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Title
Errors when deploying a GPO with GPOADmin and the native Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) -
Description
When deploying a GPO with GPOADmin you may receive the same or similar error as shown below.
Quest.Avalanche.Exceptions.AvalancheException: Error importing settings to object. ---> System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: The directory is not empty. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070091)at GPOADmin.Interops.GpmGmt.GPMResultClass.OverallStatus()at Quest.Avalanche.ClassLibrary.LiveEnvironment.PolicyBase.ImportGpmBackup(Backup backup, String migrationTable, Boolean migrationTableOnly, Boolean validateImport)at Quest.Avalanche.ClassLibrary.LiveEnvironment.PolicyBase.DoInternalImport(Backup backup, String migrationTable, Boolean migrationTableOnly, Boolean migrateSecurityFiltering, PolicyData data, PolicyData backupData)at Quest.Avalanche.ClassLibrary.LiveEnvironment.PolicyBase.ImportInternal(Backup backup, String migrationTable, Boolean migrationTableOnly, Boolean migrateSecurityFiltering)at Quest.Avalanche.ClassLibrary.LiveEnvironment.VersionControllable.Import(Backup backup, String migrationTable, Boolean migrationTableOnly, Boolean migrateSecurityFiltering)--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
Also when testing the import using the native Group Policy Management Console (GPMC), an error occurs. -
Cause
A cause of the issue was related to ADM template files (a legacy format of group policy templates) which were causing DFS errors. -
Resolution
In one environment, the issue has been resolved by removing the old ADM files, and this will eliminate the deploy issues.
Like the ADMX templates/files the ADM files are officially supported by Microsoft, however, they use an older format.The below article should help with removing the ADM templates from SYSVOL.https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/813338/how-to-minimize-sysvol-size-by-removing-administrative-templates--admIf the issue persists and you are able to reproduce is using the native Microsoft tool we suggest to contact Microsoft support.