Error in initialization of the report service
I installed the evaluation version of SQL Server 2005 to my Windows XP machine. Everything has worked well. Now I have problem.I installed the reporting service to test the web reporting. In the Report service configuration managerI get threeerrors: The Web Services Identity indicator is red and pushing Apply button gives the error:ReportServicesConfigUI.WMIProvider.WMIProviderException: An unknown error has occurred in the WMI Provider. Error Code 8007056B Pushing Initialization button gives the message: There was an error while switching panels. The most likely cause is an error retriewing WMI properties. the exeception details are: An error occured when attempting to connect to the report server remote procedure call (RPC) end point. Verify that the Report Server Windows service is running and then try the operation. Execption 800706B3. Server Status Indicator is also red. Pushing the Start Button gives the following message: System.ServiceProcess.TimeoutException: Time out has expired and the operation has not been completed. at System.ServiceProcess. ServiceController. WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus desiredStatus, TimeSpan timeout) at ReportServicesConfigUI.Panels.ServerInformationPanel.StartStopServiceTask(Boolean start) Has anyone an idea what Ishould do ?? thankfully Matti
February 23rd, 2006 2:43pm

Maybe could be a permissions problem. You should take a look at the Report Server logs to see if you see anything helpful. Make sure you are configuring locally and you are administrator on the machine. You should also make sure that the ReportServer service is running.
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February 23rd, 2006 9:25pm

Thanks for help Brian ! The usefull things I made: 1. Created ReportService database using Report Service Configuration 2. Edited my personal account to Web Service Account in rsreportserver.config 3. Used rsconfig utility to encrypt the connection and account information 4. Edited my personal account to <processModel userName=" " > etc. There were many things which were not easy to find, but now the system works. Matti
February 28th, 2006 12:35am

Hi there, I have the same problem as you. Isn't there a different way to solve this? What is the reason this problem occurs? Cheers, Carsten
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March 12th, 2006 9:30pm

Did you manage to figure this one out? Really struggling with this... Just to re-cap - When using the Reporting services configuration manager - I get the same problem - clicking on "Report Server virtual directory" or "Web Service Identity" just comes up with the error message "...Object reference not set to an instance of an object" Please help!! Thanks Wicky
September 6th, 2006 6:08pm

Hi Brian I can't seem to get around this problem. I'm running Windows Server 2003 so the default setup was for Report Server Windows service was to run under Network Service. Whatever I do when clicking on the "Web Service Identity" option or "Report Server Virtual Directory" option I get the above mentioned error message about "Object reference not set to an instance of an object". Wicky (again!)
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September 6th, 2006 6:24pm

I am also getting message like "There was an error while switching panels. The most likely cause is an error retrieving WMI properties. The Exception details are : An internal error occurred on the report server.See the error log for more details. ( rsInternalError) " while initializing report server. please help. neeraj kaushik
November 24th, 2006 1:30pm

Hi All, I am getting the following error in reporting services configuration. Could someone please help out. 1) The status of report server is running but initilized found to be No. 2) The report server virtual directory and report manager virtual directory is in Green. There was an error while switching panels. The most likely cause is an error retrieving WMI properties. The Exception details are : An internal error occurred on the report server.See the error log for more details. ( rsInternalError) " Could someone please give pointers where in the problem is occuring asap. Thanks so much, Kushal
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November 27th, 2006 4:03pm

i am facing the same problem as well. I am running SQL Server 2005 under Windows Server 2003.1) Report Manager Virtual Directory is grey.2) When i click on the Web Service Identity, error msg as below:"There was an error while switching panels. The most likely cause is an error retrieving WMI properties. The Exception details are : An internal error occurred on the report server.See the error log for more details. ( rsInternalError) "My http://localhost/ReportServer is verified running. But my http://localhost/Reports cannot be accessed where there is error of "Page not Found 404".I try to locate Reports or Report Manager under MS SQL Server folder but nth to be found.Any help is much more appreciated.
November 28th, 2006 7:44am

I've got this problem as well.I noticed in a previous post that the administrator privilege on the machine is advised to launch the reporting service configuration tool.Is that true ? On my development server the tool works fine but I have the problem on the production. I'm not administrator of any of the two.Thanks,Galic
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April 25th, 2007 1:00pm

Hi, For people who received the exception message: " An internal error occurred on the report server.See the error log for more details. ( rsInternalError) " could you, please, take a look in the Reporting Services windows service log file and see what is logged there? This log file lives in this directory: %Program Files%\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.X\Reporting Services\LogFiles and its name looks like this: ReportServerService__<timestamp>.log Also what version and edition of Reporting Services are you running? Mihaela
April 25th, 2007 9:07pm

Probable Cause, in short: The Reporting Services Configuration Manager must be the one creating the database. Do not use an existing database this causes all sorts of problems. Also, if you conduct a service pack or upgrade before Reporting Services is completely set up, Initialisation might produce that Probable Solution: In any case, when this problem occurs, it is best to drop the database, (reboot if any Service packs were installed in-between) and use the wizard (Reporting Services Configuration Manager) in the Database Setup screen, to create the db again.PS: A similar error occurs when credentials are insuffient or incorrect. Domain controllers make matters more complex. Try different logins in Database Setup. eg: YOURSERVER\Adminuser
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May 15th, 2007 7:38am

Hi, I have exactly the problem described here. Did anyone find a solution that worked?
September 27th, 2007 12:09pm

Went to the database setup screen and next to database name i clicked new to setup a new db. The problem then went away.
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October 16th, 2007 12:30pm

Hi, here is what solved the issue for me :Start (left click on task bar button)Execute (left click on menu entry)Services.msc (type in the text box)Ok (left click on the button)SQL Server Reporting Services (right click in the list)Start (left click on menu entry)Wait then check http://localhost/reportsa+,=)-=Clment=-
February 20th, 2008 7:22pm

You need to check whether the account under whichtheservice is running has log onlocallyrights in Local Policy/User RightsAssignments fix this stop and restart the service and it will work just fine
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February 20th, 2008 9:43pm

I had issues, then fought through the crashing on the config tool to create the report server virtual directories and the manager virtual directory. the tool crashed after each one. However.. one thing I shouldve done first after install which did resolve my problem: reapply sp2 - everything was updated properly and I could now open the config tool.
March 24th, 2008 11:22pm

VMNK wrote: Thanks for help Brian ! The usefull things I made: 1. Created ReportService database using Report Service Configuration 2. Edited my personal account to Web Service Account in rsreportserver.config 3. Used rsconfig utility to encrypt the connection and account information 4. Edited my personal account to <processModel userName=" " > etc. There were many things which were not easy to find, but now the system works. MattiHi, I'm having the same problem but don't know how to do the steps you specified.Could you please explain more how to follow your steps?
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July 5th, 2008 3:15pm

This error occurs because the ASPNET account used to run the service is not registered Just do the following... GO to. c:\windows\Microsoft.net\framework\v2.0.50727 VIA COMMAND LINE now run the command "aspnet_regiis -i" Problem shall definately be solved...Now start thr reporting service. Nilav
October 26th, 2008 9:09pm

you solved my problem!!! thanks so very much!!!
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December 2nd, 2008 8:52pm

thanks a lot Nilav, your answer is perfect!!! Thanks Again! Gmo
June 11th, 2009 12:04am

Thanks This REALY works!
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October 3rd, 2009 3:22pm

If you are using LocalSystem as reporting service account, try this one: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/907267Bin
January 28th, 2010 1:44am

Hi Perfect solution for this Thanks Shirish jani
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February 6th, 2010 7:54pm

Sorry problem solved
October 4th, 2010 6:31pm

Nilav, looks like this might solve my problem except that when I run this command I get the following response: c:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727>aspnet_regiis -i The error indicates that IIS is not installed on the machine. Please install IIS before using this tool. Finished installing ASP.NET (2.0.50727). I know IIS is installed I can see it in my Server Manager Roles with the following services running: Application Host Helper Service ASP>NET State Service IIS Admin Service Windows Process Activation Service World Wide Web Publishing Service What would be causing this process to think that IIS is not installed?
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October 4th, 2010 6:56pm

I don't know what's causing lufranze's problem, but I see the same error. I know IIS is running because this is an ASP .NET development machine and I couldn't even test my web pages if I wasn't running IIS.
October 29th, 2010 11:49am

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