MDSModelDeploy.exe Login failed for user 'NT AUTHORITY\ANONYMOUS LOGON'.

I was trying to automate the creation and deployment of my MDS model and came across the following issue.

If you try to run the following powershell command

invoke-command -computername Servername -scriptblock {& 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Master Data Services\Configuration\MDSModelDeploy.exe' createpackage -model TestModel  -package c:\Data\LocalBackup\TestModelackage.pkg -version VERSION_1 -service MDS2 -includedata}

you get the following error

Creating a package for model MTN

MDSModelDeploy operation failed. Elapsed time: 00:00:06.4551044

Error:

Login failed for user 'NT AUTHORITY\ANONYMOUS LOGON'.

I enabled trace on MDSModelDeploy

Error Log

MDS Information: 0 : Attempting to execute command: MDSModelDeploy createpackage -model TestModel -package c:\Data\LocalBackup\TestModelackage.pkg -version VERSION_1 -service MDS2 -includedata

    DateTime=2012-03-31T10:35:02.3896659Z

MDS Error: 0 : Service started successfully,  Assembly version: 11.0.0.0, file version: 11.0.2100.60 ((SQL11_RTM).120210-1917 )

    DateTime=2012-03-31T10:35:10.6863285Z

MDS Error: 0 : ApiContractVersion: 5102

    DateTime=2012-03-31T10:35:10.6863285Z

MDS Start: 1 : Service.InitializeExpirationStatus

    DateTime=2012-03-31T10:35:10.6863285Z

MDS Information: 0 : Evaluation period days remaining code: 0

    DateTime=2012-03-31T10:35:10.7488269Z

MDS Stop: 2 : Service.InitializeExpirationStatus

    DateTime=2012-03-31T10:35:10.7488269Z

MDS Start: 1 : Deployment: getting list of models

    DateTime=2012-03-31T10:35:10.7644515Z

MDS Start: 1 :

                  Begin operation: ExecuteRequest

                  Host info:       Microsoft.MasterDataServices.Core.ExplicitHostContext

                  User Name:       Domain\username

                  Time:            03/31/2012 21:35:10

    DateTime=2012-03-31T10:35:10.9050729Z

MDS Verbose: 0 : Request message:

<MetadataGetRequest xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Microsoft.MasterDataServices.Services.MessageContracts" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

  <International i:nil="true" xmlns:a="http://www.w3.org/2005/09/ws-i18n" />

  <ResultOptions xmlns:a="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/masterdataservices/2009/09">

    <a:Models>Identifiers</a:Models>

  </ResultOptions>

  <SearchCriteria xmlns:a="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/masterdataservices/2009/09">

    <a:AttributeGroups />

    <a:Attributes />

    <a:DerivedHierarchies />

    <a:DerivedHierarchyLevels />

    <a:Entities />

    <a:ExplicitHierarchies />

    <a:MemberTypes />

    <a:Models />

    <a:VersionFlags />

    <a:Versions />

  </SearchCriteria>

</MetadataGetRequest>

    DateTime=2012-03-31T10:35:11.0613189Z

MDS Start: 1 : RequestContext.InitializeRequestContext

    DateTime=2012-03-31T10:35:11.0613189Z

MDS Start: 1 : RequestContext.InitializeDatabaseContext

    DateTime=2012-03-31T10:35:11.0613189Z

MDS Stop: 2 :

                  End  operation: MetadataGet

                  Host info:       Microsoft.MasterDataServices.Core.ExplicitHostContext

                  User Name:       [Domain]\[Username]

                  Time:            03/31/2012 21:35:11

    DateTime=2012-03-31T10:35:11.2956879Z

MDS Verbose: 0 : Response message:

<MetadataGetResponse xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Microsoft.MasterDataServices.Services.MessageContracts" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

  <OperationResult xmlns:a="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/masterdataservices/2009/09">

    <a:Errors />

    <a:RequestId>d8cedd0f-34cd-4b43-b43b-e0fd860bb44d</a:RequestId>

  </OperationResult>

  <Metadata xmlns:a="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/masterdataservices/2009/09">

    <a:AttributeGroups />

    <a:Attributes />

    <a:DerivedHierarchies />

    <a:DerivedHierarchyLevels />

    <a:Entities />

    <a:ExplicitHierarchies />

    <a:MemberTypes />

    <a:Models />

    <a:VersionFlags />

    <a:Versions />

  </Metadata>

</MetadataGetResponse>

    DateTime=2012-03-31T10:35:11.4206847Z

MDS Error: 0 :

    DateTime=2012-03-31T10:35:11.4206847Z

MDS Error: 0 : MDSModelDeploy operation failed. Elapsed time: 00:00:09.1523012

    DateTime=2012-03-31T10:35:11.4206847Z

MDS Error: 0 : Error:

    DateTime=2012-03-31T10:35:11.4206847Z

MDS Error: 0 : System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException (0x80131904): Login failed for user 'NT AUTHORITY\ANONYMOUS LOGON'.

   at Microsoft.MasterDataServices.Core.DataAccess.DbHelper.ExecuteNonQueryHandlingTransportError(SqlCommand sqlCommand)

   at Microsoft.MasterDataServices.Core.DataAccess.DbHelper.GetTimeout(String settingName)

   at Microsoft.MasterDataServices.Core.DataAccess.DbHelper.SetConnection(String connectionString)

   at Microsoft.MasterDataServices.Core.BusinessEntities.RequestContext.InitializeDatabaseContext()

   at Microsoft.MasterDataServices.Core.BusinessEntities.RequestContext.InitializeRequestContext(HostContext hostContext)

   at Microsoft.MasterDataServices.Services.Service.MetadataGet(MetadataGetRequest request)

   at Microsoft.MasterDataServices.WebUI.ServiceAdapter.ExecuteRequest[TRequestType,TResponseType](MdmServiceOperation`2 operation, TRequestType request)

   at Microsoft.MasterDataServices.WebUI.ServiceAdapter.DoMetadataGet(MetadataSearchCriteria searchCriteria, MetadataResultOptions resultOptions)

   at Microsoft.MasterDataServices.Deployment.ModelReader.GetModels(Boolean isAdminOnly)

   at Microsoft.MasterDataServices.Deployment.Utility.ModelDeploy.CreatePackage(String serviceName, String packageFile, String modelName, String versionName, Boolean includeData)

   at Microsoft.MasterDataServices.Deployment.Utility.ModelDeploy.Main(String[] args)

    DateTime=2012-03-31T10:35:11.4206847Z

After using reflector I managed to find the code that is causing the issue

private void InitializeRequestContext(HostContext hostContext)

{

    Log.WriteStart("RequestContext.InitializeRequestContext");

    if (hostContext == null)

    {

        throw new ArgumentNullException("hostContext");

    }

    this.HostContext = hostContext;

    this.InitializeDatabaseContext();

    this.InitializeCurrentUser();

    Log.WriteStop("RequestContext.InitializeRequestContext");

}

Not sure if calling InitializeCurrentUser before InitializeDatabaseContext will fix the problem. As I didn’t have to time to decompile all the MDS code and try to get it to compile.

Work around

Is to set the connection string to sql login instead of Integrated Security

from        <add name="MDS2" connectionString="Data Source=servername;Initial Catalog=database;Integrated Security=True;Connect Timeout=60" />

to            <add name="MDS2" connectionString="Data Source=servername;Initial Catalog=database;User Id=sqlloginuser;Password=password;Connect Timeout=60" />

To test that winrm is working correctly run the following command

invoke-command -computername yourserver -scriptblock {& 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Master Data Services\Configuration\MDSModelDeploy.exe' listservices}

Result

MDS services (Service, Website, Virtual Path):

MDS1, Website1_DEV,

MDS2, Website2_DEV,

MDSModelDeploy operation completed successfully. Elapsed time: 00:00:06.7047133