Unsolved Autoupdates Killed My Windows Server 2008 R2
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We patched over the weekend and had issues with server 2008 R2 on a .net update
It eventually went through but it took 4-5 hours on that one update
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So I changed the disk layout of the VM I was trying to restore to and it booted like a champ. So now I have the offending server running as a VM. It seems as soon as I log in, CPU goes to 100% and it's all due to one svchost that calls Power, PlugPlay, and DcomLaunch. I can kill the svchost but then the server complains and wants to reboot.
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I added more CPUs so that the offending process only took up 25% of the total system CPU. Then as I was going through the event viewer I noticed that many of the things that wouldn't start and were timing out had to do with the network. The NIC was still disconnected, so I enabled that. It wasn't recognized in device manager, so I installed the Hyper V integration tools. That fixed the NIC. I still had about 6 devices listed in device manager under "Other devices." Right clicking each one and telling it to update the driver fixed 4 out of 6.
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@Mike-Davis said in Autoupdates Killed My Windows Server 2008 R2:
I added more CPUs so that the offending process only took up 25% of the total system CPU. Then as I was going through the event viewer I noticed that many of the things that wouldn't start and were timing out had to do with the network. The NIC was still disconnected, so I enabled that. It wasn't recognized in device manager, so I installed the Hyper V integration tools. That fixed the NIC. I still had about 6 devices listed in device manager under "Other devices." Right clicking each one and telling it to update the driver fixed 4 out of 6.
Did this improve the usability of the machine? Or was it still dog slow?
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@dafyre said in Autoupdates Killed My Windows Server 2008 R2:
Did this improve the usability of the machine? Or was it still dog slow?
Yes, adding CPUs was the difference between being able to use it and it being dog slow.
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I installed one automatic update, and now the system is blue screening. I knew there might be an issue since that's what started this whole thing, so I created a checkpoint before installing the update. I tried a couple things to clear the STOP: 0x0000006B blue screen that didn't work so I decided to revert to my checkpoint before the update.
I'm still getting the STOP: 0x0000006B and it keeps booting to the recovery option.
Building a new DC is looking better every minute. I can still log in to the old physical one I restored to DCpromo it out when I'm done.
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@Mike-Davis said in Autoupdates Killed My Windows Server 2008 R2:
I installed one automatic update, and now the system is blue screening. I knew there might be an issue since that's what started this whole thing, so I created a checkpoint before installing the update. I tried a couple things to clear the STOP: 0x0000006B blue screen that didn't work so I decided to revert to my checkpoint before the update.
I'm still getting the STOP: 0x0000006B and it keeps booting to the recovery option.
Building a new DC is looking better every minute. I can still log in to the old physical one I restored to DCpromo it out when I'm done.
Will it work enough to replicate the AD stuff to the new server?
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@dafyre said in Autoupdates Killed My Windows Server 2008 R2:
Will it work enough to replicate the AD stuff to the new server?
yes, Yesterday I restored one backup to a physical server and restored one back up to a VM. In the end, I had both working, but decided to move ahead with the virtual one. I can now power on the physical one, create a new VM, join the domain, etc and move forward with that. Of course I say this and most of what I have been working on for the last week should have worked...
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@Mike-Davis said in Autoupdates Killed My Windows Server 2008 R2:
most of what I have been working on for the last week should have worked...
When dealing with computers, should work does not always equal does work, lol.
