Just had an odd issue with a small number of synchronised objects in a MIM 2016 Dev environment. The connector space objects in the HR MA had an “unexpected-error” reported in the Sync Service. When I try to preview sync one of the objects I get the following error: Unable to get preview XML from…
Category: Troubleshooting
Error 0x8023060c when trying to delete a MA
I was trying to delete a CSV MA from a MIM sync service. The connector space was empty but all I got was the error “Unable to delete the management agent” and the code 0x8023060c. Nothing in the event logs at all. I was convinced it was something to do with the database and rolled…
SQL MA Failed to retrieve the schema
This week I battled with an error from the OOB SQL MA for MIM 2016 (which I don’t think has changed at all from FIM 2010, and probably not earlier versions as well). The MA was working with a SQL database table on a server in another, non-trusting AD forest, and using Windows authentication. The…
Test non-trusting cross-domain Windows authentication to SQL using PowerShell
Sometimes I want to simulate connectivity from an application another way, usually for troubleshooting or verifying networks and accounts have been set up correctly. One thing that’s always been difficult is testing I can connect to a SQL database in a non-trusting domain, using an AD account in the other domain. I can’t hardcode credentials in…
Tracking down a duplicate ObjectSid
Most people who work with FIM will be familiar with the “Value Violates Uniquess” errors when you try to export an object through the FIM MA that conflicts with an existing object on an attribute that has enforced uniqueness in the FIM Service. If the duplicate is on a string attribute like AccountName then it’s…
“AttributeNameViolatesSchema” FIM MA export error
I’ve just been troubleshooting sporadic export errors through the FIM MA in a Test environment. The export would fail a couple of times in a row with a failed-modification-via-web-services or failed-creation-via-web-services and the detailed error said something about “AttributeNameViolatesSchema”. Eventually the export would succeed all on its own, without anything else changing.
Word 2013 deleting pictures – “The linked image cannot be displayed”
Off-topic for this blog, but this one had been frustrating me for a while, and various attempts to google solutions turned up nothing helpful.
Requests freezing on PostProcessing and Validated
I’ve had a head scratcher in the last week. A Dev environment, everything thought to be working perfectly according to the tests we’d done so far, which had just involved a few identities at a time. But then we tried to do some bulk tests, registering 300 people at once, and things did not go…
“Unable to to process your request” when trying to approve in the FIM Portal – Part 2
A long time after writing an earlier blog post on this error, I’ve seen it again. You try to approve in the Portal, and right after clicking Submit you get the dreaded FIM “Unable to process” error page
Installing FIM R2 Reporting against Sytem Center 2012 R2 and SQL 2012
I’ve just installed FIM R2 reporting in an environment that had an existing System Center Data Warehouse infrastructure based on SC 2012 R2 and SQL 2012. I had a couple of problems along the way so here are the troubleshooting notes.