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Upgrading to Splunk 8.2.2 with MSI fails on Windows with 1603

54638
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I am having trouble upgrading to Splunk 8.2.2 from 8.0.4.1.  I keep getting that annoying 1603 error, but I can't seem to fix it.  I've already tried re-propagating permissions for the folders and various re-registrations of the Windows Installer service, but same errors.

Below is a snippet of what I get before the rollback.  Any nudges in the right direction would be appreciated.

 

InstallFiles: File: SelectedFields.js,  Directory: C:\Program Files\Splunk\share\splunk\search_mrsparkle\exposed\js\views\shared\eventsviewer\list\body\row\,  Size: 3708
InstallFiles: File: cp866.py,  Directory: C:\Program Files\Splunk\Python-3.7\Lib\encodings\,  Size: 34396
InstallFiles: File: Brunei,  Directory: C:\Program Files\Splunk\Python-2.7\Lib\site-packages\pytz\zoneinfo\Asia\,  Size: 203
InstallFiles: File: progress-bars.pcss,  Directory: C:\Program Files\Splunk\share\splunk\search_mrsparkle\exposed\pcss\base\,  Size: 4000
InstallFiles: File: struct.py,  Directory: C:\Program Files\Splunk\Python-3.7\Lib\,  Size: 257
InstallFiles: File: St_Helena,  Directory: C:\Program Files\Splunk\Python-3.7\Lib\site-packages\pytz\zoneinfo\Atlantic\,  Size: 148
InstallFiles: File: SplunkWeb.URL,  Directory: C:\ProgramData\Splunk Enterprise\,  Size: 47
Action 19:04:48: RollbackRegmonDrv. 
Action 19:04:48: InstallRegmonDrv. 
InstallRegmonDrv:  Warning: Invalid property ignored: FailCA=.
InstallRegmonDrv:  Info: Driver inf file: C:\Program Files\Splunk\bin\splunkdrv.inf.
InstallRegmonDrv:  Info: Enter. Args: rundll32.exe,  setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 128 C:\Program Files\Splunk\bin\splunkdrv.inf
InstallRegmonDrv:  Info: SystemPath is: C:\WINDOWS\system32\
InstallRegmonDrv:  Info: Execute string: C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\WINDOWS\system32\rundll32.exe  setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 128 C:\Program Files\Splunk\bin\splunkdrv.inf >> "C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Temp\splunk.log" 2>&1"
InstallRegmonDrv:  Info: WaitForSingleObject returned : 0x0
InstallRegmonDrv:  Info: Exit code for process : 0x0
InstallRegmonDrv:  Info: Leave.
Action 19:04:49: RollbackNetmonDrv. 
Action 19:04:49: InstallNetmonDrv. 
InstallNetmonDrv:  Warning: Invalid property ignored: FailCA=.
InstallNetmonDrv:  Info: Driver inf file: C:\Program Files\Splunk\bin\splknetdrv.inf.
InstallNetmonDrv:  Info: Enter. Args: rundll32.exe,  setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 128 C:\Program Files\Splunk\bin\splknetdrv.inf
InstallNetmonDrv:  Info: SystemPath is: C:\WINDOWS\system32\
InstallNetmonDrv:  Info: Execute string: C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\WINDOWS\system32\rundll32.exe  setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 128 C:\Program Files\Splunk\bin\splknetdrv.inf >> "C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Temp\splunk.log" 2>&1"
InstallNetmonDrv:  Info: WaitForSingleObject returned : 0x0
InstallNetmonDrv:  Info: Exit code for process : 0x0
InstallNetmonDrv:  Info: Leave.
Action 19:04:51: RollbackNohandleDrv. 
Action 19:04:51: InstallNohandleDrv. 
InstallNohandleDrv:  Warning: Invalid property ignored: FailCA=.
InstallNohandleDrv:  Info: Driver inf file: C:\Program Files\Splunk\bin\SplunkMonitorNoHandleDrv.inf.
InstallNohandleDrv:  Info: Enter. Args: rundll32.exe,  setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 128 C:\Program Files\Splunk\bin\SplunkMonitorNoHandleDrv.inf
InstallNohandleDrv:  Info: SystemPath is: C:\WINDOWS\system32\
InstallNohandleDrv:  Info: Execute string: C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\WINDOWS\system32\rundll32.exe  setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 128 C:\Program Files\Splunk\bin\SplunkMonitorNoHandleDrv.inf >> "C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Temp\splunk.log" 2>&1"
InstallNohandleDrv:  Info: WaitForSingleObject returned : 0x0
InstallNohandleDrv:  Info: Exit code for process : 0x0
InstallNohandleDrv:  Info: Leave.
Action 19:04:52: CreateFtr. 
CreateFtr:  Warning: Invalid property ignored: FailCA=.
Action 19:04:53: FirstTimeRun. 
FirstTimeRun:  Warning: Invalid property ignored: FailCA=.
FirstTimeRun:  Info: Properties: splunkHome: C:\Program Files\Splunk.
FirstTimeRun:  Info: Execute first time run.
FirstTimeRun:  Info: Enter. Args: "C:\Program Files\Splunk\bin\splunk.exe", _internal first-time-run --answer-yes --no-prompt
FirstTimeRun:  Info: SystemPath is: C:\WINDOWS\system32\
FirstTimeRun:  Info: Execute string: C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Program Files\Splunk\bin\splunk.exe" _internal first-time-run --answer-yes --no-prompt >> "C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Temp\splunk.log" 2>&1"
FirstTimeRun:  Info: WaitForSingleObject returned : 0x0
FirstTimeRun:  Info: Exit code for process : 0x1
FirstTimeRun:  Info: Leave.
FirstTimeRun:  Error: ExecCmd failed: 0x1.
FirstTimeRun:  Error 0x80004005: Cannot execute first time run.
CustomAction FirstTimeRun returned actual error code 1603 (note this may not be 100% accurate if translation happened inside sandbox)
Action ended 19:05:37: InstallFinalize. Return value 3.
Action 19:05:37: Rollback. Rolling back action:

 

 

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jho-splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Hi @54638,

The installer is failing due to an error being returned by the first-time-run stage.  There may be further information in %TEMP%\splunk.log.

Cheers,

 

 - Jo.

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