Web Deployment Tool (MS Deploy)

Re: Fatal: Object reference not set to an instance of an object

Sader — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:26:46 GMT

Hi all,

found the solution for both problems.

when you run the migration command with the -debug option. then you will get the error as in my earlier post(s).

The fix:

open the 'microsoft.web.deployment.config' disable rule MigrateAnonymousUser

Re: Fatal: Object reference not set to an instance of an object

Sader — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:50:26 GMT

I fixed this error by disable the 'script source acces' on the home directory tab.

But the following error appears at the next stap:

Action: Adding child metaProperty (/lm/w3svc/1017621628/root/AccessFlags)
Fatal: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Debug: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of
an object.
   at Microsoft.Web.Deployment.MigrateAnonymousUserRuleHandler.Update(Deployment
SyncContext syncContext, DeploymentObject destObject, DeploymentObject& sourceOb
ject, Boolean& proceed)
   at Microsoft.Web.Deployment.MigrateAnonymousUserRuleHandler.AddChild(Deployme
ntSyncContext syncContext, DeploymentObject destParentObject, DeploymentObject&
sourceObject, Boolean& proceed)
   at Microsoft.Web.Deployment.DeploymentSyncContext.HandleAddChild(DeploymentOb
ject destParent, DeploymentObject sourceObject, Int32 position)
   at Microsoft.Web.Deployment.DeploymentSyncContext.SyncChildrenNoOrder(Deploym
entObject dest, DeploymentObject source)
   at Microsoft.Web.Deployment.DeploymentSyncContext.SyncChildren(DeploymentObje
ct dest, DeploymentObject source)
   at Microsoft.Web.Deployment.DeploymentSyncContext.HandleAddChild(DeploymentOb
ject destParent, DeploymentObject sourceObject, Int32 position)
   at Microsoft.Web.Deployment.DeploymentSyncContext.SyncChildrenNoOrder(Deploym
entObject dest, DeploymentObject source)
   at Microsoft.Web.Deployment.DeploymentSyncContext.SyncChildren(DeploymentObje
ct dest, DeploymentObject source)
   at Microsoft.Web.Deployment.DeploymentSyncContext.ProcessSync(DeploymentObjec
t destinationObject, DeploymentObject sourceObject)
   at Microsoft.Web.Deployment.DeploymentObject.Sync(DeploymentObject sourceObje
ct, DeploymentSyncConfig syncConfig)
Change count: 22
Fatal count: 1

Re: Fatal: Object reference not set to an instance of an object

Sader — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:18:51 GMT

yaminij,

Thanks for the reply. the problem in the other form did not pass the 'AnonymousUserPass'.

My problem is that the migration to arrchive directory stucks on: DirBrowseFlags

first line: Action: Adding archiveDir (archiveDir)

........

Action: Adding child metaProperty (root/AccessFlags)
Action: Adding child metaProperty (root/AppIsolated)
Action: Adding child metaProperty (root/AuthFlags)
Action: Adding child metaProperty (root/DirBrowseFlags)
Fatal: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Change count: 77629
Fatal count: 1

A strange thing is that not al my sites give this error during migration.

Re: Fatal: Object reference not set to an instance of an object

yaminij — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:52:46 GMT

You are probably facing this issue http://forums.iis.net/t/1151531.aspx. If your stack trace is not the same as the one in the above post, could you please send us the trace?

Fatal: Object reference not set to an instance of an object

Sader — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:49:38 GMT

Hi all,

When I run the following command:

msdeploy -verb:migrate -source:metakey=lm/w3svc/145273373 -dest:archivedir=d:\w3svc\12 -failureLevel:Never

I get the error Fatal: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. What does it mean.....

Also running the command include: -whatif -verboseLevel:Informational >msdeploy.log

I cannot find the explanation of the error. Someone Knows a solution?