Unexplained error in Win2K3 Server

[Doric]

Error: The Template Persistant Cache initialization failed for Application Pool 'DefaultAppPool' because of the following error: Could not create a Disk Cache Sub-directory for the Application Pool. The data may have additional error codes..

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp

I clicked the link, but MS' Help & Support Center had nothing to offer. What I'm finding is that this is specific to Application Partitions, which is new to 2K3 Server...?

The only recent change I've made is the implementation of Software Update Services, but I've only configured the Client side on a handful of workstations.

If there's a better place for me to post this, I can. Figured it was OS specific enough.

Any advice anyone can offer is greatly appreciated.

 

[spyordie007]

So it sounds like the application pool isnt able to create the directory it uses for the disk cache (like the error states) a good troubleshooting step to take would be to run NTFILEMON to see what directory or files IIS is trying to create for the application pool; under which user account; and what the error is (access denied, does not exist, etc.).

I did some searches of MS's KB for you and wasnt able to find anything either. I dont know how much work you've done configuring IIS on this box but you could also remove/reinstall IIS as a more extreme measure of trying to fix the problem.

Oh and yes this is a good place to post your question, it's about IIS which is basically a part of the OS (more or less).

Good Luck.

 

[Doric]

I did find this in the Microsoft Knowledge Base, and it was of no real help to me. I went ahead with the manual configuration of the permissions on the directories in question, but they were all already correct. That left me with removing and reinstalling IIS 6.0, which made me dig a little deeper.

I'm getting the impression that the problem is in the fact that I'm trying to run SUS on my primary domain controller, which evidentally is more of a no-no than I anticipated it being. Unfortunately, it's the only server I have right now that meets the minimum requirements for SUS, so I'm going to have to go ahead and take SUS back off of that machine, as well as IIS. It needs to be a reliable PDC more than an SUS server.

Thanks.

 

[mikecel79]

SUS can be run on a DC but you need to make some changes to the config. You also need to have SP1 of SUS before you can do it.

FYI you can run SUS on a machine below the minimum specs. I believe the minimum was a PIII 700 but I ran it on a Dual PPro 200 and it serviced 55 PCs without any issues.