Active Directory Certificate Services setup failed with the following error: Overlapped I/O operation is in progress. 0x800703e5 (WIN32: 997)

Hi,

I am trying to install certificate services on a windows 2008 server (R2 ENT SP1) with a PCIe nCipher HSM module installed on it. The version of nCipher SW is = 11.30.  It is a RootCA, and I am trying to use a key that is already stored in the HSM (I have done this before with a PCI HSM (older HW version)).  I select “Use existing private key” and “Select an existing private key on this computer” on the wizard, then i change the CSP to nCipher and click on "search" the key I am looking for appears and I select that one.  I repeat, I have done this before and it works with a PCI HSM module.

The installation is finished before being prompted to insert the operator cards, and it ends with two errors:

<Error>: Active Directory Certificate Services setup failed with the following error: Overlapped I/O operation is in progress. 0x800703e5 (WIN32: 997)

And:

<Error>: Active Directory Certificate Services setup failed with the following error: The group or resource is not in the correct state to perform the requested operation. 0x8007139f (WIN32: 5023)

The servermanager.log says:

1856: 2014-07-23 18:27:48.195 [CAManager]                 Sync: Validity period units: Years
1856: 2014-07-23 18:27:48.928 [Provider] Error (Id=0) System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x800703E5): CCertSrvSetup::Install: Overlapped I/O operation is in progress. 0x800703e5 (WIN32: 997)
   at Microsoft.CertificateServices.Setup.Interop.CCertSrvSetupClass.Install()
   at Microsoft.Windows.ServerManager.CertificateServer.CertificateServerRoleProvider.Configure(InstallableFeatureInformation featureInfo, DiscoveryResult discoveryResult, ChangeTracker changeTracker)
1856: 2014-07-23 18:27:48.928 [Provider]                  CAErrorID: 0, CAErrorString: 'Active Directory Certificate Services setup failed with the following error:  Overlapped I/O operation is in progress. 0x800703e5 (WIN32: 997)'
1856: 2014-07-23 18:27:48.928 [Provider]                  Adding error message.
1856: 2014-07-23 18:27:48.928 [Provider]                  [STAT] For 'Certification Authority':

And:

1856: 2014-07-23 18:27:49.053 [CAWebProxyManager]         Sync: Initializing defaults
1856: 2014-07-23 18:27:49.162 [Provider] Error (Id=0) System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x8007139F): CCertSrvSetup::Install: The group or resource is not in the correct state to perform the requested operation. 0x8007139f (WIN32: 5023)
   at Microsoft.CertificateServices.Setup.Interop.CCertSrvSetupClass.Install()
   at Microsoft.Windows.ServerManager.CertificateServer.CertificateServerRoleProvider.Configure(InstallableFeatureInformation featureInfo, DiscoveryResult discoveryResult, ChangeTracker changeTracker)
1856: 2014-07-23 18:27:49.162 [Provider]                  CAErrorID: 0, CAErrorString: 'Active Directory Certificate Services setup failed with the following error:  The group or resource is not in the correct state to perform the requested operation. 0x8007139f (WIN32: 5023)'
1856: 2014-07-23 18:27:49.162 [Provider]                  Adding error message.

Has anyone experienced this before? Am I missing something here?

Any help will be very appreciated

Thanks in advance

Best regards

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Alejandro Lozano Villanueva