Can't successfully run Sharepoint Foundation 2010 first time configuration
- by Robert Koritnik
I'm trying to run the non-GUI version of configuration wizard using power shell because I would like to set config and admin database names. GUI wizard doesn't give you all possible options for configuration (but even though it doesn't do it either).
I run this command:
New-SPConfigurationDatabase
-DatabaseName "Sharepoint2010Config"
-DatabaseServer "developer.mydomain.pri"
-AdministrationContentDatabaseName "Sharepoint2010Admin"
-DatabaseCredentials (Get-Credential)
-Passphrase (ConvertTo-SecureString "%h4r3p0int" -AsPlainText -Force)
Of course all these are in the same line. I've broken them down into separate lines to make it easier to read. When I run this command I get this error:
New-SPConfigurationDatabase : Cannot connect to database master at SQL server a
t developer.mydomain.pri. The database might not exist, or the current user does
not have permission to connect to it.
At line:1 char:28
+ New-SPConfigurationDatabase <<<< -DatabaseName "Sharepoint2010Config" -Datab
aseServer "developer.mydomain.pri" -AdministrationContentDatabaseName "Sharepoint
2010Admin" -DatabaseCredentials (Get-Credential) -Passphrase (ConvertTo-SecureS
tring "%h4r3p0int" -AsPlainText -Force)
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (Microsoft.Share...urationDatabase:
SPCmdletNewSPConfigurationDatabase) [New-SPConfigurationDatabase], SPExcep
tion
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell.SPCmdletNewSPCon
figurationDatabase
I created two domain accounts and haven't added them to any group:
SPF_DATABASE - database account
SPF_ADMIN - farm account
I'm running powershell console as domain administrator. I've tried to run SQL Management studio as domain admin and created a dummy database and it worked without a problem.
I'm running:
Windows 7 x64 on the machine where Sharepoint Foundation 2010 should be installed and also has preinstalled SQL Server 2008 R2 database
Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core is my domain controller that just serves domain features and nothing else
I've installed Sharepoint according to MS guides http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee554869%28office.14%29.aspx installing all additional patches that are related to my configuration.
Any ideas what should I do to make it work?
