Knowledge Base for Windows

Description/Problem:
Some months ago I published an article SharePoint Site Backup Script which described shortly how to implement an easy backup script for the SharePoint Portal Sites over scheduled tasks. Now would be the right time to present information how to restore SharePoint content backuped via this script.

Solution:

• Identify folder where SharePoint Site Backup Script stored the backups (for example: X:\Backups)
• Execute from command line: “stsadm -o restore -url http://sharepoint.portal.com -filename X:\Backups\sharepoint.portal.com-2009-05-15-08-00-30.dat -overwrite”

Description/Problem:
Several days ago I had a problem to remove (un-install) Windows Internal Database related to WSUS Service & SharePoint Service on one server. On the Internet exist lot of discussions about this topic but only some of them are really helpful. I prefer this way…

Solution:

• Open Add/Remove Programs and check that Windows Internal Database is listed there
  • Try remove Windows Internal Database via standard way, click to the button Uninstall
• If Windows Internal Database is not listed in Add/Remove Programs try one of these commands (TechNET.com):
  • On 32-bit platforms: “msiexec /x {CEB5780F-1A70-44A9-850F-DE6C4F6AA8FB} callerid=ocsetup.exe”
  • On 64-bit platforms: “msiexec /x {BDD79957-5801-4A2D-B09E-852E7FA64D01} callerid=ocsetup.exe”
• If standard un-installation process failed with unexpected error you can continue with these steps:
  • Delete registry key: “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Update Services”
  • Import from the file registry temporary settings (listed below) and then try un-install Windows Internal Database again

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Update Services\Server\Setup]
"WmsdeInstalled"=dword:00000000
"InstallType"=dword:00000001
"Version"=dword:00000003
"wYukonInstalled"=dword:00000000
"SqlServerName"=hex(2):25,00,63,00,6f,00,6d,00,70,00,75,00,74,00,65,00,72,00,\
6e,00,61,00,6d,00,65,00,25,00,5c,00,4d,00,49,00,43,00,52,00,4f,00,53,00,4f,\
00,46,00,54,00,23,00,23,00,53,00,53,00,45,00,45,00,00,00
"SqlAuthenticationMode"="WindowsAuthentication"
"SqlDatabaseName"="SUSDB"
"SqlUserName"=""
"SqlEncryptedPassword"=""
"ContentDir"="X:\\WSUS"

Description/Problem:
The Windows SharePoint Service is powerful web system which is integrated part of Microsoft Windows 2003 Server R2 installation CD/DVD. Free templates allow to each administrator create useful company systems for project management, change management, team activity tracking or build up documentation library. One good known issue of this web system is that 1st start-up of SharePoint web interface take a long time (several seconds). I found one small script which can help you to warm-up your Windows SharePoint Servers.

Solution:
MSDN Blog

Description/Problem:
This issue occurs when the service account for the Windows SharePoint Services Search service is configured to use the Network Service account. The search service account must not use a built-in account to access the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 database.

Solution:
KB927012 / TechNET.com

Description/Problem:
I had several issues with SharePoint Service during implementation on Windows 2003 server member and also domain controller. The 1st issue was related to unable start-up of SharePoint Service. The web interface present each time the error message: “Start action dailed. Additional information: Class not registered”. The 2nd issue was also interesting for me because the configuration wizard for new installation of SharePoint Service failed on Step 5 of Step 10.

Solution:

• Apply special file system permissions (add to existing)
• System Disk (C:)
  • Local Service (Read & Execute List Folder Contents Read)
  • Network Service (Modify Read & Execute List Folder Contents Read Write)
  • WSS_Admin_WPG (Full Control)
• System Folder (%systemroot%\Temp)
  • Network Service (Full Control)
  • WSS_Admin_WPG (Full Control)
  • WSS_WPG (Read & Execute List Folder Contents Read)
• Restart SharePoint Services

Description/Problem:
Helpful information about basic, daily and expert administration of the SharePoint Portal from command line.

Solution:
TechNET.com

Description/Problem:
The next interesting article which can help you to install all forty of the Application Templates for Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, including the Application Template Core solution, which is required to deploy server administration templates.

Solution:
BlogSpot.com

Description/Problem:
This article describes shortly how to implement an easy backup script for the SharePoint Portal Sites over scheduled tasks. The advantages of the script is that it works with any version of STSADM, so the script will work for SharePoint Portal Server 2003, MOSS 2007, WSS 2.0 or WSS 3.0.

Solution:
Network World