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Unable to retrieve license information error message

Updated: 21 May 2010 | 4 comments
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My A-Log is filled with the following error message which i do not truly understand because we do not have the 'helpdesk solution' installed.  Does anybody have any ideas about how to get rid of the following error message?

 

"9/18/2009 12:35:03 PM","Unable to retrieve license information.
Error: An unexpected exception has occured during CreateInstance. (Assembely:Altiris.HelpdeskSolution, Version=6.0.308.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=d516cb311cfb6e4f Type:Altiris.HelpdeskSolution.Helpdesk)
<License error=""true"" SolutionGuid=""{FCA7F0B7-B61B-4979-946E-C921B85F2A39}"" SolutionName="""" Trial=""False"" Status=""Unlicensed"" Available=""10000000"" InUse=""0"" DaysRemaining=""0"" />
   at Altiris.NS.ClassActivator.CreateInstance(String assembly, String type)
   at Altiris.NS.ItemManagement.Item.CreateInstance(String strClassAssembly, String strClassType, Guid itemGuid)
   at Altiris.NS.ItemManagement.Item.CreateInstance(String strClassAssembly, String strClassType)
   at Altiris.NS.ItemManagement.Item.GetItem(Guid itemGuid)
   at Altiris.Helpdesk.Services.Configuration.GetLicenseDetails(String solutionGuid)","AlertManager.Configuration.AutoConfigure.GetLicenseDetails","w3wp.exe","1668"
 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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2009
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If you never had it installed, even as a trial

(or by accident), that is indeed strange. Everyone has Alert Manager, which is "helpdesk lite", so you could try and find that in add\remove programs and run a repair.

Jim Harings
HP Enterprise Services
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2009
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We did have it installed as a

We did have it installed as a trial so that may be what is causing the issue, but it has been completely uninstalled now.  i will try running the repair on Alert Manager.

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2009
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I spoke with Tech Support on

I spoke with Tech Support on this issue today.  i ran the repair on Alert Manager which did not fix the issue.  Tech Support had me install the helpdesk solution again which did fix the problem.  this seems like a convoluted way of fixing the problem as we don't need to use the helpdesk solution, but my error log seems to be reporting healthy again so i am happy for now.  Will see if the error comes back over the next few days.

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2009
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That is definitely what is causing your error

The .net assembly for Helpdesk wasn't unregistered properly, so even if you thought helpdesk was completely gone, it isn't.

There are a few .net tools out there, one from Microsoft - The Global Assembly Cache Utility and a freware app, GACView.

Both should allow you to copy\move\uninstall .net assemblies, but you may want to consult with support first.

Jim Harings
HP Enterprise Services
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