Failed to register Sharepoint services System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.

Question

Hi,

I am trying to install Sharepoint 2010 on a server (joining to a farm and not hosting central admin) but the install fails (I believe at stage 6) with this error:

05/06/2012 21:09:37  8  ERR                                                        Task service registration failed, so stopping execution of the engine
05/06/2012 21:09:37  8  INF                                                        Entering function StringResourceManager.GetResourceString
05/06/2012 21:09:37  8  INF                                                          Resource id to be retrieved is ServicesTaskFailConfigDisplayLabel for language English (United States)
05/06/2012 21:09:37  8  INF                                                          Resource retrieved id ServicesTaskFailConfigDisplayLabel is Failed to register SharePoint services.
05/06/2012 21:09:37  8  INF                                                        Leaving function StringResourceManager.GetResourceString
05/06/2012 21:09:37  8  ERR                                                        Failed to register SharePoint services.
An exception of type System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException was thrown.  Additional exception information: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.
System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. ---> System.ArgumentException: The directory name you entered is invalid.  Please enter a new name.
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPDiagnosticsService.set_LogLocation(String value)
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPDiagnosticsService.InitSPDiagnosticsServiceFromRegistry(SPDiagnosticsService service)
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at System.RuntimeMethodHandle._InvokeConstructor(Object[] args, SignatureStruct& signature, IntPtr declaringType)
   at System.Reflection.RuntimeConstructorInfo.Invoke(BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ReflectionHelper.InvokeConstructor(String assemblyQualifiedName, Type[] constructorSignature, Object[] constructorParameters)
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.TaskCommon.ReflectionHelperInvokeConstructor(String assemblyQualifiedName, Type[] constructorSignature, Object[] constructorParameters, TaskBase task)
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ServicesTask.InvokeServiceConstructor(String serviceRegistryKeyName, String solutionIdRegistryName, String serviceNameRegistryName, Type[] constructorSignature, Object[] constructorParameters)
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ServicesTask.InstallServiceInConfigDB(Boolean provisionTheServiceToo, String serviceRegistryKeyName)
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ServicesTask.InstallServices(Boolean provisionTheServicesToo)
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ServicesTask.Run()
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.TaskThread.ExecuteTask()

From the logs.

Any idea what is wrong? 

I am going to patch Windows and try again, but no idea what the problem is. It says directory name not valid, but what directory name?

Answer 1

Hi,

If SharePoint Logs stored for example in D: hardisk make sure the new server has the same hardisk name

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Regards,
Fadi Abdulwahab, SharePoint Consultant
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/fabdulwahab
http://sqlgoogler.blogspot.com/

Answer 2

The logs are being written to on the C:\ drive though?

My server hosting central admin writes logs to a different drive though.

Answer 3

You can check where SharePoint logs stored from here Central Administration >> Monitoring >> Configure diagnostic logging

http://artykul8.com/2011/07/moving-sharepoint-2010-log-and-index-locations/

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Regards,
Fadi Abdulwahab, SharePoint Consultant
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/fabdulwahab
http://sqlgoogler.blogspot.com/