After installing Spotlight on Messaging 7.x on a 2003 server, when attempting to create a Server Health Test (Any Test) and click finish the following error appears:
An Fatal Internal Error Occurred. Please contact Quest Software Tech Support for assistance.
Exception:
Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component.
Call Stack:
at Quest.Spotlight.SMF.TestEngine.Core.TestParametersClass.AddParameter(String i_bstrParameterName, String i_bstrDisplayName, String i_bstrParameterValue)
at Quest.Spotlight.SOM.Framework.Console.TestBusiness.TestManagerDataAccessUtilities.SaveITestGroupParameters(TestGroupInfo i_testGroup, ITestGroup io_comTestGroup)
at Quest.Spotlight.SOM.Framework.Console.TestBusiness.TestManagerDataAccessUtilities.PopulateITestGroup(TestGroupInfo i_testGroup, ITestGroup io_comTestGroup)
at Quest.Spotlight.SOM.Framework.Console.TestBusiness.TestManagerDataAccess.AddTestGroup(TestGroupInfo io_testGroup)
at Quest.Spotlight.SOM.Framework.Console.TestBusiness.TestGroupManager.AddTestGroup(TestGroupInfo io_testGroup, TestGroupRepository i_repository)
at Quest.Spotlight.SOM.Framework.Console.PlugInUtilities.PlugInTestManager.Add(TestGroupInfo i_testGroup)
at Quest.Spotlight.SOM.Framework.Console.PlugInUtilities.SummaryPage.OnFinishButtonClicked(CancelEventArgs i_eventArgs)
Windows updates need to be run on the 2003 server hosting Spotlight on Messaging
XMLparser issue suspected.One of the updates on Windows Server 2003 had a buggy xml parser.
Run all Windows Updates on the host 2003 server to ensure all xml parser updates are current. Reboot server to apply the updates then attempt to create a server test against an Exchange server.
The XML update can also be found at the below link:
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