SharePoint 2010

fixmlindex.exe FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint 2010 – High CPU and Memory usage

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:

  1. Perform all schema updates before starting feeding.
  2. Stop the FASTSearchService
  3. Remove the file
  4. etc\config_data\Schema\webcluster\summaryclasses.xml
  5. Start the FASTSearchService
  6. Start feed.
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Microsoft Project Server 2010 Requirements

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

Deploy Project Server – Multi Application Server Farm

Create Project Web Access Site:

Configure Reporting:

Add an Application Server to a Project Server Farm:

Reference: http://blogs.technet.com/b/projectadministration/archive/2009/11/18/microsoft-project-server-2010-requirements.aspx

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SharePoint disable loopback check (DisableLoopbackCheck dword in registry)

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.

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FAST Search Center – Unable to display this Web Part- Results page webpart error in SharePoint 2010

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..

More >

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The term Set-SPEnterpriseSearchExtendedQueryProperty is not recognized in FAST Search for SharePoint 2010

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

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