Set-SPEnterpriseSearchTopology throws Could not connect to the HostController service on server

Question

I am following below URL to configure Search Service Application in Sharepoint 2013 farm(2 APPS and 2 WFE).When i run "Set-SPEnterpriseSearchTopology -Identity $cloneTopology" command i am getting following error message.

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/ptsblog/2013/09/19/configuring-sharepoint-2013-search-with-powershell/

Set-SPEnterpriseSearchTopology : Could not connect to the HostController service on server "WFE1" Topology Activation could not be started. At line:1 char:1 + Set-SPEnterpriseSearchTopology -Identity $cloneTopology + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (Microsoft.Offic...tSearchTopology: SetSearchTopology) [Set-SPEnterpriseSearchTopology], InvalidTopologyExcept ion + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Cmdlet.SetSearchT opology

To resolve this issue i did following things 1.Checked whether "search host controller" started in my WFE1 and its started.

2.Checked "SPAdmin and SPFarm" service account available in WSS_ADMIN_WPG and WSS_WPG

But no luck....

Answer 1

Try checking the application logs in event viewer. I was seeing this error:

Application Server Administration job failed for service instance Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.SearchServiceInstance Reason: A call to SSPI failed, see inner exception. Technical Support Details: System.ServiceModel.Security.SecurityNegotiationException: A call to SSPI failed, see inner exception. ---> System.Security.Authentication.AuthenticationException: A call to SSPI failed, see inner exception. ---> System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: The encryption type requested is not supported by the KDC

Based on that this resolved my issue: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/lync/en-US/1d4ba209-0f67-4a5a-ae71-a8d7c06e85e7/activating-search-topology-is-throwing-an-exception?forum=sharepointsearch