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Title
Active Roles Administration Service will not start and no events are written to the Active Roles Admin Service Event Viewer log -
Description
The Active Roles Administration Service will not start as expected. It stops after a few seconds. There are no errors, warnings, or informational events being written to the Active Roles Admin Service Event Viewer log.
In the Windows Application log, there is a .NET error similar to the following:
Application: arssvc.exeFramework Version: v4.0.30319Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception.Exception Info: System.IO.IOExceptionat System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32, System.String)at System.IO.FileStream.WriteCore(Byte[], Int32, Int32)at System.IO.FileStream.Write(Byte[], Int32, Int32)at System.IO.StreamWriter.Flush(Boolean, Boolean)at System.Diagnostics.TraceInternal.TraceEvent(System.Diagnostics.TraceEventType, Int32, System.String, System.Object[])at ActiveRoles.Service.ExceptionTracker.ReportException(System.Exception)at ActiveRoles.Service.Control.StartStop.StartThreadProc()at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object, Boolean)at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object, Boolean)at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object)at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart() -
Cause
The Active Roles Administration Service has logging enabled and is configured to log to a drive with no storage space available. -
Resolution
Disable the logging for the Active Roles Administration Service in the Active Roles Configuration Center on the Logging tab.
Delete or archive the ds.log file in the location noted on this screen.