New Post: Setting Content Access account for Search Service Application

Exception

The search service is not able to connect to the machine that hosts the administration component. Verify that the
administration component '5e97b1f6-4139-4b28-a877-3b55f45032cd' in search application 'Search Service Application' is
in a good state and try again.

+ CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (Microsoft.Offic...viceApplication:SetSearchServiceApplication) [Set-SPEnte

rpriseSearchServiceApplication], InvalidOperationException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Cmdlet.SetSearchServiceApplication
+ PSComputerName        : CORSP13WEB01

Exception : System.Management.Automation.MethodInvocationException: Exception calling "Activate" with "0"

                    argument(s): "The search service is not able to connect to the machine that hosts the
                    administration component. Verify that the administration component
                    '5e97b1f6-4139-4b28-a877-3b55f45032cd' in search application 'Search Service Application' is
                    in a good state and try again." ---> System.InvalidOperationException: The search service is
                    not able to connect to the machine that hosts the administration component. Verify that the
                    administration component '5e97b1f6-4139-4b28-a877-3b55f45032cd' in search application 'Search
                    Service Application' is in a good state and try again.
                       at Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.SearchApi..ctor(SearchServiceApplication
                    application)
                       at Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.SearchServiceApplication.get_SearchApi()
                       at Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.Topology.SearchTopology.ThrowIfSearchServic
                    eApplicationIsPaused()
                       at Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.Topology.SearchTopology.Activate()
                       at CallSite.Target(Closure , CallSite , Object )
                       --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
                       at System.Management.Automation.ExceptionHandlingOps.CheckActionPreference(FunctionContext
                    funcContext, Exception exception)
                       at System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.ActionCallInstruction`2.Run(InterpretedFrame
                    frame)
                       at
                    System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.EnterTryCatchFinallyInstruction.Run(InterpretedFrame
                    frame)
                       at
                    System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.EnterTryCatchFinallyInstruction.Run(InterpretedFrame
                    frame)
                       at System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.Interpreter.Run(InterpretedFrame frame)
                       at System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.LightLambda.RunVoid1[T0](T0 arg0)
                       at System.Management.Automation.ScriptBlock.InvokeWithPipeImpl(ScriptBlockClauseToInvoke
                    clauseToInvoke, Boolean createLocalScope, Dictionary`2 functionsToDefine, List`1
                    variablesToDefine, ErrorHandlingBehavior errorHandlingBehavior, Object dollarUnder, Object
                    input, Object scriptThis, Pipe outputPipe, InvocationInfo invocationInfo, Object[] args)
                       at System.Management.Automation.ScriptBlock.<>c__DisplayClassa.<InvokeWithPipe>b__8()
                       at System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.RunspaceBase.RunActionIfNoRunningPipelinesWithThre
                    adCheck(Action action)
                       at System.Management.Automation.ScriptBlock.InvokeWithPipe(Boolean useLocalScope,
                    Dictionary`2 functionsToDefine, List`1 variablesToDefine, ErrorHandlingBehavior
                    errorHandlingBehavior, Object dollarUnder, Object input, Object scriptThis, Pipe outputPipe,
                    InvocationInfo invocationInfo, Object[] args)
                       at System.Management.Automation.ScriptBlock.InvokeUsingCmdlet(Cmdlet contextCmdlet, Boolean
                    useLocalScope, ErrorHandlingBehavior errorHandlingBehavior, Object dollarUnder, Object input,
                    Object scriptThis, Object[] args)
                       at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ForEachObjectCommand.ProcessRecord()
                       at System.Management.Automation.CommandProcessor.ProcessRecord()

TargetObject :
CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [ForEach-Object], MethodInvocationException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidOperationException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ForEachObjectCommand
ErrorDetails :
InvocationInfo : System.Management.Automation.InvocationInfo
ScriptStackTrace : at <ScriptBlock>,

                    \\CORSP13OWA01\AutoSPInstaller\SP\AutoSPInstaller\AutoSPInstallerFunctions.ps1: line 5092
                    at CreateEnterpriseSearchServiceApp,
                    \\CORSP13OWA01\AutoSPInstaller\SP\AutoSPInstaller\AutoSPInstallerFunctions.ps1: line 4710
                    at Setup-Services, \\CORSP13OWA01\AutoSPInstaller\SP\AutoSPInstaller\AutoSPInstallerMain.ps1:
                    line 229
                    at <ScriptBlock>, \\CORSP13OWA01\AutoSPInstaller\SP\AutoSPInstaller\AutoSPInstallerMain.ps1:
                    line 411
                    at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 1

PipelineIterationInfo : {}
PSMessageDetails :