Unable to open Vault Admin Console (VAC) post upgrading Enterprise Vault (EV)

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Article ID: 100051192

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Description

Error Message

A Dtrace taken on the mmc process shows the following : 

{VaultCreateInstanceRequest::CreateInstance} Attempt [2] to create COM object failed. CLSID [{F4D3EB5B-C7C5-11D1-90DB-0000F879BE6A} (EnterpriseVault.DirectoryService.1)] Server Name [::1] Elapsed [0.008s] Result [Bad variable type.  (0x80020008)]

{VaultCreateInstanceRequest::CreateInstance} Attempt [3] to create COM object failed. CLSID [{F4D3EB5B-C7C5-11D1-90DB-0000F879BE6A} (EnterpriseVault.DirectoryService.1)] Server Name [::1] Elapsed [0.005s] Result [Bad variable type.  (0x80020008)]

{VaultCreateInstanceRequest::CreateInstance} Attempt [4] to create COM object failed. CLSID [{F4D3EB5B-C7C5-11D1-90DB-0000F879BE6A} (EnterpriseVault.DirectoryService.1)] Server Name [::1] Elapsed [0.006s] Result [Bad variable type.  (0x80020008)]

{VaultCreateInstanceRequest::CreateInstance} Attempt [5] to create COM object failed. CLSID [{F4D3EB5B-C7C5-11D1-90DB-0000F879BE6A} (EnterpriseVault.DirectoryService.1)] Server Name [::1] Elapsed [0.005s] Result [Bad variable type.  (0x80020008)]

Cause

This can happen due to certain DLLs not being properly registered, or a corrupt EV installation

 

Resolution

1) Run FileReregister.bat, and reboot the EV Server.

OR

2) Run a repair of EV binaries, and then reboot the EV Server.

Issue/Introduction

Unable to open Vault Admin Console (VAC) post upgrading Enterprise Vault (EV). Directory Service starts successfully.