SSRS Failed to connect to SSRS Web Api ReportservicesTools ( Migrate SSRS 2016 to 2017 )

  • Getting an error "failed to establish proxy connection"
    Trying to migrate reports to locally hosted 2017 reportingservices using "Write-RsFolderContent" powershell function of ReportingServicesTools MS powershell

    Connect-RsReportServer -ComputerName "MYDEARLAPTOP" -ReportServerInscane="TEST_2017" -Uri http://localhost:8080/reportserver

    Results in

    Failed to establish proxy connection to http://localhost:8080/reportserver : Failed to establish proxy connection to ht
    tp://localhost:8080/reportserver/ReportService2010.asmx : There was an error downloading 'http://localhost:8080/reports
    erver/ReportService2010.asmx'.
    At C:\Users\myadmin\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\ReportingServicesTools\Functions\Utilities\Connect-RsR
    eportServer.ps1:99 char:13
    +             throw (New-Object System.Exception("Failed to establish p ...
    +             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        + CategoryInfo          : OperationStopped: (:) [], Exception
        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Failed to establish proxy connection to http://localhost:8080/reportserver : Failed to e
       stablish proxy connection to http://localhost:8080/reportserver/ReportService2010.asmx : There was an error downlo
      ading 'http://localhost:8080/reportserver/ReportService2010.asmx'.

  • It didn't like the VirtualServiceAccount it was running under;
    Changed to an active directory account and it connected

  • This can happen if the server is low on memory.

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