SnapCenter Server installation fails with "Fatal error during installation"
Applies to
SnapCenter Server
Issue
- SnapCenter Server installation fails with "Display Error: Fatal error during installation"
- The error is logged after Windows attempts to enable the required Windows Features
InstallShield.log
11-7-2022[05:46:28 PM]: (CLR Action): EnableFeaturesAndRolesForSCServer: Info: Begin.
11-7-2022[05:46:28 PM]: (CLR Action): EnableFeaturesAndRolesForSCServer: Info: Features: NetFx4;IIS-ApplicationDevelopment;IIS-ApplicationInit;IIS-ASPNET45;IIS-BasicAuthentication;IIS-CertProvider;IIS-ClientCertificateMappingAuthentication;IIS-CommonHttpFeatures;IIS-CustomLogging;IIS-DefaultDocument;IIS-DirectoryBrowsing;IIS-HealthAndDiagnostics;IIS-HttpCompressionStatic;IIS-HttpErrors;IIS-HttpLogging;IIS-HttpRedirect;IIS-HttpTracing;IIS-IISCertificateMappingAuthentication;IIS-IPSecurity;IIS-LoggingLibraries;IIS-ManagementScriptingTools;IIS-ManagementService;IIS-NetFxExtensibility45;IIS-Performance;IIS-RequestFiltering;IIS-RequestMonitor;IIS-Security;IIS-ServerSideIncludes;IIS-StaticContent;IIS-URLAuthorization;IIS-WebDAV;IIS-WebServer;IIS-WebServerManagementTools;IIS-WebServerRole;IIS-WebSockets;IIS-WindowsAuthentication;MSMQ;MSMQ-Server;MSMQ-Services;NetFx4Extended-ASPNET45;NetFx4ServerFeatures;WAS-WindowsActivationService;WAS-ProcessModel;WAS-ConfigurationAPI;WCF-HTTP-Activation45;WCF-TCP-Activation45;WCF-MSMQ-Activation45;IIS-CGI
11-7-2022[05:46:28 PM]: (CLR Action): EnableFeaturesAndRolesForSCServer: Info: RunDism parameters: /norestart /online /enable-feature /all /FeatureName:NetFx4 /FeatureName:IIS-ApplicationDevelopment /FeatureName:IIS-ApplicationInit /FeatureName:IIS-ASPNET45 /FeatureName:IIS-BasicAuthentication /FeatureName:IIS-CertProvider /FeatureName:IIS-ClientCertificateMappingAuthentication /FeatureName:IIS-CommonHttpFeatures /FeatureName:IIS-CustomLogging /FeatureName:IIS-DefaultDocument /FeatureName:IIS-DirectoryBrowsing /FeatureName:IIS-HealthAndDiagnostics /FeatureName:IIS-HttpCompressionStatic /FeatureName:IIS-HttpErrors /FeatureName:IIS-HttpLogging /FeatureName:IIS-HttpRedirect /FeatureName:IIS-HttpTracing /FeatureName:IIS-IISCertificateMappingAuthentication /FeatureName:IIS-IPSecurity /FeatureName:IIS-LoggingLibraries /FeatureName:IIS-ManagementScriptingTools /FeatureName:IIS-ManagementService /FeatureName:IIS-NetFxExtensibility45 /FeatureName:IIS-Performance /FeatureName:IIS-RequestFiltering /FeatureName:IIS-RequestMonitor /FeatureName:IIS-Security /FeatureName:IIS-ServerSideIncludes /FeatureName:IIS-StaticContent /FeatureName:IIS-URLAuthorization /FeatureName:IIS-WebDAV /FeatureName:IIS-WebServer /FeatureName:IIS-WebServerManagementTools /FeatureName:IIS-WebServerRole /FeatureName:IIS-WebSockets /FeatureName:IIS-WindowsAuthentication /FeatureName:MSMQ /FeatureName:MSMQ-Server /FeatureName:MSMQ-Services /FeatureName:NetFx4Extended-ASPNET45 /FeatureName:NetFx4ServerFeatures /FeatureName:WAS-WindowsActivationService /FeatureName:WAS-ProcessModel /FeatureName:WAS-ConfigurationAPI /FeatureName:WCF-HTTP-Activation45 /FeatureName:WCF-TCP-Activation45 /FeatureName:WCF-MSMQ-Activation45 /FeatureName:IIS-CGI
11-7-2022[06:00:45 PM]: (CLR Action): StartProcessAndWait: Info: Execution Output :
Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 10.0.17763.3406
Image Version: 10.0.17763.3532
Enabling feature(s)
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Error: 14081
The referenced assembly could not be found.
The DISM log file can be found at C:\Windows\Logs\DISM\dism.log
11-7-2022[06:00:45 PM]: (CLR Action): StartProcessAndWait: Info:
11-7-2022[06:00:45 PM]: (CLR Action): StartProcessAndWait: Info: Dism exit code is 14081.
11-7-2022[06:04:33 PM]: Action returned value 0x00000643
11-7-2022[06:04:33 PM]: Action 'EnableFeaturesAndRolesForSCServer' returned status 0x80070643
11-7-2022[06:04:33 PM]: UI DLL: Display Error: Fatal error during installation.