SharePoint & more
SharePoint 2010
fixmlindex.exe FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint 2010 – High CPU and Memory usage
Jun 28th
FAST Search Server 2010 Backend
Symptoms: fixmlindex.exe process consumes high CPU and memory usage on FAST Search server 2010 for SharePoint 2010.
Cause: Adding many managed properties to schema over time may lead to high memory usage in the fixmlindex.exe process.
Solution: To work around this, either reinstall FAST Search and apply the schema changes in one go, or follow this procedure:
- Perform all schema updates before starting feeding.
- Stop the FASTSearchService
- Remove the file
- etc\config_data\Schema\webcluster\summaryclasses.xml
- Start the FASTSearchService
- Start feed.
MOSS SharePoint 2007 SSP migration to SharePoint 2010
Jun 11th
In SharePoint 2010 there isnt any Shared Service Provider SSP. There is a recommended pathway by Microsoft for upgrading your Microsoft Office SharePoint Service (MOSS) 2007 SSP database to SharePoint 2010.
Basically, the “SSP” in SharePoint 2010 consists of various “Service Applications”. I.e User Profile Service, Mysites (which is runs off the User Profile Service) and Managed Metadata Service.
No doubt, depending on your SSP functionality, there is excel services and the BDC which has seperate SharePoint 2010 Service Applications.
Search is now an OOTB Out of the Box ’service’ in SharePoint 2010. I have also written other posts in this blog on Search on SharePoint 2010 with specific focus on the more superior FAST Search for SharePoint 2010.
Here is the pathway you can follow to migrate your SSP into SharePoint 2010:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263299.aspx#SSP
Upgrade the shared services database
- Create an application pool for the User Profile service.
- Verify that the Managed Metadata service is enabled.
- Enable the User Profile service and upgrade the SSP database.
- Create a new proxy for the User Profile service application and associate it with the default proxy group.
Here is the pathway you can follow to migrate your SSP into SharePoint 2010:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263299.aspx#SSP
FAST Search 2010 for SharePoint 2010 demo
Jun 4th
This is a good demo on some features of FAST Search 2010 for SharePoint 2010.
Learn on the improvements in FAST Search 2010.
Learn on the improvements in FAST Search 2010.
Important StatusStatus: This page has been declared a record or placed on hold and is locked as read-only
Jun 3rd
In SharePoint 2010, you may experience this message on your page that you are trying to edit/view:
Important StatusStatus: This page has been declared a record or placed on hold and is locked as read-only
Solution:
1. Ensure that no other users have checked-in the page. You may have to ensure that the page has been Checked-out for you to to edit the page.
2. Ensure you have the appropriate permissions to edit the page.
Microsoft Project Server 2010 Requirements
Jun 3rd
Been doing some reading on Microsoft Project Server 2010. Here are some essential requirements to factor in for your new Project Server 2010. My next post will point out the hardware and software requirements for Project Server 2010.
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
64 Bit Only Hardware
Internet Explorer 7 or Higher
Windows 2008 (SP2 or later or R2)
SQL Server 2005 SP3 CU3 or SQL Server 2008 SP1 CU2 or SQL Server 2008 R2
Setup and Migration Documentation
The setup and upgrade documentation is located here.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc197280(office.14).aspx
Videos
Deploy Project Server – Single Application Server Farm
- Stream: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=169126
- Download: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=169127
Deploy Project Server – Multi Application Server Farm
- Stream: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=169128
- Download: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=169129
Create Project Web Access Site:
- Stream: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=169130
- Download: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=169131
Configure Reporting:
- Streaming: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=169132
- Download: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=169133
Add an Application Server to a Project Server Farm:
- Streaming: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=169134
- Download: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=169135
Reference: http://blogs.technet.com/b/projectadministration/archive/2009/11/18/microsoft-project-server-2010-requirements.aspx
SharePoint 2010 – The form cannot be rendered. This may be due to a misconfiguration of the Microsoft SharePoint Server State Service. For more information, contact your server administrator.
Jun 2nd
You may receive this error when trying to publish a page in SharePoint 2010
The form cannot be rendered. This may be due to a misconfiguration of the Microsoft SharePoint Server State Service. For more information, contact your server administrator.
Solution:
You would need to install the ‘State Service’ via the Configuration wizard in Central Administration or via PowerShell.
To configure the State Service by using Windows PowerShell:
1. Click Start, Administrative Tools, Windows PowerShell Modules.
2. In Windows PowerShell, type $serviceApp = New-SPStateServiceApplication -Name “State Service”
3. Create a State Service database and associate it with a service application, by typing New-SPStateServiceDatabase -Name “StateServiceDatabase” -ServiceApplication $serviceApp
4. Create a State Service Application Proxy and associate it with the service application by typing New-SPStateServiceApplicationProxy -Name “State Service” -ServiceApplication $serviceApp -DefaultProxyGroup
(You can use another proxy group if necessary by changing the DefaultProxyGroup parameter)
Tip:
You can view a list of all State Service cmdlets in Windows PowerShell by typing gcm *spstate*
SharePoint disable loopback check (DisableLoopbackCheck dword in registry)
May 24th
Ive found this very handy.. recently, I was working on a server and we were trying to access the local SharePoint site http://127.0.0.1 or http://nameoflocalserver/pages/default.aspx and I was constantly prompted for the username and password. in SharePoint 2010 it can really annoy you by not accepting your username password credentials in the popup window.
Its a ‘feature’ on the server that you need to disable as a workaround..
You would need to create a DWORD registry key in the registry called DisableLoopbackCheck and set it to 1.
Follow these steps:
Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK
In Registry Editor, locate and then click the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
Right-click Lsa, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
Type DisableLoopbackCheck, and then press ENTER.
Right-click DisableLoopbackCheck, and then click Modify.
In the Value data box, type 1 and then click OK.
Quit Registry Editor, and then restart your computer.
For more information about this, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 281308 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/281308/ ) Connecting to SMB share on a Windows 2000-based computer or a Windows Server 2003-based computer may not work with an alias name.
SharePoint 2010 ULS log viewer
May 3rd
When using SharePoint 2010, you will notice ULS logging. This tool greatly helps when troubleshooting ULS log files. Its from Microsoft but its unsupported.
Summary
ULSViewer allows users to open a ULS log file and display its contents in a user friendly format. Users can then perform advanced functions such as filtering, sorting, highlighting, loading logs, appending logs, etc in order to single out the data that is important to the user. This information can be used to diagnose problems with machines running ULS services, or to monitor machines and the events they create in realtime.
FAST Search Center – Unable to display this Web Part- Results page webpart error in SharePoint 2010
Apr 30th
I have spent a lot of time troubleshooting this one and its certainly made me very familiar with FAST Search for SharePoint 2010 
When configuring FAST Server for SharePoint 2010, you receive this error:
“Unable to display this Web Part. To troubleshoot the problem, open this Web page in a Microsoft SharePoint Foundation-compatible HTML editor such as Microsoft SharePoint Designer. If the problem persists, contact your Web server administrator”
Want to save some time?
Solution:
Configure HTTPS for your query service. At this time, there are issues with getting HTTP to work in FAST.
Ie: https://FQDN:13286 for your query service
Click ‘More’ to get further educated..
The term Set-SPEnterpriseSearchExtendedQueryProperty is not recognized in FAST Search for SharePoint 2010
Apr 26th
When configuring FAST Search for SharePoint 2010, you may receive this error.
Solution:
Open FAST Search for SharePoint 2010 Shell as Administrator
and run the following:
Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.Powershell
