Symptom:
If you run ColdFusion in virtual machines under HyperV with dynamic memory enabled you may expierence that the ColdFusion services are not started after the server has booted up. The services are set to start automatically, but are failing to start at boot time with strange and unknown error messages in system event log. If you manually start them they fire up properly.
Application log
Log Name: Application
Source: ColdFusion 10 Application Server
Date: 12.12.2013 05:04:34
Event ID: 261
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: HOST1.example.com
Description:
The description for Event ID 261 from source ColdFusion 10 Application Server cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer.
If the event originated on another computer, the display information had to be saved with the event.
The following information was included with the event:
ColdFusion 10 Application Server
240
C:\ColdFusion10\cfusion\bin\coldfusionsvc.exe
ColdFusion 10 Application Server
Event Xml:
261
2
0
0x80000000000000
768
Application
HOST1.example.com
ColdFusion 10 Application Server
240
C:\ColdFusion10\cfusion\bin\coldfusionsvc.exe
ColdFusion 10 Application Server
Log Name: Application
Source: ColdFusion 10 Application Server
Date: 12.12.2013 05:04:34
Event ID: 263
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: HOST1.example.com
Description:
The description for Event ID 263 from source ColdFusion 10 Application Server cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer.
If the event originated on another computer, the display information had to be saved with the event.
The following information was included with the event:
ColdFusion 10 Application Server
1332
Event Xml:
263
2
0
0x80000000000000
765
Application
HOST1.example.com
ColdFusion 10 Application Server
1332
System log
Log Name: System
Source: Service Control Manager
Date: 12.12.2013 05:04:35
Event ID: 7024
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: HOST1.example.com
Description:
The ColdFusion 10 Application Server service terminated with the following service-specific error:
The system cannot find the file specified.
Event Xml:
7024
0
2
0
0
0x8080000000000000
1656
System
HOST1.example.com
ColdFusion 10 Application Server
%%2
43006F006C00640046007500730069006F006E0020003100300020004100700070006C00690063006100740069006F006E0020005300650072007600650072000000
Reason:
Check if you have set the Startup memory for this virtual machine to 512MB only as recommended by Microsoft for Windows 2012, Windows 2008R2 and other.
Solution:
Increase the Startup memory to 1024MB or 2048 MB and restart the windows server again. All ColdFusion services are starting up normally.