Server 2016 Strange Issue/ Lost Activation

Question

I have a strange issue that appeared on one my Windows 2016 Servers. In Server Manage/Local Server. All fields are showing as unknown except the Server name. Also on a reboot this server lost windows activation and Found a event 7023 The software protection service terminated with the Following Error: Access is Denied. This is a passive node so im hoping to not rebuild.

Answer 1

Hi,
Please check out this thread with similar issue:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/43cbb3e5-94d0-4ab0-b78d-2738c1d65de6/windows-server-2012-r2-server-manger-quotunknownquot-error?forum=winserver8gen

Also please try restarting the Software Protection Platform Service:

1. Open the Run box by pressing R + Windows buttons on your keyboard and type in the command services.msc
2. Right click on Software Protection, then go to All tasks and click Stop.
3. Wait till it’s fully disabled, then click Start

Best regards.

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Answer 2

What's the result of;
slmgr /dli

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Answer 3

Might try;
sfc /scannow
dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

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Answer 4

You can also try a repair install by running setup.exe from the root of the install media, but time may be better spent standing up a new one, patch fully, migrate roles over and move on.

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