Add-WindowsFeature timeout

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1

I"m getting this error and bing/google are no help

Add-WindowsFeature : The server could not update the provided feature files in the time allowed.
At line:1 char:1
+ Add-WindowsFeature server-gui-mgmt-infra -Source wim:z:\wim\2012r2u1\install.wim ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : OperationTimeout: (22612efb-eff3-49f1-8094-1a49fe12a07a:Guid) [Install-WindowsFeature],
   Exception
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : GetAlterationState__CallCycleTimeout,Microsoft.Windows.ServerManager.Commands.AddWindows
   FeatureCommand
2

Confirm that you have access to the .wim file - see this post for more details

3

I have access to the WIM. I got the same error when I coped it to the local hard drive

This issue is Patches. The OS has been patched, and we want to add the gui management tools.

I have tried to patch the WIM, and that is when I get this error instead of “unable of download”

4

I would expect to see an index number on your WIM path. Something like this:

wim:z:\wim\2012r2u1\install.wim:2

5

That was a cut a paste error.

With a patched WIM, Same error if I only patch the WIM with the same KB as what the OS has, or Every patch available. (I also tried a patched WIM and extracted the winSXS and sources\SXS folders merged together; then tried another computers c:\Windows\SXS that had the features I want and the same patch level, both got this error)

Add-WindowsFeature : The server could not update the provided feature files in the time allowed.
At line:1 char:1
+ Add-WindowsFeature server-gui-mgmt-infra -Source wim:c:\install.wim:4
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : OperationTimeout: (d661b5f6-2644-4097-b370-99b7aeb430b1:Guid) [Install-WindowsFeature],
   Exception
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : GetAlterationState__CallCycleTimeout,Microsoft.Windows.ServerManager.Commands.AddWindows
   FeatureCommand

With the Media (we are behind a firewall and the proxy only does NTLM and only allows domain users, not machine accounts)

Add-WindowsFeature : The request to add or remove features on the specified server failed.
Installation of one or more roles, role services, or features failed.
The source files could not be downloaded.
Use the "source" option to specify the location of the files that are required to restore the feature. For more
information on specifying a source location, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=243077. Error: 0x800f0906
At line:1 char:1
+ Add-WindowsFeature server-gui-mgmt-infra -Source D:\sources\install.wim:4
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (@{Vhd=; Credent...Name=localhost}:PSObject) [Install-WindowsFeature],
    Exception
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DISMAPI_Error__Cbs_Download_Failure,Microsoft.Windows.ServerManager.Commands.AddWindowsF
   eatureCommand

I hope this source circus gets fixed in Windows 10.

6

Just so the world knows the solution I found.

Windows\winSXS holds the local source for installing features, on GUI it does not include .net 3.5 or PowerShell 2.0. for a Core install many of the sources are not included.

Due to some patches (includeing KB2883200) make it so the orignal CD cant be used, but a patched .WIM can. Whey we cant just point to \patchedGUIserver\c$\windows\sxs I have no idea, but it does not work.

So the solution is to have a GUI install with the GUI removed and keep it patched. then used the following to create the WIM that you can use as a source.

Stop-vm FeatureSourceServer
Mount-WindowsImage -ImagePath D:\VMs\FeatureSourceServer.vhdx -Path C:\VHDMount -Index 1
New-WindowsImage -CapturePath C:\VHDMount -Name 2012R2Sorce -ImagePath D:\Install.wim -Description “2012 R2 Source” -Verify
Dismount-WindowsImage -Path C:\VHDMount -Discard
Start-vm FeatureSourceServer