Sorry alias sql alias or SharePoint? I just thought I should be able to use the syntax below have attempted to use the IP instead of server name as well.
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alpesh Nakar Sent: Friday, 16 May 2008 11:06 AM To: listserver@ozmoss.com Subject: Re: [OzMOSS] Assistance with installing SharePoint to a seperate instance of SQL 2005 Have you created alias for this? On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 11:34 AM, Anthony Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi All, having a slight issue at the moment with an attempted installation of SharePoint onto a Development instance of SQL 2005 I've had my IT area open up the applicable port 1435 and am using the connection string in the server dialog box \servername\,portnum,Instance name the weird thing is it's actually creating the db's on the SQL Instance. I've attached the error log to it's just weird how it's creating the db's and stopping at the end of stage 2.Posting here as a little out of my depth usually an install just works straight away and goes through the magic bouncing balls. Event Type: Error Event Source: SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard Event Category: None Event ID: 104 Date: 5/16/2008 Time: 10:32:42 AM User: N/A Computer: Description: Failed to create the configuration database. An exception of type Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException was thrown. Additional exception information: Unable to connect to database. Check database connection information and make sure the database server is running. Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException: Unable to connect to database. Check database connection information and make sure the database server is running. ---> System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x81020024): Unable to connect to database. Check database connection information and make sure the database server is running. at Microsoft.SharePoint.Library.SPRequestInternalClass.CreateSite(Guid gApplicationId, String bstrUrl, Int32 lZone, Guid gSiteId, Guid gDatabaseId, String bstrDatabaseServer, String bstrDatabaseName, String bstrDatabaseUsername, String bstrDatabasePassword, String bstrTitle, String bstrDescription, UInt32 nLCID, String bstrWebTemplate, String bstrOwnerLogin, String bstrOwnerName, String bstrOwnerEmail, String bstrSecondaryContactLogin, String bstrSecondaryContactName, String bstrSecondaryContactEmail, Boolean bADAccountMode, Boolean bHostHeaderIsSiteName) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Library.SPRequest.CreateSite(Guid gApplicationId, String bstrUrl, Int32 lZone, Guid gSiteId, Guid gDatabaseId, String bstrDatabaseServer, String bstrDatabaseName, String bstrDatabaseUsername, String bstrDatabasePassword, String bstrTitle, String bstrDescription, UInt32 nLCID, String bstrWebTemplate, String bstrOwnerLogin, String bstrOwnerName, String bstrOwnerEmail, String bstrSecondaryContactLogin, String bstrSecondaryContactName, String bstrSecondaryContactEmail, Boolean bADAccountMode, Boolean bHostHeaderIsSiteName) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at Microsoft.SharePoint.Library.SPRequest.CreateSite(Guid gApplicationId, String bstrUrl, Int32 lZone, Guid gSiteId, Guid gDatabaseId, String bstrDatabaseServer, String bstrDatabaseName, String bstrDatabaseUsername, String bstrDatabasePassword, String bstrTitle, String bstrDescription, UInt32 nLCID, String bstrWebTemplate, String bstrOwnerLogin, String bstrOwnerName, String bstrOwnerEmail, String bstrSecondaryContactLogin, String bstrSecondaryContactName, String bstrSecondaryContactEmail, Boolean bADAccountMode, Boolean bHostHeaderIsSiteName) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPSiteCollection.Add(SPContentDataba se database, String siteUrl, String title, String description, UInt32 nLCID, String webTemplate, String ownerLogin, String ownerName, String ownerEmail, String secondaryContactLogin, String secondaryContactName, String secondaryContactEmail, String quotaTemplate, String sscRootWebUrl, Boolean useHostHeaderAsSiteName) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPSiteCollection.Add(String siteUrl, String title, String description, UInt32 nLCID, String webTemplate, String ownerLogin, String ownerName, String ownerEmail, String secondaryContactLogin, String secondaryContactName, String secondaryContactEmail, Boolean useHostHeaderAsSiteName) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPSiteCollection.Add(String siteUrl, String title, String description, UInt32 nLCID, String webTemplate, String ownerLogin, String ownerName, String ownerEmail, String secondaryContactLogin, String secondaryContactName, String secondaryContactEmail) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPAdministrationWebApplication.Creat eDefaultInstance(SqlConnectionStringBuilder administrationContentDatabase, SPWebService adminService, IdentityType identityType, String farmUser, SecureString farmPassword) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPFarm.CreateAdministrationWebServic e(SqlConnectionStringBuilder administrationContentDatabase, IdentityType identityType, String farmUser, SecureString farmPassword) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPFarm.CreateBasicServices(SqlConnec tionStringBuilder administrationContentDatabase, IdentityType identityType, String farmUser, SecureString farmPassword) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPFarm.Create(SqlConnectionStringBui lder configurationDatabase, SqlConnectionStringBuilder administrationContentDatabase, IdentityType identityType, String farmUser, SecureString farmPassword) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPFarm.Create(SqlConnectionStringBui lder configurationDatabase, SqlConnectionStringBuilder administrationContentDatabase, String farmUser, SecureString farmPassword) at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ConfigurationDatabaseTask.Cr eateOrConnectConfigDb() at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ConfigurationDatabaseTask.Ru n() at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.TaskThread.ExecuteTask() For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. 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