AppFabric 1.1 Caching: AppFabric Caching Service must be installed

This topic is intended to address a specific issue identified by a Best Practices Analyzer scan. You should apply the information in this topic only to computers that have had the AppFabric 1.1 Caching Best Practices Analyzer run against them and are experiencing the issue addressed by this topic. For more information about best practices and scans, see Best Practices Analyzer.

Operating System

Windows Server 2008 R2

Product/Feature

Microsoft AppFabric 1.1 for Windows Server Caching

Severity

Error

Category

Prerequisite

Issue

The AppFabric Caching Service is not installed on this computer.

Specifically, in order to use BPA, you must install and configure Microsoft AppFabric 1.1 for Windows Server with the Cache Administration feature.

Impact

The AppFabric Caching Service is not available for BPA to analyze.

Resolution

Install the AppFabric Caching Service on this server.

Additional references

Install AppFabric

  2012-09-12