Lync error: waitall for multiple handles on a STA threads is not supported

Question

I'm trying to export IM chats logs from my Lync archive server. I've followed the instructions detailed at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/hh328432.aspx.

When I issue my command:

export-CSArchivingData -DBInstance <sqlserername> -StartDate 12/31/12 -EndDate 01/03/13 -OutputFolder "C:\SJS" -UserURI <emailaddress>

I get the following error:

export-CSArchivingData : WaitAll for multiple handles on a STA thread is not supported.
At line:1 char:1
+ export-CSArchivingData -DBInstance <sqlservername> -StartDate 12/31/12 -EndDate 01/ ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : WriteError: (Microsoft.Rtc.A...ArchiveDataImpl:ExportArchiveDataImpl) [Export-CsArchivingData], NotSupportedException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : export-CSArchivingData,ExportArchiveData.ExportArchiveDataCmdlet

and no records are returned. Any ideas? This is Lync 2010 and I'm running this command from the administrator lync server management shell. I have full admin rights on the lync server machine and the sql server where the logs are stored.

Answer 1

I was getting the same error exporting from my Lync server. It seemed too similar to this issue with Exchange server and the latest WMF 3.0 release: http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/12/14/windows-management-framework-3-0-on-exchange-2007-and-exchange-2010.aspx

So I uninstalled the KB2506143 update and restarted the Lync server. Magically I was able to export from the archive once again. Cheers,