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Hello,

I’m trying to set up a pullserver following the DSC book step by step, kb2883200 is insatlled on both windows 8.1 and server 2012 r2 (installed from eval ISOs and fully updated).
However, I keep getting this error:

PowerShell provider MSFT_xDSCWebService failed to execute Set-TargetResource functionality with error message: ERROR: C:\Windows\Sys tem32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\modules\PSDesiredStateConfiguration\PullServer\hu\Microsoft.Powershell.DesiredStateConfiguration.Service .Resources.dll does not exist + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], CimException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ProviderOperationExecutionFailure + PSComputerName : testpull1.test.com

The SendConfigurationApply function did not succeed.
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (root/Microsoft/…gurationManager:String) , CimException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : MI RESULT 1
+ PSComputerName : testpull1.test.com

What can go wrong if all the requirements are fulfilled?

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There are two pieces to setting up a pull server. The first requires you to actually install the DSC Pull Server role on the server. Then, you can configure the role. Both steps can be accomplished in a single DSC configuration, but you have to have a DependsOn so that the role is installed first. The DSC Book’s example does this. Did you ensure you did the same?

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Yes, I’ve run the same config script as in the book. I’ll try tomorrow with fresh VMs again, who knows!

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On my Pull Server that file lives in C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\modules\PSDesiredStateConfiguration\PullServer\en . My Google-Fu tells me that HU stands for the Hungarian language. It is possible this is just a language localization issue. Are you able to install the English version? If so, does that work?

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Thank you for your replys! I installed the English eval but set the keyboard imput to Hungarian. Modifying the language and imput settings didn’t help so I’ll do a clean and purely English install. This must be the problem since I’ve got the 2883200 update, the wave 3 modules and everything else right.

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Installing servers with purely English language and keyboard settings solved the problem. Now I have my pull server and everything works fine, thank you!

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Don or someone else, is that a bug that should be entered into Connect?

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Dunno. Shouldn’t be - I’d need to try and repro that before I’d call it a bug.

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Just ran into the same problem.

PowerShell provider MSFT_xDSCWebService  failed to execute Set-TargetResource functionality with error message: ERROR:
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\modules\PSDesiredStateConfiguration\PullServer\da\Microsoft.Powershell.Desir
edStateConfiguration.Service.Resources.dll does not exist
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], CimException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ProviderOperationExecutionFailure
    + PSComputerName        : localhost

The SendConfigurationApply function did not succeed.
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (root/Microsoft/...gurationManager:String) [], CimException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : MI RESULT 1
    + PSComputerName        : localhost

Thought I would be smart just copying the “en” folder to “da” - well didn’t get an error, though the PullServer doesn’t seem to be configured correctly (see attachment)

Let me get back if everything in fact is working.

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If you don’t wanna take chances, just set the language to English. It worked for me.

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Language is English but with Danish region. Everything seems to work so I am a happy camper :slight_smile:

Best regards Stig

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I’ve got the same issue in a fresh Win2016 Eng from Azure :)))

[DC1]: LCM: [ End Set ] [[xDSCWebService]PSDSCHTTPSPullServer] in 0.0460 seconds. PowerShell DSC resource MSFT_xDSCWebService failed to execute Set-TargetResource functionality with error message: ERR OR: C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\modules\PSDesiredStateConfiguration\PullServer\en\Microsoft.Powershell.D esiredStateConfiguration.Service.Resources.dll does not exist

But there’s no such directory: “…v1.0\modules\PSDesiredStateConfiguration\PullServer<strong>en”.
The one that exists is: “en-US”

So it hasn’t been fixed for 3 years at least :slight_smile: