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Using SQL backup and restore for MOSS

Hi,

Back Up and Restore the content database to a new Sql server
In Central Administration page
Go to Application Management and Click on Create or extend web application.
Therein Create a new web application. Once application is created don’t create Site Collection.
Now again go back to Application Management.
Therein click Content Databases
Change the web application to point to web application you just created.
Remove the default content database created while creating the web application.
Then click on Add a content database
Specify the Database Server where the content database was restored and in database name specify the name of the content database.
The site should get restored properly.

Check out this good information

http://blah.winsmarts.com/2007-10-Backup_and_Restore_Strategies_in_MOSS_2007.aspx

Bye

(Service Unavailable) Could not load all ISAPI filters for site/service. Therefore startup aborted.

Hi,

After running the Sharepoint products and technologies configuration wizard successfully, the central administration site page opens up.

( We were installing MOSS 2007 on 64 bit machine)

But in my case it was giving the following error

“Service Unavailable”

Checking into event log gave the following information

Could not load all ISAPI filters for site/service. Therefore startup aborted.

and

ISAPI Filter ‘C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_filter.dll’ could not be loaded due to a configuration problem. The current configuration only supports loading images built for a AMD64 processor architecture. The data field contains the error number. To learn more about this issue, including how to troubleshooting this kind of processor architecture mismatch error, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=29349.

Searching for it the solution that I found was the following

// Disabling the 32bit mode for your web site.

cscript C:\inetpub\adminscripts\adsutil.vbs SET W3SVC/AppPools/Enable32bitAppOnWin64 0

and then the following

// Registering ASP.NET 2.0 as the default framework for that web site

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727>
aspnet_regiis.exe -i

This resolved the issue for us!!

Bye…

“Setup is unable to proceed due to the following error: Internet Information Services is running in 32-bit emulation mode. Correct the issue listed above and re-run setup.”

Hi,

Got this issues while running the set up for MOSS 2007 on 64-bit edition of Windows server 2003.

The resolution i found for this was following

1) Open the command prompt

2) Navigate to the following directory

“….: \Inetpub\Adminscripts”

3) Type the following command

adsutil.vbs set w3svc/AppPools/Enable32bitAppOnWin64 0

4) And finally IISRESET.

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Passing Exam MB2-631 Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Customization and Configuration

Hi,

Last week I took this exam and passed with a score of 98. For preparation I used the following training material.

Course 8912: Customization and Configuration in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 and Working with Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 (Microsoft Press).

I felt the course 8912 training material is more than enough for passing the exam.

(Chapter 11: Introduction to Advanced Customizations :- There weren’t any questions from this chapter it’s just there for our own understanding).

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Customizing Default IE Test Page for ASP.NET web service

Hi,

When we create ASP.NET web service from visual studio and run the web service a test page opens up in which we can test our web service.

We can easily customize that web service test page. The name of the page is DefaultWsdlHelpGenerator.aspx we can found it in the following directory

C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\CONFIG\ for ASP.NET 2.0.

Open the page in Visual Studio

First and foremost we would find the following things that could be configured

// set this to true if you want to see a POST test form instead of a GET test form
bool showPost = true;

// set this to true if you want to see the raw XML as outputted from the XmlWriter (useful for debugging)
bool dontFilterXml = false;

// set this higher or lower to adjust the depth into your object graph of the sample messages
int maxObjectGraphDepth = 4;

// set this higher or lower to adjust the number of array items in sample messages
int maxArraySize = 2;

// set this to true to see debug output in sample messages
bool debug = false;

To customize the UI good information is provided over here

Customizing Web Service Test Page’s UI Design

By Default the web service can be tested using Http Get (default) and Http Post, but if we want to test using the SOAP we can make use of the information provided in the following link

Testing Web Service with SOAP

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