When running the Sharepoint 2010 Configuration Wizard on a new SQL server instance, you may get the following error when configuring the Specify Configuration Database Settings page:

SOLUTION:

The default SQL 2008 R2 ports are not open on the Windows Firewall on the SQL Server. Use the following steps to correct the issue:

1. On the SQL server, open the Windows Firewall Advanced Security Page.

2. Click the INBOUND RULES option on the left pane.

3. In the right pane for Inbound Rules Actions, click New Rule.

4. On the New Inbound Rule Wizard Page, select Port  for the Rule Type, Click Next.

5. Select TCP for the Protocol and type 1433-1434 in the Specific Local Ports text box. Click Next.

6. On the Action page, make sure Allow the connection is selected. Click Next .

7. On the Profile page, make sure Domain, Private and Public are checked. Click Next.

8. On the Name page, provide a descriptive name and click Finish.

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Logging these as I find them for discussion and reference for others.

SQL: SQL 2008 R2 patched per MS SharePoint 2010 requirements

Active Directory 2003

Install account is svcmossadmin and has domain admin rights in AD

SharePoint 2010 Server: Windows 2008 SP2 patched per MS specs

When I run the Configuration Wizard for MOSS 2010, it completes successfully but logs the following message:

Event ID 107, Warning, Source: Sharepoint 2010 Products Configuration Wizard

Unable to create a Service Connection Point in the current Active Directory domain. Verify that the SharePoint container exists in the current domain and that you have rights to write to it.

Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException: The object LDAP://CN=Microsoft SharePoint Products,CN=System,DC=xxxxxxxxxx,DC=com doesn’t exist in the directory.

at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPServiceConnectionPoint.Ensure(String serviceBindingInformation)

at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.CentralAdministrationSiteTask.ProvisionAdminVs()

From my understanding, an entry for each SharePoint server is logged into this container so that you can control rogue servers from popping up in your environment. But I’m not sure MOSS is supposed to create the container or if I’m supposed to manually create it.

Thoughts anyone?

Thanks.

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Eric Stepek
President/Principal Consultant
EMS Solutions Group.