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Installing MOSS 2007 on Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 - Part 6: Installing MOSS 2007

14. August 2008
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This article is a part of a series describing the installation of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) on a Windows Server 2008 with the newly released SQL Server 2008. Please have a look at "Installing MOSS 2007 on Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 - Part 1: Overview".

  • Select Advanced installation mode.
  • Select "Complete - Install all components. Can add servers to form a SharePoint farm."

Chose advanced installation mode. Select complete install.

  • Wait until the installation process finishes.
  • Note that you can download a MOSS 2007 installation DVD including SP1 from Microsoft. You need an installation source including SP1 in order to install MOSS 2007 on a Windows Server 2008.

Wait until setup has finished. You need SP1 for MOSS 2007 in order to work with Windows Server 2008.

  • Click Yes and proceed to the next screen.
  • Select "No, I want to create a new server farm".

Click yes to proceed. Create a new server farm.

  • Now you have to enter the name of your SQL Server and the MOSS farm account credentials (In my case aglaser\MOSSfarm).
  • If you are getting the error

    "Failed to connect to the database server or the database name does not exist.  Ensure the database server exists, is a Sql server, and that you have the appropriate permissions to access the database server.  To diagnose the problem, review the extended error information located at C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\12\LOGS\PSCDiagnostics_8_13_2008_11_19_34_359_1143906485.log.  Please consult the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard help for additional information regarding database server security configuration and network access." or

    "An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server.  When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections. (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server)"

    you have to make sure you

    -have deactivated your firewall or opened the ports needed and
    -that you have a working network connection to your Active Directory server. Try to ping your AD server.

Enter your SQL Server name and your farm account credentials. If you get an error check firewall and network settings.

  • Specify the port number for Central Administration and the authentication provider.
  • Wait until the configuration wizard has finished.

Specify port number for central administration and select authentication provider. Wait until the configuration wizard has finished.

Please take a look at Part 7: Configuring MOSS 2007.

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12/4/2008 4:56:48 PM #

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Installation MOSS 2007 sur Windows 2008 et SQL Server 2008...

Office et SharePoint pour et par les administrateurs

2/10/2009 5:12:58 PM #

I am getting Event 6141 – Site couldn't be created – Exception 0x81070209, followed by event 104 – Failed to create Configuration database

All accounts seem to be in order, active directory is working OK. this is a dev system that is only a few days old so its pretty healthy and patched up to a decent level.

I am not sure what troubleshooting steps to do next, I have read through many forums but there doesn't seem to be many answers out there in this topic.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Peter Bright United Kingdom

2/12/2009 8:30:22 AM #

Just to understand the whole thing:

-You have a dev system and wanted to install and configurate SharePoint...
-Install worked...
-Configuration did not work, right?

Can you please give me additional information?

-> What setup do you have? Did you install the SQL Server on the same maschine as the SharePoint Server?
-> Where is the AD located?

My trouble shooting steps would be:

-Checking log files for detailed messages:
SQL Server -> msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143702.aspx
SharePoint -> I don't know if this is the 12 hive when you install and configurate

-Checking Event Viewer for additional information
-Pinging all servers
-Checking SQL Server services if they are running
-Checking SQL Server configuration (named pipes enabled)
-Checking setup account permission

-Do you use virtualization? Maybe the environment configuration isn't working...


I don't know what you already did but I hope it helps you...

Andreas

Andreas Switzerland

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