Sophos Enterprise Console 5.2.2 showing Update Manager not updating

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Hi Folks

We have a SEC 5.2.2 instance which has a stuck Update Manager (the primary one on the SEC server). I've tried all sorts of things to get it going again - but to no avail.

1. restarting server

2. restarting services

3. deleting and downloading all the Warehouse and CID folders again (which seems to work fine)

The updates failed on 17 July 2014 and all I can see in the log viewer around that time are these view entries

17/07/2014 17:37:14 Error Decoding of product release Sophos Update Manager version RECOMMENDED was not done because the synchronization failed.
17/07/2014 17:37:14 Error Version information for product 'Sophos Update Manager' was not gathered by dispatcher 'DispatcherPrograms-2014-07-17T16-36-56-50', as the last synchronization of that product failed.
17/07/2014 17:37:14 Error Decoding of product release Sophos Patch Server version RECOMMENDED was not done because the synchronization failed.
17/07/2014 17:37:14 Error Version information for product 'Sophos Patch Server' was not gathered by dispatcher 'DispatcherPrograms-2014-07-17T16-36-56-50', as the last synchronization of that product failed.
17/07/2014 17:37:14 Error Decoding of product release Sophos Enterprise Console version 0.0.0 was not done because the synchronization failed.
17/07/2014 17:37:14 Error Version information for product 'Sophos Enterprise Console' was not gathered by dispatcher 'DispatcherPrograms-2014-07-17T16-36-56-50', as the last synchronization of that product failed.
17/07/2014 17:37:13 Error Decoding of product release Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac OS X 10.6+ version RECOMMENDED was not done because the synchronization failed.
17/07/2014 17:37:13 Error Version information for product 'Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac OS X 10.6+' was not gathered by dispatcher 'DispatcherPrograms-2014-07-17T16-36-56-50', as the last synchronization of that product failed.
17/07/2014 17:37:13 Error Decoding of product release Windows Endpoint Security and Control version RECOMMENDED was not done because the synchronization failed.

Surely the update manager should fix this automatically seeing as all the updates since then having been working OK???

any help would be greatly appreciated

thanks

E-Rexxie

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QC · Accepted Answer

Hello E-Rexxie,

while the part in your other post looks promising I have to say that these exceptions (ReleaseHasRole(EPS) threw an exception) are normal :smileysad:.

Rather Action 'ActionSelfUpdate-SDDM' with caller 'DispatcherPrograms-2014-08-04T08-40-36-1' could not execute. is the indication of a problem. Looks like the SelfUpdater fails to run. There should be seven (or perhaps 8) files and five folders in \ProgramData\Sophos\Update Manager\Working\Decoded-SDDM\<GUID>. Did you ever empty also the \Working\ folder in addition to the Warehouse and the CIDs? If not, throw away at least the Decoded-SDDM (well, do so at your own risk - but it's under \Working and should be recreated) and try another update. If the problem persists you'd likely have to contact Support.

Christian