SharePoint 2013 Health Analyzer: Missing Server Side Dependencies

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Problem

You are performing your daily review of a farm's health, by reviewing the farm's Problems and Solutions report.  You find the following entry in the SharePoint 2013 Central Administration Review problems and solutions All Reports listing:

Title Missing Server Side Dependencies
Severity 1 - Error
Category Configuration
Explanation [MissingWebPart] WebPart class [8307a780-2546-f10b-551f-0e692d0fce39] (class [Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.WebControls.SearchApplicationShortcutsList] from assembly [Microsoft.Office.Server.Search, Version=15.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c]) is referenced [1] times in the database [CA Content], but is not installed on the current farm. Please install any feature/solution which contains this web part. One or more web parts are referenced in the database [Content CA], but are not installed on the current farm. Please install any feature or solution which contains these web parts.
[MissingWebPart] WebPart class [63104819-a32f-88b6-ab4a-7bbd4fbb40e8] (class [Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.WebControls.FarmSystemStatus] from assembly [Microsoft.Office.Server.Search, Version=15.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c]) is referenced [1] times in the database [Content CA], but is not installed on the current farm. Please install any feature/solution which contains this web part. One or more web parts are referenced in the database [Content CA], but are not installed on the current farm. Please install any feature or solution which contains these web parts.
[MissingWebPart] WebPart class [9328cc53-be2c-1cca-f310-ddd573a106a5] (class [Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.WebControls.FarmSearchApplicationList] from assembly [Microsoft.Office.Server.Search, Version=15.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c]) is referenced [1] times in the database [Content CA], but is not installed on the current farm. Please install any feature/solution which contains this web part. One or more web parts are referenced in the database [Content CA], but are not installed on the current farm. Please install any feature or solution which contains these web parts.
[MissingWebPart] WebPart class [4465f30a-0604-4d3c-39fd-ecdb8812f3f3] (class [Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.WebControls.SearchTopologyOverview] from assembly [Microsoft.Office.Server.Search, Version=15.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c]) is referenced [1] times in the database [Content CA], but is not installed on the current farm. Please install any feature/solution which contains this web part. One or more web parts are referenced in the database [Content CA], but are not installed on the current farm. Please install any feature or solution which contains these web parts.
[MissingWebPart] WebPart class [a9bc1035-cf56-e003-8a4d-fff0bb3da148] (class [Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.WebControls.SearchApplicationSystemStatus] from assembly [Microsoft.Office.Server.Search, Version=15.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c]) is referenced [1] times in the database [Content CA], but is not installed on the current farm. Please install any feature/solution which contains this web part. One or more web parts are referenced in the database [Content CA], but are not installed on the current farm. Please install any feature or solution which contains these web parts.
Remedy For more information about this rule, see "http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=142689".
Failing Servers  
Failing Services SPTimerService (SPTimerV4)
Rule Settings View

 

Solution

  1. Launch Central Administration.
  2. Navigate to: General Application Settings > Search > Farm Search Administration.
  3. Click Settings > Edit page.
  4. Make any change to a web part (e.g., change the title of a web part), and then undo (don't worry: this won't break anything).
  5. Save the web part, and then exit edit mode.
  6. Navigate to: General Application Settings > Farm Search Administration > Search Administration.
  7. Click Settings > Edit page.
  8. Make any change to a web part (e.g., change the title of a web part), and then undo.
  9. Save the web part, and then exit edit mode.
  10. Navigate to: Monitoring > Health Analyzer > Review problems and solutions.
  11. Click on the error, Missing server side dependencies.
  12. Click the Re-analyze Now button.
  13. Click Close.
  14. Wait a minute or two.
  15. Click the error link again.

References

Notes

  • Contrary to my experience with this issue in 2010, I found that   navigating to the page and just refreshing it was insufficient for resolving this issue in 2013.

See Also

See also: SharePoint 2013 Portal