Apparently there were some missing files in installation folder due to some virus cleaning process previously.
We downloaded the installation media and tried again. It worked.

that's exactly what i meant

we may upgrade some of our installations to 2016. we have 3 replicas and we would want to upgrade them with minimum downtime. if it works...

i mentioned in my earlier post that there is no file left in the file group. to be perfectly sure, i ran the script you posted. it returns 0 rows....

i use kind of solution as below. they are scheduled in sql server agent, running every night once.

you should select "SQL Server Analysis Services Command" in the Job Properties -...

if they use (ApplicationIntent=ReadOnly) in their connection string when they pull the data, you don't need to do anything else. lways on take cares of the rest. but of course...

firstly, this is a shame for microsoft. they have new feature but their own product does not support it 100%.

anyway, at the beginning i tried the same way mentioned above...