farhanfaiz's Weblog - SharePoint / MOSS

MOSS 2007: You cannot create alerts for lists for which users can only read their own items

Farhan Faiz — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:45:59 +0000

We tried to set up alerts for users for a list with customized permissions. Following error appeared:

You cannot create alerts for lists for which users can only read their own items.

Resolution:

Set up a workflow using SharePoint Designer which served same purpose.

MOSS: Service Pack 2 Expiration Date Issue

Farhan Faiz — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:06:20 +0000

Scenario:

Installation of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS 2007) SP2 may activate a product expiration date, meaning that your SharePoint server will stop working 180 days after installation of SP2.

Resolution:

Details are available at following SharePoint Team Blog entry:

http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/05/21/attention-important-information-on-service-pack-2.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/06/25/service-pack-2-update.aspx

Hot Fix is available from following URL:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971620

SharePoint Document Upload Error: Unable to complete this operation. Please contact your administrator.

Farhan Faiz — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:32:37 +0000

Scenario:

When we try to upload document / images error page appear with following extension:

Unable to complete this operation. Please contact your administrator.

When we try to upload text document, it worked but when we increased the sixe from 45Bytes to 450KB, it failed with the same message.

Resolution:

You ran out of space either on SQL Server or on Server Machine. Created space and we were back on track.

MOSS 2007: Event ID 6641 Reason: Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password

Farhan Faiz — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:45:01 +0000

We have changed the password of the account used to run some services of MOSS server. After some time, Event ID 6641 started to appear after approximately 5 minutes in the event viewer.

Event Type: Error

Event Source: Office SharePoint Server

Event Category: Office Server Shared Services

Event ID: 6641

Date: XXXXXX

Time: XXXXXX

User: N/A

Computer: XXXXXX

Description:

The SSP Timer Job Distribution List Import Job was not run.

Reason: Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password

Technical Support Details:

System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password

at Microsoft.Office.Server.Utilities.WindowsSecurity.GetUserTokenFromCredentials(String userDomainName, String password, LogonType logonType)

at Microsoft.Office.Server.Utilities.WindowsSecurity.GetUserTokenFromCredentials(String userDomainName, String password)

at Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration.JobHandler.Execute(Object state, Boolean timedOut)

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Resolution:

Run following two commands using STSADM:

stsadm -o updatefarmcredentials [-identitytype]

[-userlogin] [-password] [-local]

stsadm -o updateaccountpassword -userlogin -password [-noadmin]

Import Spreadsheet Error: Method ‘Post’ of object ‘IOWSPostData’ Failed

Farhan Faiz — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:25:55 +0000

We were trying to import Excel sheet data into SharePoint and got following error:

Method ‘Post’ of object ‘IOWSPostData’ Failed

Resolution:

Need to perform following steps:

Go to “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\1033”.
Find “EXPTOOWS.XLA” and double click on it.
Press “Alt+F11” to display VB code editor.
Select code window and find “lVer = Application.SharePointVersion(URL)”
Add following line “lVer = 2”.
Save and close the window.
Restart and see if it worked.
If not, change “lVer = 3”.
Restart and see if it worked.

Upgrade Error: Access to this Web site has been blocked. Please contact the administrator to resolve this problem

Farhan Faiz — Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:39 +0000

We were trying to upgrade site gradually one by one from SharePoint 2003 to SharePoint 2007, one site after upgrade displayed following error message on access:

Access to this Web site has been blocked.

Please contact the administrator to resolve this problem.

Server event viewer has following entries:

Event Type: Error

Event Source: Office SharePoint Server

Event Category: Records Center

Event ID: 7894

Date: XXXXXXXX

Time: XXXXXXXX

User: N/A

Computer: XXXXXXXX

Description:

Records Center processing for site collection http://abc/sites/xyz failed.

Access to this Web site has been blocked.

Please contact the administrator to resolve this problem.

at Microsoft.SharePoint.Library.SPRequest.OpenWebInternal(String bstrUrl, Guid& pguidID, String& pbstrRequestAccessEmail, UInt32& pwebVersion, String& pbstrServerRelativeUrl, UInt32& pnLanguage, UInt32& pnLocale, String& pbstrDefaultTheme, String& pbstrDefaultThemeCSSUrl, String& pbstrAlternateCSSUrl, String& pbstrCustomizedCssFileList, String& pbstrCustomJSUrl, String& pbstrAlternateHeaderUrl, String& pbstrMasterUrl, String& pbstrCustomMasterUrl, String& pbstrSiteLogoUrl, String& pbstrSiteLogoDescription, Object& pvarUser, Boolean& pvarIsAuditor, Int32& plSiteFlags)

at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb.InitWebPublic()

at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb.get_ServerRelativeUrl()

at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb.get_Url()

at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb.GetProperties()

at Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPPropertyBag..ctor(GetProperties getProperties, UpdateProperties updateProperties)

at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb.get_Properties()

at Microsoft.Office.RecordsManagement.Holds.Hold.HasRecordsCenter(SPSite site)

at Microsoft.Office.RecordsManagement.Internal.RecordsRepositoryJobDefinition.Execute(Guid targetInstanceId)

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error

Event Source: Office SharePoint Server

Event Category: Information Policy Management

Event ID: 5016

Date: XXXXXXX

Time: XXXXXXX

User: N/A

Computer: XXXXXXX

Description:

Expiration Service for site http://abc/sites/xyz failed.

Access to this Web site has been blocked.

Please contact the administrator to resolve this problem.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error

Event Source: Office SharePoint Server

Event Category: Records Center

Event ID: 7892

Date: XXXXXXX

Time: XXXXXXX

User: N/A

Computer: XXXXXXX

Description:

HoldProcessAndReport for site http://abc/sites/xyz failed.

Access to this Web site has been blocked.

Please contact the administrator to resolve this problem.

at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb.InitWebPublic()

at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb.get_ServerRelativeUrl()

at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb.get_Url()

at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb.GetProperties()

at Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPPropertyBag..ctor(GetProperties getProperties, UpdateProperties updateProperties)

at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb.get_Properties()

at Microsoft.Office.RecordsManagement.Holds.Hold.HasRecordsCenter(SPSite site)

at Microsoft.Office.RecordsManagement.Internal.HoldReportJobDefinition.Execute(Guid targetInstanceId)

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error

Event Source: Office SharePoint Server

Event Category: Information Policy Management

Event ID: 3763

Date: XXXXXXX

Time: XXXXXXX

User: N/A

Computer: XXXXXXX

Description:

Processing policy updates for site http://abc/sites/xyz failed.

Access to this Web site has been blocked.

Please contact the administrator to resolve this problem.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Resolution:

“Central Administration > Application Management > Site Collection Quotas and Locks” and select “Not locked”

MOSS 2007: SharePoint Designer 2007 – free download

Farhan Faiz — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:13:26 +0000

SharePoint designer 2007 is available as fee download.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=baa3ad86-bfc1-4bd4-9812-d9e710d44f42

MOSS 2007: Event ID 5231, 5234 & 5239

Farhan Faiz — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:12:26 +0000

When we try to configure dashboard in SharePoint 2007, following error appear:

Excel Web Access

An error has occurred.

Please contact your system administrator if this problem persists.

Checking event viewer, following events found:

Event Type: Error

Event Source: Office SharePoint Server

Event Category: Excel Services Web Front End

Event ID: 5231

Date: XXXXXX

Time: XXXXXX

User: N/A

Computer: XXXXXX

Description:

Unable to reach Excel Calculation Services http:// XXXXXX /SharedServices2/ExcelCalculationServer/ExcelService.asmx.

[Session: (null)

User: XXXXXX \ XXXXXX]

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error

Event Source: Office SharePoint Server

Event Category: Excel Services Web Front End

Event ID: 5234

Date: XXXXXX

Time: XXXXXX

User: N/A

Computer: XXXXXX

Description:

No Excel Calculation Services is available in the farm.[User: XXXXXX \ XXXXXX]

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error

Event Source: Office SharePoint Server

Event Category: Excel Services Web Front End

Event ID: 5239

Date: XXXXXX

Time: XXXXXX

User: N/A

Computer: XXXXXX

Description:

There was an error in communicating with Excel Calculation Services http://XXXXXX /SharedServices2/ExcelCalculationServer/ExcelService.asmx exception: The request failed with HTTP status 503: Service Unavailable.

[Session: (null)

User: XXXXXX \XXXXXX].

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Resolution:

Checked Application Pool of Shared Services and it was stopped.

MOSS 2007: Event ID: 6482 & 6481

Farhan Faiz — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:28:00 +0000

MOSS server machine Event Viewer getting flooded by following two events after every minute.

Event Type: Error

Event Source: Office SharePoint Server

Event Category: Office Server Shared Services

Event ID: 6482

Date: XXXXXXXX

Time: XXXXXXXX

User: N/A

Computer: Server Name

Description:

Application Server Administration job failed for service instance Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.SearchAdminSharedWebServiceInstance (a30c0eb5-8dac-4654-be59-5c9f950ed3b4).

Reason: The specified account name is invalid.

Parameter name: account

Techinal Support Details:

System.ArgumentException: The specified account name is invalid.

Parameter name: account —> System.Security.Principal.IdentityNotMappedException: Some or all identity references could not be translated.

at System.Security.Principal.NTAccount.Translate(IdentityReferenceCollection sourceAccounts, Type targetType, Boolean forceSuccess)

at System.Security.Principal.NTAccount.Translate(Type targetType)

at Microsoft.Office.Server.Utilities.WindowsSecurity.ValidateAccount(NTAccount account, Boolean throwIfInvalid)

— End of inner exception stack trace —

at Microsoft.Office.Server.Utilities.WindowsSecurity.ValidateAccount(NTAccount account, Boolean throwIfInvalid)

at Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration.SharedAccessRule.Validate()

at Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration.SharedComponentSecurity.SetAccessRule(SharedAccessRule accessRule)

at Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration.SharedResourceProvider.GetApplicationSecurity()

at Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration.SharedWebServiceInstance.ProvisionSharedResourceProviderWebConfigSettings(SharedResourceProvider srp)

at Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration.SharedWebServiceInstance.Synchronize()

at Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration.ApplicationServerJob.ProvisionLocalSharedServiceInstances(Boolean isAdministrationServiceJob)

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Event Type: Error

Event Source: Office SharePoint Server

Event Category: Office Server Shared Services

Event ID: 6481

Date: XXXXXXXX

Time: XXXXXXXX

User: N/A

Computer: Server Name

Description:

Application Server job failed for service instance Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.SearchServiceInstance (d245dafa-360e-4267-993d-501d04d03025).

Reason: No mapping between account names and security IDs was done. (Exception from HRESULT: 0×80070534)

Techinal Support Details:

System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0×80070534): No mapping between account names and security IDs was done. (Exception from HRESULT: 0×80070534)

at Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.MSSITLB.IGatherApplication2.SetUsersPermittedToQuery(String[] psaAccountNames, Int32 fForce)

at Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.SearchApi.SetUsersPermittedToQuery(String[] userNames, Boolean force)

at Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.SearchServiceInstance.Synchronize()

at Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration.ApplicationServerJob.ProvisionLocalSharedServiceInstances(Boolean isAdministrationServiceJob)

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Resolution:

First stops following two services one by one:

Windows SharePoint Services Administration and

Windows SharePoint Services Timer. If stopping “Windows SharePoint Services Administration” results in ending Event: 6482 and stopping “Windows SharePoint Services Timer” results in ending Event: 6481, kindly try looking / resetting services account in Central Administration.

SharePoint Central Administration -> Operations ->Service accounts (Security Configuration).
Select “Web application pool” rradio button and then select “Windows SharePoint Services Web Application”.
Select appropriate application pool like “Sharepoint – 80” and select “Configurable” radio button. Enter desired user name and password and hit “OK”. (Do not forget to note existing settings just in case).
Restart IIS (type iisreset –noforce using command prompt).

MOSS 2007 Road Map

Farhan Faiz — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:17:52 +0000

Always looking for a resource where one can find information related to SharePoint 2007 irrespective of your experience. Need help on basic, intermediate and advance approach, following is the place:

MS Word download link: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=110087

Online: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc261852.aspx

Source: http://blogs.msdn.com/ecm/archive/2008/03/11/announcing-design-and-build-sites-for-office-sharepoint-server-2007.aspx

Above resource contain Roadmap for:

• Sites and sub sites roadmap

• Page design roadmap

• Document management roadmap

• Workflows roadmap

• InfoPath Forms Services roadmap

• Business intelligence roadmap

• Records management roadmap

and other resource.