I am currently using Sharepoint 2013 on premises. User Profile Synchronization Service won't start with the following error:
> UserProfileApplication.SynchronizeMIIS: Failed to configure ILM, will
> attempt during next rerun. Exception:
> System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationException: There was an
> error deserializing the object . String was not recognized as a valid
> DateTime. ---> System.FormatException: String was not recognized as a
> valid DateTime. at System.DateTime.Parse(String s,
> IFormatProvider provider, DateTimeStyles styles) at
> Microsoft.ResourceManagement.Utilities.DateTimeSerializer.ReadCoordinatedUniversalTimeStringIntoCoordinatedUniversalDateTime(String
> input) at
> Microsoft.ResourceManagement.WebServices.Client.Resource.ResourceSerializer.ProcessElement(XmlDictionaryReader
> reader, Boolean& readerAdvanced) at
> Microsoft.ResourceManagement.WebServices.Client.Resource.ResourceSerializer.ProcessElements(XmlDictionaryReader
> reader) at
> Microsoft.ResourceManagement.WebServices.Client.Resource.ResourceSerializer.ReadObject(XmlDictionaryReader
> reader, Boolean verifyObjectName) at
> System.Runtime.Serialization.XmlObjectSerializer.ReadObjectHandleExceptions(XmlReaderDelegator
> reader, Boolean verifyObjectName, DataContractResolver
> dataContractResolver) - -- End of inner exception stack trace ---
> at
> System.Runtime.Serialization.XmlObjectSerializer.ReadObjectHandleExceptions(XmlReaderDelegator
> reader, Boolean verifyObjectName, DataContractResolver
> dataContractResolver) at
> System.Runtime.Serialization.XmlObjectSerializer.ReadObject(XmlDictionaryReader
> reader) at
> Microsoft.ResourceManagement.WebServices.Client.Resource.Deserialize(XmlReader
> reader, LocaleAwareClientHelper localePreferences) at
> Microsoft.ResourceManagement.WebServices.Client.Resource..ctor(UniqueIdentifier
> identifier, CultureInfo locale, Nullable`1 resourceTime,
> ContextualSecurityToken securityToken, Boolean includePermissionHints,
> TimeZoneInfo resourceTimeZone) at
> Microsoft.ResourceManagement.WebServices.ResourceManager..ctor(UniqueIdentifier
> resourceIdentifier, CultureInfo locale, Nullable`1 resourceTime,
> ContextualSecurityToken securityToken, Boolean includePermissionHints,
> TimeZoneInfo localTimeZone) at
> Microsoft.ResourceManagement.WebServices.ResourceManager..ctor(UniqueIdentifier
> resourceIdentifier, CultureInfo locale, Nullable`1 resourceTime,
> ContextualSecurityToken securityToken, Boolean includePermissionHints)
> at
> Microsoft.ResourceManagement.WebServices.ResourceManager..ctor(UniqueIdentifier
> resourceIdentifier, CultureInfo locale, Boolean
> includePermissionHints) at
> Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration.UserProfileApplication.UpdateFIMUser(SchemaManager
> schemaManager, String userName, String accountName, String domain,
> Byte[] userSid) at
> Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration.UserProfileApplication.SynchronizeMIISAdminsList(Hashtable
> htPermittedUsers) at
> Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration.UserProfileApplication.SetupProfileSynchronizationEnginePermissions()
> at
> Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration.UserProfileApplication.SetupSynchronizationService(ProfileSynchronizationServiceInstance
> profileSyncInstance).
The farm administrator user has replication permits. I have cleared Cache Config. The Sharepoint web server has the same regional as the AD server. What could be wrong?