Trying a very simple task in AM11 (11.0.6.11):

<AMAUTOMATE BACKUPARCHIVENAME="C:\Backup\Automate\automate-backup.ama" BACKUPHKLM="YES" />

Fails with this error:

[Main](Step 3) There was no endpoint listening at http://127.0.0.1:11011/AMTS that could accept the message. This is often caused by an incorrect address or SOAP action. See InnerException, if present, for more details.


I'm using the default ports of 10011 for HTTP and 10010 for TCPIP. Where is the system grabbing 11011 from?

I figured it out.

I did an restore from AM9 to AM11 and then had to update the service ports. According to the help (which I got to by clicking the "?" on the Task Service Preferences page (which opened C:\Program Files\AutoMate 11\Help\Content\TaskAdmin\Options\System_Settings\System_Preferences_-_Task_Service.htm)) the default ports are 10011 and 10010. But after reading some other posts here I determined those are the ports for AM10, not AM11. So I changed the ports to 11011 and 11010 and that resolved my issue, the task ran successfully.

Seems strange, though, that the port is hard-coded somewhere for the Backup action and it's not looking at the ports specified on the Task Service pane.

Hi Jeremy,
I was investigating this yesterday. I did see the same in code (previously it had to be read from registry and there might have been permission issues) and changed it so it reads the ports set at the time. I requested an entry into the tracking system, and this should not be a problem in the next release.

Thanks for your time for bringing this up to our attention.

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Great, thanks Hamid!