Configuration system failed to initialize

aaditya2000

Hello:

I am getting following error when I open SQL Backup 6 on my server. any help is greatly appreciated.

Error:-

SQLBackup

Configuration system failed to initialize
ConfigurationErrorsException

at System.Configuration.ClientConfigurationSystem.EnsureInit(String configKey)
at System.Configuration.ClientConfigurationSystem.PrepareClientConfigSystem(String sectionName)
at System.Configuration.ClientConfigurationSystem.System.Configuration.Internal.IInternalConfigSystem.GetSection(String sectionName)
at System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.GetSection(String sectionName)
at System.Configuration.PrivilegedConfigurationManager.GetSection(String sectionName)
at System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticsConfiguration.GetConfigSection()
at System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticsConfiguration.Initialize()
at System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticsConfiguration.get_IndentSize()
at System.Diagnostics.TraceInternal.InitializeSettings()
at System.Diagnostics.TraceInternal.get_Listeners()
at System.Diagnostics.Trace.get_Listeners()
at de.c()
at de.a()

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ConfigurationErrorsException

Unrecognized configuration section system.serviceModel. (C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Config\machine.config line 134)

at System.Configuration.ConfigurationSchemaErrors.ThrowIfErrors(Boolean ignoreLocal)
at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.ThrowIfParseErrors(ConfigurationSchemaErrors schemaErrors)
at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.ThrowIfInitErrors()
at System.Configuration.ClientConfigurationSystem.EnsureInit(String configKey)

Eddie D

Hi, thank you for your forum post and sorry that you have encountered a problem.

The errors you are experiencing are being generated from Windows .Net.

I suspect that you may need to repair or reinstall / install .Net 3 or .Net 3.5 SP1. I quote from your post:

Unrecognized configuration section system.serviceModel. (C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Config\machine.config line 134)

I believe system.serviceModel is WCF introduced in .Net 3.

The SQL Backup V6 GUI requires .Net V2, which may mean that you need to remove .NET 3 and reinstall .NET V2 framework.

Many Thanks
Eddie