FIX: "The group BizTalk Isolated Host Users doesn't exist" error message is logged when you configure the Exception Web Services by using the ESB Configuration Tool in a BizTalk Server 2009 environment

Applies To
BizTalk Server 2009 Branch BizTalk Server 2009 Developer BizTalk Server 2009 Enterprise BizTalk Server 2009 Standard

Symptoms

Consider the following scenario:

  • You install Microsoft BizTalk ESB Toolkit 2.0 on a computer that is running Microsoft BizTalk Server 2009.
  • You run the ESB Configuration Tool to configure Exception Web Services.

In this scenario, the configuration fails. Additionally, an error message that resembles the following is logged in the ESBConfigurationTool.log file:

Note

ESBConfigurationTool.exe Information: 0: Executing script: databaseExistsSmoIntegrated.ps1 in view: ExceptionManagementDatabase with parameters: Key: serverInstance Value: server_name, Key: databaseName Value: EsbExceptionDb,

ESBConfigurationTool.exe Error: 0: An error has occurred:

The group BizTalk Isolated Host Users doesn't exist.

ESBConfigurationTool.exe Information: 0: The group BizTalk Isolated Host Users doesn't exist.

ESBConfigurationTool.exe Error: 0: An error has occurred:

The group BizTalk Isolated Host Users doesn't exist.

Cause

The issue occurs because of a problem in the ESB Configuration Tool (EsbConfigurationTool.exe) file.

Resolution

Cumulative update information

The fix for this issue was first released in Cumulative Update 3. For more information about how to obtain this cumulative update package for BizTalk Server 2009, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

2557149 Cumulative update package 3 for BizTalk Server 2009

Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

More Information

For more information about the Microsoft BizTalk ESB Toolkit, visit the following Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) website:

Installing the BizTalk ESB Toolkit Core For more information about BizTalk Server hotfixes, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

2003907 Information about BizTalk Server hotfixes