Unable to connect to remote server after Patch-Installation

[niol-zh]

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Module Version

3.3.1

Affected Resource(s)

ArcGIS_Server
ServerUpgrade
ServerInstallPatch

Configuration Files

   "Server": {
        "ConfigStoreLocation": "D:\\share_serverroot\\config-store",
        "Installer": {
            "InstallDir": "C:\\ArcGIS\\Server",
            "InstallDirPython": "C:\\Python27",
            "EnableArcMapRuntime": true,
            "EnableDotnetSupport": true,
            "Path": "\\\\share\\arcgis\\ArcGIS_Server_Windows_1091.exe",
            "PatchesDir": "\\\\share\\arcgis\\patches\\server",
            "PatchInstallOrder": ["ArcGIS-1091-S-SP-Patch.msp","ArcGIS-1091-S-Log4j-Patch.msp","ArcGIS-1091-S-UNDM1-Patch.msp", "ArcGIS-1091-S-VRPG-Patch.msp","ArcGIS-1091-S-MR-PatchB.msp"]
        },

Expected Behavior

The Powershell DSC Scripts should go on uninstalling the Server Webadaptor

Actual Behavior

After installing patches and licensing ArcGIS Server the script fails to end the ServerConfigureUpgrade Ressource with the Error "Unable to connect to the remote server".

in short
LCM: [ End Resource ] [[ArcGIS_Install]ServerUpgrade]
LCM: [ Start Resource ] [[ArcGIS_InstallPatch]ServerInstallPatch]
LCM: [ End Resource ] [[ArcGIS_InstallPatch]ServerInstallPatch]
LCM: [ Start Resource ] [[ArcGIS_License]ServerLicenseSERVERMACHINENODE]
LCM: [ End Resource ] [[ArcGIS_License]ServerLicenseSERVERMACHINENODE]
LCM: [ Start Resource ] [[ArcGIS_ServerUpgrade]ServerConfigureUpgrade]
13.04.2022 12:38:05: [SERVERMACHINENODE]: LCM: [ Start Test ] [[ArcGIS_ServerUpgrade]ServerConfigureUpgrade]
13.04.2022 12:38:10: [SERVERMACHINENODE]: [[ArcGIS_ServerUpgrade]ServerConfigureUpgrade] Response:-
13.04.2022 12:38:10: [SERVERMACHINENODE]: [[ArcGIS_ServerUpgrade]ServerConfigureUpgrade] Response from https://SERVERMACHINENODE.abc.lan:6443/arcgis/admin/upgrade is NULL
13.04.2022 12:38:10: [SERVERMACHINENODE]: LCM: [ End Test ] [[ArcGIS_ServerUpgrade]ServerConfigureUpgrade] in 3.2050 seconds.
13.04.2022 12:38:10: [SERVERMACHINENODE]: LCM: [ End Set ]
13.04.2022 12:38:11: Operation 'Invoke CimMethod' complete.
Trace-DSCJob : 13.04.2022 12:38:11: Exception calling "DownloadString" with "1" argument(s): "Unable to connect to the remote server"
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\ArcGIS\3.3.1\ArcGIS.psm1:261 char:5
Trace-DSCJob -Job $Job -JobName $ConfigurationName -DebugMode $De ...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,Trace-DSCJob

Trace-DSCJob : 13.04.2022 12:38:11: The PowerShell DSC resource '[ArcGIS_ServerUpgrade]ServerConfigureUpgrade' with SourceInfo 'C:\Program
Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\ArcGIS\3.3.1\Configurations-OnPrem\Upgrades\ServerUpgrade.ps1::337::13::ArcGIS_ServerUpgrade' threw one or more
non-terminating errors while running the Test-TargetResource functionality. These errors are logged to the ETW channel called
Microsoft-Windows-DSC/Operational. Refer to this channel for more details.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\ArcGIS\3.3.1\ArcGIS.psm1:261 char:5
Trace-DSCJob -Job $Job -JobName $ConfigurationName -DebugMode $De ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,Trace-DSCJob

Trace-DSCJob : 13.04.2022 12:38:11: The SendConfigurationApply function did not succeed.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\ArcGIS\3.3.1\ArcGIS.psm1:261 char:5
Trace-DSCJob -Job $Job -JobName $ConfigurationName -DebugMode $De ...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,Trace-DSCJob

Logs Directory: C:\Admin\Logs
Finished DSC Job:- ServerUpgrade. Time Taken - 00:37:34.3545582
ServerUpgrade - Failed
Server Upgrade Failed
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\ArcGIS\3.3.1\ArcGIS.psm1:2346 char:9
throw "Server Upgrade Failed"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : OperationStopped: (Server Upgrade Failed:String) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Server Upgrade Failed

Here you can find the detailed Debug-log output from Powershell DSC
debug_powershell_install_failure.txt

Steps to Reproduce

Run the script using the configuration details for server mentioned above.
The issue was reproduced multiple times.
Probably a time-out issue or it is related to the patch installation order.

Important Factoids

References

[niol-zh]

FYI @scma-esrich @spitzerr

[cameronkroeker]

Hi @niol-esrich,

We have included a fix that addresses this issue in the latest release of the module, v3.3.2:

https://github.com/Esri/arcgis-powershell-dsc/releases/tag/v3.3.2

Thanks,
Cameron K.

[niol-zh]

Hi @cameronkroeker thank you for fixing the issue!