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Brass Contributor

Mar 25, 2019

RD Session Host stuck at Status: "Upgrading"

Hi, I am trying to add a Windows Server 2016 as a session host. I have followed the steps at: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/create-host-pools-powershell and it shows up as a s...

alhenriq_ms

Microsoft

Apr 02, 2019

smithanc

Hi,

Can you verify if the reverse connect listener is up and running? On the VM that is stuck upgrading open a cmd window and run 'Qwinsta' you should see <SESSIONNAME> rdp-sxs190217001 <id> 655.. <STATE>Listen

if you do - typically rebooting the VM can help work around this.

Thanks,

-al

smithanc

Copper Contributor

Apr 08, 2019

alhenriq_ms

Thanks for the response! I had a look at the "Qwinsta" (result below) and saw that the SXS was running, so I rebooted the server and waited 15 minutes with no change.

SESSIONNAME USERNAME ID STATE TYPE DEVICE
services 0 Disc
console 1 Conn
>rdp-tcp#1 2 Active
31c5ce94259d4... 65536 Listen
rdp-tcp 65537 Listen
rdp-sxs##### 65538 Listen

Still have the same behavior of SXS seeming like its trying to reinstall every 5 minutes with regards to entries in the Event Viewer.

Cheers