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• MOSS Search Fails during Infrastructure Updates Install (Problem and Resolution)

  Body: “Failed to start service SearchServiceInstance on this server after completing upgrade. Please start it manually.” The service it is talking about is Office SharePoint Search. PSConfig stays on the “task 8” screen for a while, though it does later Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 21, 2009 12:53 PM from Blogging about SharePoint: Posts | 0 Comments Filed under: MOSS 2007

• Need More Permissions than Sec Admin and DB Creator to Attach Content Database in SQL 2008

  Body: So I decided that the best way for me to get some content into this new MOSS farm that I created was to attach a content database. I logged into my farm server (it’s a demo environment so it’s all on one box). I logged in as my Farm Admin account. Read More... Posted Monday, April 20, 2009 12:52 PM from Blogging about SharePoint: Posts | 0 Comments Filed under: MOSS 2007

• Building a Demo VM in a Highly Scripted Way

  Body: Currently, I am setting up a single server MOSS virtual machine which will host a demo site that will be used by part of Magenic’s sales force. The demo site will represent a repeatable service offering. Additionally, another project team in my Read More... Posted Sunday, April 19, 2009 2:09 AM from Blogging about SharePoint: Posts | 0 Comments Filed under: MOSS 2007

• A Sign the Farm is Quiescent

  Body: In Central Admin, in Operations, you have an option to quiesce the farm. This stops all new connections, and is a good idea before, for example, restoring a content database. it's the next to last operation under Global Configuration. When the farm Read More... Posted Saturday, February 21, 2009 12:41 AM from Blogging about SharePoint: Posts | 0 Comments Filed under: MOSS 2007

• Search Keyword to search for just sites: ContentClass:STS_Web

  Body: I know I'm overdue to respond to some blog comments you all have been kind enough to leave, but in the mean time I want to share this item I came across. I had a requirement (one of several) from a business user that had a site hierarchy with a Read More... Posted Thursday, October 16, 2008 11:06 AM from Blogging about SharePoint: Posts | 0 Comments Filed under: MOSS 2007

• Symptoms of your DB Server going down

  Body: Tonight I was supposed to be involved in the deployment of a workflow Solution I had built, but when the deployment window opened, I went to my client's SharePoint intranet site and got three terrifying error messages: http://server.dom.tld/ returned Read More... Posted Friday, September 26, 2008 11:03 PM from Blogging about SharePoint: Posts | 0 Comments Filed under: MOSS 2007

• When a Solution Won't Deploy

  Body: We loaded a WSP into the solution store with STSADM, and then used STSADM to deploy the solution and execute admin service jobs. STSADM reported a success, but when we looked in Central Admin, we saw that the solution deployment was scheduled but Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 24, 2008 2:16 PM from Blogging about SharePoint: Posts | 0 Comments Filed under: MOSS 2007