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The super user account utilized by the cache is not configured

Wednesday, April 19, 2017 - by Keith A. Smith

SharePoint: Event ID: 7362: The super user account utilized by the cache is not configured


ProblemAngry
You encounter the following error appears in the Windows Application event log:
Log Name:      Application
Source:        Microsoft-SharePoint Products-Web Content Management
Date:          
Event ID:      7362
Task Category: Publishing Cache
Level:         Warning
Keywords:      
User:          
Computer:      
Description:
Object Cache: The super user account utilized by the cache is not configured. This can increase the number of cache misses, which causes the page requests to consume unnecessary system resources.
To configure the account use the following command 'stsadm -o setproperty -propertyname portalsuperuseraccount -propertyvalue account -url webappurl'. The account should be any account that has Full Control access to the SharePoint databases but is not an application pool account.
Additional Data:
Current default super user account: [MachineName]\system SharePoint 2010 is hosted on this machine.

SolutionSmile
On new installations, the SharePoint super user account is configured to run under the machine's local System account.  However, this causes complications and thus the warning.  This should be addressed during setup, but isn't included in the setup wizard.  Anyway, resolving it is simple.  There are two ways: using STSADM or using Powershell.  We'll go through both here.

Step 1: Create Super User and Super Reader Domain Accounts
Create super user and super reader domain accounts
Example: DOMAIN\sp_superuser, DOMAIN\sp_superreader

Step 2: Configure Accounts in SharePoint Central Administration
Go to SharePoint CA: Central Admin -> Manage Web Application -> User Policy
Add DOMAIN\sp_superuser – Full Control
Add DOMAIN\sp_superreader – Full Read

Check to make sure these accounts have similar access to the SharePoint databases.  Next, use one of the following steps: A or B.
Step 3A: Using STSADM
Open a command prompt
Execute:
stsadm -o setproperty -propertyname portalsuperuseraccount -propertyvalue DOMAIN\[sp_superuser] -url [WEBAPPURL]
And
stsadm -o setproperty -propertyname portalsuperreaderaccount -propertyvalue DOMAIN\[sp_superreader] -url [WEBAPPURL]
Step 3B: Using SharePoint Management Shell

Open a shell
Execute the following commands:
1.$wcm = Get-SPWebApplication -Identity https://[webappurl/]
2.$wcm.Properties["portalsuperuseraccount"] = “DOMAIN\sp_superuser”
3.$wcm.Properties["portalsuperreaderaccount"] = “DOMAIN\sp_superreader”
4.$wcm.Update()
Close the shell.

Step 4: Reset IIS
Reset IIS either from the GUI or executing "IISReset" at the command prompt.

Step 5: Test
Open a command prompt
Execute the following:
stsadm -o getproperty -propertyname portalsuperuseraccount -url [WEBAPPURL]
Output should read:



Similarly for the super reader account.  The references below provide good background.

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