configuration.exe /?
  • The /noprogressbar parameter is also included in the BizTalk Server 2013 R2 release. 
This issue was first fixed in the following cumulative update of BizTalk Server:

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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References

For information about the service packs and cumulative update list for BizTalk Server, see KB 2555976: Service pack and cumulative update list for BizTalk Server .

For more information about BizTalk Server hotfixes, see KB 2003907: Information about BizTalk hotfixes and cumulative update support .

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Article Info
Article ID : 2954606
Revision : 1
Created on : 1/7/2017
Published on : 3/14/2016
Exists online : False
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