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SPProductUpdate fails for 2 server farm when the ShutdownServices is set to True

See original GitHub issue

I am trying to automate SP update process with the SharepointDSC. One one farm scenario (like DEV machine it works ok) but for a 2 farm scenario is fails during pausing of the SSA.

The error is either Unable to connect to remote server, or ‘Connection was closed’(the latter I had only once so not sure about it) I can easily recreate the first one. After I complete installation on box 1 and try to run the code (copied form DSC) to pause the search from Box 2 I receive the first error.

  $searchSAs = Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceApplication
        foreach ($searchSA in $searchSAs)
        {
            $searchSA.Pause()
        }
Exception calling “Pause” with “0” argument(s): “Unable to connect to the remote server” At line:5 char:17
            $searchSA.Pause()
            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (😃 [], MethodInvocationException

FullyQualifiedErrorId : WebException

Is it something I am doing wrong? Should the ‘ShutdownServices’ be specified only for the server 1 and others should have it to ‘false’?

Configuration SPUpdate
{

    param(
            [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
            [PSCredential]$SetupAccount, 

            [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
            [string] $CUPath,

            [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
            [string] $CUFile

       )
      


    #This import is required to avoid the warrning message
    Import-DscResource -ModuleName 'PSDesiredStateConfiguration'
    Import-DscResource -ModuleName SharePointDsc
    Import-DsCResource -ModuleName xPendingReboot
    $FullPathLocal = 'C:\Temp\'+$CUFile
    Node "localhost"
    {
         LocalConfigurationManager
    {
         RebootNodeIfNeeded = $True
    }

        File CUDirectoryCopy
        {
            Ensure = "Present"  # You can also set Ensure to "Absent"
            Type = "Directory" # Default is "File".
            Recurse = $true # Ensure presence of subdirectories, too #MS Probably not necessary in our case
            SourcePath = $CUPath  
            DestinationPath = "C:\Temp"
        }

        Log AfterCUDirectoryCopy
        {
            # The message below gets written to the Microsoft-Windows-Desired State Configuration/Analytic log
            Message = "Finished running the file resource with ID DirectoryCopy"
            DependsOn = "[File]CUDirectoryCopy" # This means run "DirectoryCopy" first.
        }


        SPProductUpdate InstallCU
            {
                SetupFile            = 'C:\Temp\'+$CUFile 
                ShutdownServices     = $true
                Ensure               = "Present"
                PsDscRunAsCredential = $SetupAccount
                DependsOn = "[File]CUDirectoryCopy"
            }

        Log AfterInstallCU
        {
            # The message below gets written to the Microsoft-Windows-Desired State Configuration/Analytic log
            Message = "Finished applying the CU on the server"
            DependsOn = "[SPProductUpdate]InstallCU" 
        }

        # Reboot if pending

        xPendingReboot RebootCheck1

        {

            Name = "RebootCheck1"

        }

        SPConfigWizard PSConfig
        {
            Ensure = "Present"
            PsDscRunAscredential = $SetupAccount
        }

        Log AfterPSCOnfig
        {
            # The message below gets written to the Microsoft-Windows-Desired State Configuration/Analytic log
            Message = "Finished applying the CU on the server"
            DependsOn = "[SPConfigWizard]PSConfig" 
        }
    }
}

Running Win2012 R2

SP16 January 2017 CU.

I am using SharepointDSC 2.2.0.0 and PS 5.1