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Sophos Update Managers Intermittently Failing Updates/Version Mismatch: Error 80040401

Hello,

Environment:

SEC 5.5.1 installed on Windows 2016 w/ remote DB on MSSQL2012 

2 Remote Update Managers on Windows 2016

 

Issue:

In SEC, both update managers are reporting update error 80040401. Both SUM's are able to check in, but updates fail as well as versions are mismatching (See screenshot below, top line is SEC server, bottom two are SUM's)

Troubleshooting:

Checked the logviewer.exe (C:/ProgramFiles/Sophos/UpdateManager) and found the same entry
"12/27/2019 2:08:17 PM Error Sophos Update Manager failed to update from product release 'Payload-SDDM' with version 84.5 as the installer returned an error: 1603"

Followed the troubleshooting instructions listed here:
https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/124277

I've reviewed the service account and the password has not changed and is still valid.

When reviewing the UserData regkey the formatting does not match the support article's recommendations. Instead of the computer name both SUM's are showing the value as "DomainControllerName;Domain;AccountName;0" Wondering if the DomainControllerName instead of DomainComputerName is messing with updating? Would like clarification before making regkey edits.

 

Regards,

David



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  • Hello David and ZGV,

    Payload-SDDM is SUM itself, and 1603 is the general Windows Installer error return code, dunno if logging still works as it did. As you can see the affected SUMs haven't upgraded to the latest version.

    Christian

  • QC,

     

    I took a look at the log files you recommended in the other forum post that you linked. In the MSIXXX log I found this error "Error 1921.Service Sophos Agent (Sophos Agent) could not be stopped.  Verify that you have sufficient privileges to stop system services." Reviewing the Service's permissions, the "Log On As" value is set to Local system. Any info if this is the correct config?

     

    Regards,

    DD

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  • QC,

     

    I took a look at the log files you recommended in the other forum post that you linked. In the MSIXXX log I found this error "Error 1921.Service Sophos Agent (Sophos Agent) could not be stopped.  Verify that you have sufficient privileges to stop system services." Reviewing the Service's permissions, the "Log On As" value is set to Local system. Any info if this is the correct config?

     

    Regards,

    DD

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