Back Up of a GPO hangs for NetIQ Group Policy Administrator. (NETIQKB18527)

fact
NetIQ Group Policy Administrator 3.0

symptom
Back Up of a GPO hangs for NetIQ Group Policy Administrator.

symptom
Back up of a GPO takes excessively long.

cause
NetIQ GPA was not properly handling the return value of an ADSI call.

fix

This issue is resolve with Hotfix Q26953B.  To install this hotfix, run the GPA300000_HotfixQ26953B.exe file on the computers that have the GPA Consoles (MMC snap-ins) installed.

This hotfix modifies the following files on the computers that has the GPA Console:

• faADContainerInterface.dll
• faAdmin.dll
• faDBContainerInterface.dll
• fagpr.dll
• faGpReport.dll
• faGPRInterface.dll
• faPAnalysis.dll
• GpoSummary.rpt
• PolicyAuditing.dll
• SnapInEncapsulation.dll
• faGPRScrObj.dll

By default, these files are located in the C:\Program Files\NetIQ\Group Policy Administrator\Bin folder.

Formerly known as NETIQKB18527