Friday, March 25, 2016

server reboot loop - 2008r2



·         The 2008R2 Enterprise database server part of a two node cluster was in a reboot loop.
·         The server would boot up to the “Configuring Windows” screen and reboot.
·         A pending.xml and reboot.xml was present in C:\Windows\WinSxS
·         Ran dism.exe /image:C:\ /cleanup-image /revertpendingactions in WinPE
·         Deleted pending.xml and reboot.xml
·         Changed the Start type of Windows Modules Installer to 4.
·         Machine was able to boot up.

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