Exchange 2010 SP3 Error – The IIS 6 WMI Compatibility component is required


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If you attempt to install Exchange Service Pack 3 on an Exchange server that is currently running Service Pack 1 you will see this error.

Exchange 2010 SP3 Error - The IIS 6 WMI Compatibility component is required

Error:

The 'IIS 6 WMI Compatibility' component is required. Install the component via Server Manager.

Solution

Note: This was a prerequisite for SP2, so if you do not see this error your Exchange was deployed with SP2 slipstreamed into it, or the problem was dealt with when SP2 was installed.

Exchange 2010 SP3 Error - The IIS 6 WMI Compatibility component is required

1. Launch the Exchange Management Shell.
2. Execute the following two commands:

Import-Module servermanager
Add-WindowsFeature Web-WMI

Exchange 2010 SP3 Error - The IIS 6 WMI Compatibility component is required

Try again to install SP3.