SPUpdatedConcurrencyException: An update conflict has occurred, and you must re-try this action.
I frequently build and tear down PWA instances on my test servers.
Today on my Project Server 2013 farm, I had failed to provision PWA, deleted the attempted instance, and tried again to no avail.
Finally, I did a little research on the error I was seeing in the application event log. Here's the error:
Log Name: Application
Source: Microsoft-SharePoint Products-Project Server
Date: 4/22/2015 11:27:13 AM
Event ID: 6971
Task Category: Provisioning
Level: Error
Keywords:
User: CONTOSO\farmadmin
Computer: ACN12.contoso.com
Description:
Failed to provision site PWA with error: Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPUpdatedConcurrencyException: An update conflict has occurred, and you must re-try this action. The object ProjectSite Name=dafb59b4-b9a1-452a-8c29-ef3dd4d89165 was updated by CONTOSO\farmadmin, in the OWSTIMER (7528) process, on machine ACN12. View the tracing log for more information about the conflict.
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPConfigurationDatabase.StoreObject(SPPersistedObject obj, Boolean storeClassIfNecessary, Boolean ensure)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPPersistedObject.BaseUpdate()
at Microsoft.Office.Project.Server.Administration.PsiServiceApplication.CreateSite(ProjectProvisionSettings provset)
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-SharePoint Products-Project Server" Guid="{B2178104-1B5B-4C20-8C8F-960678CED9E5}" />
<EventID>6971</EventID>
<Version>15</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>20</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x4000000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2015-04-22T18:27:13.694924500Z" />
<EventRecordID>36366</EventRecordID>
<Correlation ActivityID="{E348FF9C-EEE3-4025-F5EC-982945132727}" />
<Execution ProcessID="7528" ThreadID="6528" />
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>ACN12.contoso.com</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-21-1367286249-1688242018-2069209289-1114" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="string0">PWA</Data>
<Data Name="string1">Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPUpdatedConcurrencyException: An update conflict has occurred, and you must re-try this action. The object ProjectSite Name=dafb59b4-b9a1-452a-8c29-ef3dd4d89165 was updated by CONTOSO\farmadmin, in the OWSTIMER (7528) process, on machine ACN12. View the tracing log for more information about the conflict.
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPConfigurationDatabase.StoreObject(SPPersistedObject obj, Boolean storeClassIfNecessary, Boolean ensure)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPPersistedObject.BaseUpdate()
at Microsoft.Office.Project.Server.Administration.PsiServiceApplication.CreateSite(ProjectProvisionSettings provset)</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
There is a PWA instance conflict in the SharePoint farm.
How do I fix this? Why, using PowerShell, of course. The commands below will tell you about the PWA instances you have and you must run these in order to fix the problem.
$ServiceApp = Get-SPServiceApplication | ? {$_.typename -like "*Project*"}
$PWA = $ServiceApp.SiteCollection
$PWA
The output will look like this:
WebAppUsername : CONTOSO\farmadmin
ProjectServiceDatabase : ProjectDatabase
Name=12_ProjectWebApp
EventHandlersVersion : 2e15aa5f-18e9-e411-9b16-001dd8b7fb50
WebAppId : 69c4cfbb-1108-4196-b6e7-27c26e95c12c
SiteId : 536f4117-70b7-4565-9c8e-eaf5e017c1b6
AdminName : i:0#.w|contoso\farmadmin
Lcid : 1033
Tag :
IsServiceDatabaseInReadOnlyMode : False
IsUpdating : False
IsDeleted : False
IsOnline : True
ProvisioningResult : Successful
LogLevelManagerChangeNumber : 0
CanRenameOnRestore : False
CanSelectForBackup : True
CanSelectForRestore : True
DiskSizeRequired : 0
Name : Project - 8080:PWA
CanUpgrade : True
IsBackwardsCompatible : True
NeedsUpgradeIncludeChildren : False
NeedsUpgrade : False
UpgradeContext : Microsoft.SharePoint.Upgrade.SPUpgradeContext
TypeName : Microsoft.Office.Project.Server.Administration.ProjectSite
DisplayName : 536f4117-70b7-4565-9c8e-eaf5e017c1b6
Id : 9599f1e3-cb27-4332-97bd-30006705ea67
Status : Online
Parent : PsiServiceApplication Name=Project Server Service Application
Version : 10603
Properties : {}
Farm : SPFarm Name=SharePoint_Config_2013
UpgradedPersistedProperties : {}
In the error message, look for the the part that says "The object ProjectSite Name=dafb59b4-b9a1-452a-8c29-ef3dd4d89165"
Take the guid from your error message and run the below query using your value.
$ServiceApp.SiteCollection.Remove("Replaced with ID")
For me, this meant I had to run:
$ServiceApp.SiteCollection.Remove("dafb59b4-b9a1-452a-8c29-ef3dd4d89165")
After doing so, I was able to provision PWA successfully.
Originally posted at https://blogs.technet.com/b/brookswhite.