SharePoint search host controller service
did not start. When I tried to manually start it i got the following error:-
Here are the related logs:-
2/22/2014 12:40:23.02 hostcontrollerservice.exe (0x08F4) 0x0130 SharePoint Foundation General avew High An application domain named hostcontrollerservice.exe has just been loaded.
12/22/2014 12:40:23.02 hostcontrollerservice.exe (0x08F4) 0x0130 SharePoint Foundation Topology 2myf Medium Enabling the configuration filesystem and memory caches.
12/22/2014 12:40:23.02 hostcontrollerservice.exe (0x08F4) 0x0130 SharePoint Foundation Topology aik7t High Set the certificate validation policy for this app domain to the SharePoint certificate validator.
12/22/2014 12:40:23.02 hostcontrollerservice.exe (0x08F4) 0x0130 SharePoint Foundation Monitoring b4ly High Leaving Monitored Scope (Initializing Admin OM). Execution Time=772.647640971129
12/22/2014 12:40:23.05 hostcontrollerservice.exe (0x08F4) 0x1778 SharePoint Foundation General 00000 Medium Microsoft SharePoint Foundation log file
12/22/2014 12:40:23.05 hostcontrollerservice.exe (0x08F4) 0x1778 SharePoint Foundation General 94vw Medium Primary Domain = TGROUP, Computer Name = SHAREPOINTDEV
12/22/2014 12:40:23.07 hostcontrollerservice.exe (0x08F4) 0x0130 SharePoint Server Search Administration afzfy Medium VSS - Search VSS writer created successfully
12/22/2014 12:40:23.11 hostcontrollerservice.exe (0x08F4) 0x1778 SharePoint Foundation Object Cache 9j6t High SPXmlDocCache cache parameters are: high water mark 10485760 bytes, low water mark 5242880 bytes, interval 180000 ms
12/22/2014 12:40:23.15 hostcontrollerservice.exe (0x08F4) 0x2044 Search Unified Logging Service b8fx High ULS Init Completed (hostcontrollerservice.exe, Microsoft.Ceres.Diagnostics.Native.dll)
12/22/2014 12:40:23.18 hostcontrollerservice.exe (0x08F4) 0x2044 Search Search HostController ad5eq Medium WcfService: Starting host controller service - threadId: 13
12/22/2014 12:40:23.18 hostcontrollerservice.exe (0x08F4) 0x2044 Search Search HostController ad5eq Medium WcfService: Machine Configuration: Machine Name : SHAREPOINTDEV Operating System : Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Runtime Version : v4.0.30319 - threadId: 13
12/22/2014 12:40:23.19 hostcontrollerservice.exe (0x08F4) 0x2044 Search Search HostController ad5eq Medium WcfService: Service Configuration: Log Level : Info ....Log handler: ULSLogHandler Runtimes : C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office Servers\15.0\Search\Runtime\ Runtimes : <none> Assemblypath : C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office Servers\15.0\Search\Resources\Bundles\ Preinstalled assemblypaths : <none> Repository Path : C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office Servers\15.0\Data\Office Server\Applications\Search\Repository\ Replicated From : <none> Node Path : C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office Servers\15.0\Data\Office Server\Applications\Search\Nodes\ Node Port Allocation : Start = 17002, End = 60000, Block Size = 20 Node Memory Limit : Soft = 70%, Hard = 80% of installed physical mem...
12/22/2014 12:40:23.19* hostcontrollerservice.exe (0x08F4) 0x2044 Search Search HostController ad5eq Medium ...ory On Shutdown : Terminate all nodes - threadId: 13
12/22/2014 12:40:23.21 hostcontrollerservice.exe (0x08F4) 0x2044 Search Search HostController ad5eq Medium RepositoryManager: Initializing repository - threadId: 13
12/22/2014 12:40:23.33 hostcontrollerservice.exe (0x08F4) 0x2044 Search Search HostController ad5eq Medium RepositoryManager: Initializing repository journal - threadId: 13
12/22/2014 12:40:23.37 hostcontrollerservice.exe (0x08F4) 0x1B84 Search Search HostController ad5eq Medium RepositoryManager: Thread deleting uninstalled modules has started - threadId: 16
12/22/2014 12:40:23.37 hostcontrollerservice.exe (0x08F4) 0x2044 Search Search Platform Services agw7w Information Repository initialization succeeded.
12/22/2014 12:40:23.41 hostcontrollerservice.exe (0x08F4) 0x2044 Search Search HostController ad5eq Medium HostController: 17559 MB physical memory installed - threadId: 13
12/22/2014 12:40:23.41 hostcontrollerservice.exe (0x08F4) 0x2044 Search Search HostController ad5eq Medium HostController: 14047 MB physical memory available for nodes - threadId: 13
12/22/2014 12:40:23.44 hostcontrollerservice.exe (0x08F4) 0x2044 Search Search HostController ad5eq Medium WcfService: Repository running in primary mode (not replicated from another repository) - threadId: 13
12/22/2014 12:40:23.53 hostcontrollerservice.exe (0x08F4) 0x2044 Search Search HostController ad5eq Medium WcfService: Service available at net.tcp://localhost/ceres/hostcontroller - threadId: 13
12/22/2014 12:40:24.23 NodeRunnerIndex1-4c3a4290-d047- (0x131C) 0x237C Search FsPlugin indexing tasks aj7ox Medium people MergeSet[IndexComponent1-4c3a4290-d047-4e3c-9d0a-e3bb37ab8fdb-SP3287edc02327.I.0.0](169A0AA5-C610-49F3-8AE1-881BE3BBE37A): Merge Levels: 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) [mergeset.cxx:2394] search\foundation\searchcore\fastserver\fastserver\src\merge\mergeset.cxx
12/22/2014 12:40:24.32 NodeRunnerIndex1-4c3a4290-d047- (0x131C) 0x237C Search FsPlugin indexing tasks aj7ox Medium usage MergeSet[IndexComponent1-4c3a4290-d047-4e3c-9d0a-e3bb37ab8fdb-SP3287edc02327.I.0.0](AFF05C9B-40F0-4C94-B191-1E5265856942): Merge Levels: 1(1) 1(1) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) [mergeset.cxx:2394] search\foundation\searchcore\fastserver\fastserver\src\merge\mergeset.cxx
12/22/2014 12:40:26.13 hostcontrollerservice.exe (0x08F4) 0x2044 Search Search HostController ad5eq Monitorable HostController: Failed to determine if the node running [System = 5EDB90, Node = QueryProcessingComponent1] - threadId: 13 - exception: System.FormatException: Wrong format of property in System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2[System.String,System.Object], should be in KEY=VALUE form. ...
12/22/2014 12:40:26.13* hostcontrollerservice.exe (0x08F4) 0x2044 Search Search HostController ad5eq Monitorable ... at Microsoft.Ceres.Co...
12/22/2014 12:40:26.13* hostcontrollerservice.exe (0x08F4) 0x2044 Search Search HostController ad5eq Monitorable ...mmon.Utils.SettingsUtils.ReadSettingsFromFile(String filePath) at Microsoft.Ceres.CoreServices.Deployment.NodeRunner.LoadProperties() at Microsoft.Ceres.CoreServices.Deployment.NodeRunner..ctor(String runtimeRoot, String nodeRoot) at Microsoft.Ceres.CoreServices.Deployment.DeploymentController.GetNodeRunner(String nodeRoot) at Microsoft.Ceres.CoreServices.Deployment.DeploymentController.IsNodeOperating(String nodeRoot) at Microsoft.Ceres.HostController.Controller.RuntimeProxy.InvokeControllerMethod(String method, Object[] args) at Microsoft.Ceres.HostController.Controller.RuntimeProxy.IsNodeOperating(String nodeRoot) at Microsoft.Ceres.HostController.Controller.RuntimeProxy.IsNodeOperating(String nodeRoot) at Microsoft.Ceres.HostController.Controller.HostCon...
12/22/2014 12:40:26.13* hostcontrollerservice.exe (0x08F4) 0x2044 Search Search HostController ad5eq Monitorable ...troller.IsNodeOperating(String systemName, String nodeName)
12/22/2014 12:40:26.13 hostcontrollerservice.exe (0x08F4) 0x2044 Search Search HostController ad5eq Unexpected WcfService: Exception during service start - threadId: 13 - exception: Microsoft.Ceres.HostController.Controller.HostControllerException: Failed to determine if the node running [System = 5EDB90, Node = QueryProcessingComponent1] ---> System.FormatException: Wrong format of property in System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2[System.String,System.Object], should be in KEY=VALUE form. ...
12/22/2014 12:40:26.13* hostcontrollerservice.exe (0x08F4) 0x2044 Search Search HostController ad5eq Unexpected ... ...
12/22/2014 12:40:26.13* hostcontrollerservice.exe (0x08F4) 0x2044 Search Search HostController ad5eq Unexpected ... at Microsoft.Ceres.Common.Utils.SettingsUtils.ReadSettingsFromFile(String filePath) at Microsoft.Ceres.CoreServices.Deployment.NodeRunner.LoadProperties() at Microsoft.Ceres.CoreServices.Deployment.NodeRunner..ctor(String runtimeRoot, String nodeRoot) at Microsoft.Ceres.CoreServices.Deployment.DeploymentController.GetNodeRunner(String nodeRoot) at Microsoft.Ceres.CoreServices.Deployment.DeploymentController.IsNodeOperating(String nodeRoot) at Microsoft.Ceres.HostController.Controller.RuntimeProxy.InvokeControllerMethod(String method, Object[] args) at Microsoft.Ceres.HostController.Controller.RuntimeProxy.IsNodeOperating(String nodeRoot) at Microsoft.Ceres.HostController.Controller.Run...
12/22/2014 12:40:26.13* hostcontrollerservice.exe (0x08F4) 0x2044 Search Search HostController ad5eq Unexpected ...timeProxy.IsNodeOperating(String nodeRoot) at Microsoft.Ceres.HostController.Controller.HostController.IsNodeOperating(String systemName, String nodeName) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at Microsoft.Ceres.HostController.Controller.HostController.IsNodeOperating(String systemName, String nodeName) at Microsoft.Ceres.HostController.Controller.HostController.StartNodes() at Microsoft.Ceres.HostController.Controller.HostController.Start() at Microsoft.Ceres.HostController.WcfServer.WcfService.StartService()
12/22/2014 12:40:26.15 hostcontrollerservice.exe (0x08F4) 0x2044 Search Search HostController aejgm Exception Microsoft.Ceres.HostController.Controller.HostControllerException: Failed to determine if the node running [System = 5EDB90, Node = QueryProcessingComponent1] ---> System.FormatException: Wrong format of property in System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2[System.String,System.Object], should be in KEY=VALUE form. StackTrace: at Microsoft.Ceres.Diagnostics.Native.dll: (sig=60af7aa7-4007-4bef-b094-aac7e614994d|2|microsoft.ceres.diagnostics.native.pdb, offset=A75E) at Microsoft.Ceres.Diagnostics.Native.dll: (offset=191DD)
12/22/2014 12:40:26.15 hostcontrollerservice.exe (0x08F4) 0x2044 Search Unified Logging Service c91s Monitorable Watson bucket parameters: Search Foundation, ULSException14, 7b5e300c "search", 0f0011db "15.0.4571.0", 796590b7 "microsoft.ceres.hostcontroller.controller", 0f00118a "15.0.4490.0", 5108b251 "wed jan 30 05:40:33 2013", 000000b8 "000000b8", 0000006e "0000006e", 021b17a7 "hostcontrollerexception", 0010918c "aejgm"