Azure Local CAU failing and disabling CAU role - Fails after re-enabling Cannot remove item C:\UpdateDistribution\staging\metadata\Windows11.0-KB5049984-x64\amd64_containers-server-sdn-deployment_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.25398.1369_none_0aa41249fe5b68d6.mani

Question

CAU role appears to be disabled or non functioning and updates seem to have applied but not finished. permissions appear to be read only or read and execute with trusted installer as the owner.

what is going on? is this fixable? 2411.2.12 is the failing update

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windowserver/forum/all/azure-local-update-failure-cau-exception-access/1f9fe683-eaa9-4799-8abd-610ef9f4e382

Answer 1

Don't know if this will fix it- i did the force recovery - but didnt see this in the moment.

Will try and report back

https://github.com/Azure/AzureLocal-Supportability/blob/main/TSG/Update/mitigation-for-cannot-remove-c-update-distribution-with-access-denied.md

Answer 2

AUtomated Powershell to administer Known issue In this KB

https://github.com/Azure/AzureLocal-Supportability/blob/main/TSG/Update/mitigation-for-cannot-remove-c-update-distribution-with-access-denied.md

which came from this

https://github.com/Azure/AzureLocal-Supportability/blob/main/TSG/Update/mitigation-for-cannot-remove-c-update-distribution-with-access-denied.md

Hope this helps