Failed on Start (retrying)

After successfull deployment of simple workflow solution and starting it over custom list item a get an error: "Failed on Start (retrying)".

Then i tried to deploy 100 % working workflow with the same result.

I can`t even get into my first breakpoint in VS.

OOB wf work fine though.

My timer service and iis app pool are working under farm admin account.

What could possible cause this?

I have created a simple discussion board list with NO modifications to the fields or views.  I have turned on the option to allow new items to be created via email (Allow this list to receive e-mail? = yes).  In sharepoint designer I have created a simple workflow that sets a workflow variable (type string) to 'true'.  When I manually create a new discussion board item for this list, the workflow completes successfully; however, when I email in a new discussion board item, the item is created, but the workflow fails with the "Failed on Start (retrying)" workflow status.

The workflow is set to only fire when new items are created.

 

I created an survey for the department i am working for. I did that at sharepoint designer 2007, then i created workflow and attached that with the survey page, i added conditions and actions when workflow is started upon item is created. But it throws me an error saying" Failed to Start(retrying)".

I dont know what going on , I saw in ablog saying windows sharepoint services 3.0 doesnt support attaching workflow into surveys. I dont know what else can be done to make this possible.

Can you please give me some advices, i am new on this field.

Thank You

 

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Navin Pokhrel

i am getting this error "failed on start(retrying)" on a custom workflows.

The error does not occur very frequently, once a week (the workflow is triggered roughly 50 times a day).

Any ideas? Or where can I get more details on this error (some log files elsewhere?)

 

Thanks.

I have created a sequential sharepoint workflow in WSP Builder in my Sharepoint Server and Deployed it.

But the workflows says Failed on start and retrying ans stops there forever says couldn't start the workflow.

I repaired .NET Framework 3.5sp1 installed

 tried this

 1. I tried again, in C Prompt:  Lodctr "c:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\Framework\v3.0\Windows Workflow Foundation\perfcounters.ini"  it says initiation file cannot be found

2   i again tried this C prompt Lodctr /R "c:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\Framework\v3.0\Windows Workflow Foundation\perfcounters.ini"

it says reloaded  from the system restored

i am still getting the same error.

When i manually go to my  C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.0\Windows Workflow Foundation i can see a folder for SQL that's it nothing more than that..

I dont know what is happening i am trying it from 2 days and still no solution.

any ideas would be real great help for me.

My system is 64 bit , Window server 2008, MOSS SP2, Visual Studio 2008 Version 9.0.30729.

.Net Framework 3.5 sp1

and WSP builder the one from Codeplex for 64 bit machines

I cannot start sql server 2008 after repair windows. sql server (MSSQLSERVER) not start dialog message "The request failed or the service didn't respond in a timely fashion.Consult the event log or other applicable error logs for details"  I open even log (control panel >> administration >> event viewer) find error log with sql server it notice Could not open error log file 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Log\ERRORLOG'. Operating system error = 5(failed to retrieve text for this error. Reason: 1815) I open file ERRORLOG.5 but I don't understand where I should fix?  I copy errorlog.5 on this webboard  Please help me! thank you   2010-08-20 08:16:52.89 Server      Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (RTM) - 10.0.1600.22 (Intel X86)  Jul  9 2008 14:43:34  Copyright (c) 1988-2008 Microsoft Corporation  Standard Edition on Windows NT 5.1 <X86> (Build 2600: Service Pack 3) 2010-08-20 08:16:52.89 Server      (c) 2005 Microsoft Corporation. 2010-08-20 08:16:52.89 Server      All rights reserved. 2010-08-20 08:16:52.89 Server      Server process ID is 2248. 2010-08-20 08:16:52.89 Server      Authentication mode is MIXED. 2010-08-20 08:16:52.89 Server  &

This relates to the Enterprise SQL 2008 Failover Cluster installation. After the initial setup reaches a near completion point the Setup receives the following Error has occurred: Service 'SQLBrowser start request failed. Click Retry to retry the failed action, or click Cancel to cancel this action and continue setup.

they are the standard worflows in sharepoint we have suddenly starting getting the message Workflow Failed to Start retrying. the workflows it says not started we are the manually able to start them i tried deleting and recreating the workflows but still come up with this message there are 8 sites and they all have the same problems i had a look in the log and have this error 8e2r    Medium      Possible mismatch between the reported error with code = 0x81070504 and message: "There is no Web named "/Claims/default.aspx"." and the returned error with code 0x80070002.      01/29/2010 09:46:06.62     w3wp.exe (0x16C8)                           0x0288    Windows SharePoint Services       General                           8e2s    Medium      Unknown SPRequest error occurred. More information: 0x80070001   

Hi, I'm trying to install SQL Server2005 Express but get the following error:       The SQL Server service failed to start Attempts to start the service manually have failed. Pse advice. Thanks,tonyKM #######################################################Error Signature:####################################################### EventType: sql90setup  P1 : do_sqlscript  P2 : 0x733fP3: sqls__service__start P4 : 0x42b  P5 : sqlsetuplib_service.cpp@301 P6 : sqlca.dll@2005.90.1399.0 P7 : sqlrun_sql.msi@9.00.1399.06 #######################################################LOG File####################################################### Microsoft SQL Server 2005 9.00.1399.06 ============================== OS Version      : Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600) Time            : Mon Dec 05 17:18:40 2005  MKE303 : The current system does not meet recommended hardware requirements for this SQL Server release. For detailed hardware requirements, see the readme file or SQL Server Books Online.Machine         : MKE303 Product         : Microsoft SQL Server Setup Support Files (English) Product Version : 9.00.1399.06 Install        

Getting this error in event log. Anyone seen this before?

 

When I add a document using my server-side object model code, I get an exception "The type or namespace name 'Office' does not exist in the namespace 'Microsoft'" in the server logs and in the library I can see the Workflow status as "Failed to Start".

...

myLibrary.Files.Add(...);

myLibrary.Update();

...

Interestingly, when I add a document to the same library from sharepoint site portal, it works just fine, the workflow kicks off with the state : in-progress.

Also, I modified the task form for the Approval workflow template from SharePoint Designer using infopath.(Not sure if that be a problem as adding from portal works fine.)

What am I missing out here??

 Details of the exception:

09/29/2010 18:11:19.15  w3wp.exe (0x2508)                        0x2710 SharePoint Foundation          Workflow Infrastructure        98d8 Unexpected Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException: <Error><CompilerError Line="0" Column="20" Text="The type or namespace name 'Office' does not exist in the namespace 'Microsoft' (a

Product: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition -- Error 29503. The SQL Server service failed to start. For more information, see the SQL Server Books Online topics, "How to: View SQL Server 2005 Setup Log Files" and "Starting SQL Server Manually."
The error is  (1067) The process terminated unexpectedly.

Initially the SQL Server was running over there, later one day it stopped. When trying to start manually I got "The process terminated unexpectedly" error. Tthen I uninstalled it and tried to install again, but got "Error 29503. The SQL Server service failed to start" error while installation and installation rolled back. If I install it using Local System and without "Enable User Instance" I get same error but after multiple retry it started. However my desktop application is not running and giving error message "Failed to generate a user instance of SQL Server due to a failure process for the user instance. The connection will be closed".

I tried "sp_Configure .......... " and "Reconfigure" to enable user instance but still got "Failed to generate......" error.

Another problem is that SQL Server service starts in multiple retry.

I have tried most of the forum solutions however I am still getting the same error in my desktop application. Mos

subject:The SQL Server(2005 express) service failed to start.

Product: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition -- Error 29503. The SQL Server service failed to start. For more information, see the SQL Server Books Online topics, "How to: View SQL Server 2005 Setup Log Files" and "Starting SQL Server Manually."
The error is  (1067) The process terminated unexpectedly.


I have tried most of the forum solutions however I am still getting the same error in my desktop application. Most of the experts on the forum usually ask for the log where the reason might be. So I am pasting my error log below.
I went through the whole log but I couldnt figure out anything in this. Can anyone help us out trying to figure out whats wrong by checking this below.
Its been a week I am trying to figure out whats going on. 


=== Verbose logging started: 9/13/2010  19:14:48  Build type: SHIP UNICODE 3.01.4001.5512  Calling process: c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\setup.exe ===
MSI (c) (04:38) [19:14:48:875]: Resetting cached policy values
MSI (c) (04:38) [19:14:48:875]: Machine policy value 'Debug' is 0
MSI (c) (04:38) [19:14:48:875]: ******* RunEngine:
           ******* Product: c:\83b6a4866f90056a547

  I tried to apply the SP2 on a newly installed SQL Server 2005 Developer edition. The installation failed and the MSSQLSERVER service does not start. I work on 32 bits Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP1 with all the patches up to date. I downloaded SQL Server 2005 SP2 on March 15, 2007.

Here are the error messages from 2 of the log files:

Summary.txt:

Product                   : Database Services (MSSQLSERVER)
Product Version (Previous): 1399
Product Version (Final)   :
Status                    : Failure
Log File                  : C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Hotfix\SQL9_Hotfix_KB921896_sqlrun_sql.msp.log
Error Number              : 29534
Error Description         : MSP Error: 29534  Service 'MSSQLSERVER' could not be started. Verify that you have sufficient privileges to start system services. The error code is (-2146885