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I am currently attempting to migrate services from a Windows 2016 server to Windows 2022 however, I am running into an issue when installing Windows features. For this example I will reference the feature 'RSAT-SMTP' but the same issue happens with other features.
I attempted using the command below and you can see the result:
PS C:\Windows\system32> Install-WindowsFeature RSAT-SMTP
Install-WindowsFeature : The request to add or remove features on the specified server failed.
Installation of one or more roles, role services, or features failed. Error: 0x800f0922
At line:1 char:1
+ Install-WindowsFeature RSAT-SMTP
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (@{Vhd=; Credent...Name=localhost}:PSObject) [Install-WindowsFeature], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DISMAPI_Error__Failed_To_Enable_Updates,Microsoft.Windows.ServerManager.Commands.AddWindowsFeatureCommand
Success Restart Needed Exit Code Feature Result
------- -------------- --------- --------------
False No Failed {}
PS C:\Windows\system32>
When attempting to install the feature via the Server Manager GUI, it works fine:
Researching the error code in the powershell output shows two possible options:
1) The server can't reach the WSUS site. - This is correct, the server can NOT reach the WSUS site as it does not have direct outbound access. However, it also doesn't have access when installing via server manager.
2) There is less than 500 MB free. - This is incorrect, there is over 10 GB free space.
So my question is, what is different between installing via powershell and server manager on Windows 2022? The powershell command works fine when installing on Windows server 2016
As a test, I gave the server full outbound access and confirmed I could hit external sources but still the installation via Powershell failed.
One thing I forgot to note in my initial post. If after I install via the GUI, remove the feature, then install the feature via Powershell. It works fine.
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I'm uncertain about the root cause, but we're experiencing the same issue within our organization. We have a domain with limited internet access, which I initially suspected might be causing this problem. I attempted to set up a Windows Server 2022 VM, granting it internet access, and excluded it from our WSUS configuration to allow it to fetch content from Microsoft servers. However, the same exception occurred:
PS C:\Windows\system32> Install-WindowsFeature RSAT
Install-WindowsFeature : The request to add or remove features on the specified server failed.
Installation of one or more roles, role services, or features failed. Error: 0x800f0922
At line:1 char:1
+ Install-WindowsFeature RSAT
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (@{Vhd=; Credent...Name=localhost}:PSObject) [Install-WindowsFeature], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DISMAPI_Error__Failed_To_Enable_Updates,Microsoft.Windows.ServerManager.Commands.AddWind owsFeatureCommand
Success Restart Needed Exit Code Feature Result
------- -------------- --------- --------------
False No Failed {}
I'm encountering the same behavior as you. When I install RSAT via Server Manager and then remove it, the Install-WindowsFeature cmdlet starts working as expected again. I'm stumped on this one too.
Forgot this was still open.
The issue was resolved by installing 'microsoft-windows-netfx3-ondemand-package' prior to attempting to install features etc. After installing this there were no issues with windows feature installations.
My problem was slightly different from yours in that case.
Mine was because I also needed to include IIS Management Console, IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility, and IIS 6 Management Console for the SMTP component of RSAT. Server Manager automatically includes these hence why it worked in Server Manager.
When removing RSAT, it does not remove the IIS features so it allows the Install-WindowsFeature to work as expected. To install RSAT out of the box, I needed to run:
Install-WindowsFeature -Name Web-Mgmt-Console, Web-Metabase, Web-Lgcy-Mgmt-Console, RSAT