Cross farm service applications

Hi.
I have a couple of questions regarding the cross farm service application set up
1) When we set up the cross farm service applications why the consuming farm needs to share the STS certificate also with the publishing farm why not only the root certificate?
2) How the set up of the cross farm service application gets impacted when
a) the publishing and the consuming farms are in different datacenters?
b) are in different domains?

Guys, anyone with any idea?

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Cross Farm: User Profile Custom Properties do not show up in the consumer farm web applications

I have a two SharePoint 2010 farms, one is the publishing farm and user profile service is running on this farm. I have defined a couple of new custom properties, and after a while these custom properties do not show up at the consumer farm end.
So, on the publishing farm, I can udpate the user profiles with values in these custom properties. However, neither the custom properties nor the values got synchronized to the consumer farm. What puzzled me further is that some of the existing custom properties
exist on the consumer farm, but not the new custom properties I recently added.
1. I have made sure the application pool accounts on both the farms being added to the administrators with full control permission in UPS on the publishing farm.
2. The User Profile Service proxy (connected to the publishing farm UPS application) is associated with all the web applications on the consumer farm.
3. When values in the user profiles on the publishing farm changed, these changes do not get replicated to the consuming farm user profiles. This symptom occurs on both custom and OOB user profile properties.
However, I cannot find any other related information on the web, nor from the ULS logs.

Hi,
As I understand, it did not display the new custom properties you defined in the publishing farm at the consumer farm end.
1. Check if the topology Discovery Service Application runs well in consuming farm. In the Central Administration, it is the Application Discovery and load Balancer Service Application, check if it starts.
In the IIS, it is the topology, check if it starts.
2. Check the permissions have been established if you have established consumer farm permissions on Provider Farm before you publish the service application.
1. Go to Central Administration and going to “Manage Service Applications”.
2. Click on “Application Discovery and Load Balancer Service Application” and click “Permissions” from the ribbon.
Your farm GUID should be listed with full permissions.
The article is about Shared Service Architecture in a multi farm environment
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/russmax/archive/2010/05/06/sharepoint-2010-shared-service-architecture-part-2.aspx
Best regards
Sara Fan
TechNet Community Support

How to find ContentDb Name for any of the service application (e.g. User profile , Managed metadata , etc) programmatically in a farm ?

Hi,
I have a application where i need to display Name for all the service application. Specifically i need to get the size of user profile service application and Managed metadata service application name.
Please guide me. :)
Thanks and Regards:
Sanjay

You can use
http://blogs.technet.com/b/tothesharepoint/archive/2011/12/19/find-active-databases-used-by-sharepoint-server-2010.aspx
Get-SPDatabase | Sort-Object disksizerequired -desc | Format-Table Name”
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:kMHQXNGmjcwJ:sharepointstruggle.blogspot.com/2011/08/programmatically-enumerating-databases.html+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=in
using(SPSitesite
= newSPSite(url))
using(SPWebweb
= site.OpenWeb())
SPFarmf
= site.WebApplication.Farm;
foreach(SPDatabaseServices
inf.Services.OfType<SPDatabaseService>())
Console.WriteLine(string.Format("Found
Database service {0} of type {1}",
s.Name, s.GetType().Name));
foreach(SPDatabaseServiceInstancespdsi
ins.Instances)
Console.WriteLine(string.Format("|-Found
Database Service Instance {0} ({1})",
spdsi.DisplayName, spdsi.Name));
foreach(SPDatabasespdb
inspdsi.Databases)
Console.WriteLine(
string.Format(" |-DB: {0}\r\n |-TYPE: {1}\r\n
|-HOST: {2} ",
spdb.Name.Length
> 70? spdb.Name.Substring(0,
65)
+ "...": spdb.Name,
spdb.GetType().Name, spdb.Server.Name)
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/61e4e56e-e373-4167-ba97-e0f411feefe9/how-can-we-programmatically-find-the-names-of-sharepoint-databases

SharePoint 2013 - consuming service applications from a 2010 farm?

Hi all,
This question relates to both SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint 2013. Does anyone know whether it is possible/supported for a SharePoint 2013 farm to consume service applications from a 2010 farm (search/UPS etc. via SA publishing)?
There’s obviously plenty of documentation explaining how this would work the other way around (2010 farm consuming SA’s from a 2013 farm). Unfortunately, I haven’t found that much info on the scenario I’ve described above.
Many thanks
Matt

I don't know that it won't work, but in the article dealing with upgrades MS specifically recommends upgrading Services Farms first when upgrading mixed installs. So you should be able to share a 2013 service with a 2010 farm, but not the other way
around. You can read about it here:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc303435(v=office.15).aspx
Paul Stork SharePoint Server MVP
Principal Architect: Blue Chip Consulting Group
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How to remove farm account from Application Discovery and Load Balancer Service Application

Hello Community
    Using Sharpoint 2010 Server I think the reason
the User Profile Synchronization would stop is because somehow the farm
account was registered as a managed account. So I removed the farm
account from all services that ran under the farm account so that I could
run Remove-SPManagedAccount or click the Remove icon in manage service accounts
and then unregisted farm account as a managed account.
   But before I can run Remove-SPManagedAccount I need to remove it from one more
service account that uses the farm account which is:
    "Application Discovery and Load Balanceer Service Account".
    However, nothing seems to remove it from there.
    I tried :
"get-spserviceapplication | where {$_.TypeName -match "Application Discovery and Load Balancer Service Application"}
    and then
"stop-spserviceinstance "dde7fbef-b068-4687-bedb-f67230efab5a"
    amongst a host of other methods so that I could ultimately
unregister farm account as a managed account.
    But no matter what I do when I try to remove the farm account from Application Discovery
and Load Balancer Service Application
and then unregister the farm account as a managed account a message always says
"Application Discovery and Load Balancer Service Application" is using the farm account
as its service account.
    What can I do to free the farm account from Application Discovery and Load Balancer Service Application?
    Thank you
    Shabeaut

The Farm Account is always a Managed Account and can never be "unmanaged". You don't have to set the automatic password roll.
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Backup-SPFarm for PowerPivot Service Application

Hi
I am using Backup-SPFarm PowerShell cmdlet to take a backup of my service applications.
I am able to take the backup of all my services applications except PowerPivot Service Application.
Below is my command:
Backup-SPFarm -Directory $backupSAFolder -BackupMethod Full -Item "Farm\Shared Services\Shared Services Applications\SQL Server PowerPivot Service Application"
Error: Item Farm\Shared Services\Shared Services Applications\SQL Server PowerPivot Service Application not found.
I also cross checked with the correct Application service name (to check if i am not doing any typo mistake) using
Get-SPServiceApplication cmdlet. see the screenshot below.
Could somebody help me please.
My name is yogendra

You just need to take backup of service application databases from SQL server
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj218793.aspx
op
2) Backup, Copy, Restore the Databases
The “SharePoint database-attach upgrade” process is a sequence of steps to back up, copy, and restore PowerPivot related content and service application databases to the SharePoint 2013 farm.
Set Database to read-only: In SQL Server Management Studio, right-click the database name and click
Properties. On the Options page, set the
Database read-Only property to
True.
Back up: Back up each content database and service application database that you want to migrate to the SharePoint 2013 farm. In SQL Server Management Studio, right-click the database name, click
Tasks, and click Back up.
File copy the database backup files (.bak) to the desired destination server.
Restore: Restore the databases to the destination SQL Server Database Engine. This step can be completed using SQL Server Management Studio.
Set Database to read-write: Set the
Database read-Only to False.
Migrate Schedules option1: SharePoint farm administrator
In the SharePoint 2013 Management Run the Set-PowerPivotServiceApplication cmdlet with the
-StartMigratingRefreshSchedules switch to enable automatic on demand schedule migration
. The following Windows PowerShell script assumes that there is only one PowerPivot service application.
$app=Get-PowerPivotServiceApplication
Set-PowerPivotServiceApplication $app -StartMigratingRefreshSchedules
After the Windows PowerShell script is run, the schedules are active and the schedules will run at the next appropriate time. However, the status one the schedule refresh page is not enabled. When the schedule runs the first time it will be migrated and
on the schedule refresh page, Enabled will be true.
If you want to check the current value of the StartMigratingRefreshSchedules property, run the following PowerShell script. The Script loops through all PowerPivot service application objects and display the name and property values:
$apps = Get-PowerPivotServiceApplication
foreach ($app in $apps){}
Get-PowerPivotServiceApplication $appp | format-table -property displayname,id,StartMigratingRefreshSchedules
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee210616.aspx
If this helped you resolve your issue, please mark it Answered

The Secure Store Service application Secure Store Service Proxy is not accessible

I am working on setting up a new SharePoint 2013 Farm for our external web site which is currently running on 2010 SharePoint. Because this is an External Website for our organization we have an internally available Publishing Site and there is an Web App
Extension to provide Anon Access to users using the www address. Currently I am doing everything on a single server for testing with HOSTS entries to loop back so I can test with real host headers and not impact the 2010 prod environment. We will be setting
up 2 more WFEs with a NLB before moving this into prod but it isn't there yet. We brought the Site Collection Databases over but are still running in 2010 mode for now.
I migrated a copy of the Secure Store Database over from 2010 and had it put on the 2013 Farm's Database Server. Set up Secure Store and the Secure Store Proxy. I went into the Secure Store Proxy in CA and refreshed the Key with the proper Pass Phrase. After
doing that I could see the Target Application IDs listed. Everything was looking good so I went off to test. If I am on the publishing site I can go to a page that has the solution on it and it operates as expected. It does a query to a non SharePoint database
and returns information filtered based on the search parameters. The only odd thing I see is if I click on the "Site Actions" I get a message "An error has occurred with the data fetch. Please refresh page and retry." Need to look into
that more but it only happens on pages that have these solutions. Maybe a clue. If I go to the Anonymous Access page (www......) and try and use the solution, it immediately (way too quick to appear like it is doing anything) comes back with "The security
token request cannot be completed."
If I dig through the usage logs I am finding the following.
The Secure Store Service application Secure Store Service Proxy is not accessible. The full exception text is: The security token request cannot be completed.
Unexpected exception from endpoint address : https://[Servername]:32844/4e87fd3aabb640fb8cc3ed52188cf5c0/SecureStoreService.svc/https
Logging unknown/unexpected client side exception: InvalidOperationException. This will cause this application server to be removed from the load balancer queue. Exception: System.InvalidOperationException: The security token request cannot be completed.
at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSecurityContext.SecurityTokenForServiceContext(Uri contextUri) at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPChannelFactoryOperations.InternalCreateChannelActingAsLoggedOnUser[TChannel](ChannelFactory`1 factory, EndpointAddress
address, Uri via) at Microsoft.Office.SecureStoreService.Server.SecureStoreServiceApplicationProxy.GetChannel(Uri address) at Microsoft.Office.SecureStoreService.Server.SecureStoreServiceApplicationProxy.Execute[T](String operationName,
Boolean validateCanary, ExecuteDelegate`1 operation).
Initially I was fighting a firewall issue because it wasn't working (different errors) on both sides. Had Network Engineers open firewall ports needed and now it works on the publishing side. Still the same error on the Anon side. I suspect I have missed
something when it comes to configuring the Secure Store to allow access to anonymous connections.
Let me know if you need any more information but that should paint a pretty good picture as to how things are set up.
Thanks for any help on this one. Searches haven't found much that has helped so far.

Hi Sennister,
I recommend to verify the things below:
Did this issue occur with all the pages in the anonymous side?
Check if the Claims to Windows Token Service is started.
Change the <identity impersonate="true" /> in the web.config to see if the issue still occurs.
Thanks,
Victoria
Forum Support
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The search service is not able to connect to the machine that hosts the administration component. Verify that the administration component 'GUID′ in search application 'Search Service Application' is in a good state and try again.

Another post with a well-known title. Believe me, I know. Here's my setup;
- 1 Server 2012 WFE, SharePoint Server 2013, totally up-to-date, including the september 2014 hotfix
- 1 Server 2012 DB, SQL Server 2012
Installed SP 2013 using PowerShell, with the AutoSPinstaller. Worked like a charm. Got everything up and running, with some tweaking here and there to customize it to fit my situation. Now, I can't get the Search Service Application to work. Must have created,
deleted and recreated it at least 30 times. Used both PowerShell scripts, PowerShell line-by-line, Central Admin, heck, I even went so far as to use the configuration wizzard... No luck. I keep on getting the message that search cannot connect to the machine
that hosts the 'administration component'.
In order to avoid answers that suggest all the things I've already tried, here's a summary of the various scenarios I followed:
Tried both a dedicated application pool as well as the SharePoint Web Services Default
Timer job job-application-server-admin-service is running and not showing errors
IIS 8.0 is installed, so is .NET 4.5 (not the known perp of IIS 7.5 and .NET 4.0)
the get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceInstance -local returns a healthy, online state
the SPEnterpriseSearchQueryAndSiteSettingsServiceInstance is also running
FireWall is disabled; registry has the BackConnectionHostNames modified with the necessary FQDNs
Accounts used to install and / or run the serviceapp all have sufficient rights - tried a dedicated managed account, SP_2013_SearchSvc, the SP admin account, and even the original Farm account; all to no avail, I keep on getting the error message.
Even tried stsadm to start the server search running - NOTHING WORKS!!!
As you might understand, this is driving me nuts. About to miss my second deadline, and no amount of IISresetting is making this go away. Been stuck on this issue for far too long, now (my searching is measured in days and weeks instead of hours, by now).
Whoever helps me solve this - you will have my eternal gratitude, and a nice bottle of Prosecco. Or whatever's your poison. You need to come get it, though. I´m situated in the Netherlands. Hey, you always meant to visit Amsterdam and see for yourself, right?
Thanks, community, for coming to my rescue!

Thanks again - Alas, I've been there. Deleted Search a dozen times, at least, and tried installing it, initially using a PowerShell script (tried several scripts actually, from full-blown total Search Applications with extensive topologies to the most basic
of basics 'please just start without showing me errors'), PowerShell line-by-line to see where things went South, next tried installing through Central Admin (hoping that it was my own stupidity in overlooking things and hoping The System would get it right
for me), and eventually even tried using the config wizzard as a total and utter last resort - Nothing worked.
At first, I found out that removing a Service App needs a *little* bit more work than simply removing it through Central Admin, but by now I can truthfully state that if there's one thing I've become supergood at, it's removing Search Service Applications.Totally.
I will check out the article, though - I realized early on in my SharePoint experience that regardless of what you think you know, there's so much more to find out. I know, that's almost philosophical. That is, my friends, indeed the point I've reached...

Sharepoint 2013 search error - The search application 'Search Service Application 1' on server is not provisioned.Confirm that the Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Timer service and Central Administration service are running on the server.

Hi All,
I'm getting the below error in My SHarepoint 2013 search Administration page.
Crawler background activity - The search application 'Search Service Application 1' on server "" is not provisioned. Confirm that the Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Timer service and Central Administration service are running
on the server.
and when i click on Crawl Log and content source
it throws the below error
The search service is currently offline. Visit the Services on Server page in SharePoint Central Administration to verify whether
the service is enabled. This might also be because an indexer move is in progress
When i check the search status
Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceInstance, it shows all the components are online.
As of now search service application is online and search is working.But not sure why it throws the above error.
I have restarted timer service,search service in services.msc and cleared the sharepoint cache as well.
But no luck,This is happening in my prodcution environment.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
There are the logs i have found
05/23/2014 13:03:22.71 w3wp.exe (0x46E70) 0x4CBA4 SharePoint Foundation Logging Correlation Data xmnv Medium Name=Request (GET:http://dca-app-617:90/_admin/search/listcontentsources.aspx?appid=e830c1b3%2Dc3e4%2D4097%2D85fd%2Daa5248346d2e) d4c6939c-b10d-4000-6d95-14caeefe67df
05/23/2014 13:03:22.71 w3wp.exe (0x46E70) 0x4CBA4 SharePoint Foundation Authentication Authorization agb9s Medium Non-OAuth request. IsAuthenticated=True, UserIdentityName=, ClaimsCount=0 d4c6939c-b10d-4000-6d95-14caeefe67df
05/23/2014 13:03:22.73 w3wp.exe (0x46E70) 0x4CBA4 SharePoint Foundation Logging Correlation Data xmnv Medium Site=/ d4c6939c-b10d-4000-6d95-14caeefe67df
05/23/2014 13:03:22.79 w3wp.exe (0x46E70) 0x4CBA4 SharePoint Server Search Administration djs2 High [Forced due to logging gap, cached @ 05/23/2014 13:03:22.76, Original Level: VerboseEx] {0} d4c6939c-b10d-4000-6d95-14caeefe67df
05/23/2014 13:03:22.79 w3wp.exe (0x46E70) 0x4CBA4 SharePoint Server Database 8acb High [Forced due to logging gap, Original Level: VerboseEx] Reverting to process identity d4c6939c-b10d-4000-6d95-14caeefe67df
05/23/2014 13:03:22.80 w3wp.exe (0x46E70) 0x4CBA4 SharePoint Server Search Administration djj1 High Unable to find application 'b9c8106c-c7ed-4eb3-96c9-ae1881ffb695' d4c6939c-b10d-4000-6d95-14caeefe67df
05/23/2014 13:03:22.82 w3wp.exe (0x46E70) 0x4CBA4 SharePoint Server Search Administration djj1 High Unable to find application 'b9c8106c-c7ed-4eb3-96c9-ae1881ffb695' d4c6939c-b10d-4000-6d95-14caeefe67df
05/23/2014 13:03:22.82 w3wp.exe (0x46E70) 0x4CBA4 SharePoint Foundation General 8nca Medium Application error when access /_admin/search/listcontentsources.aspx, Error=The search service is currently offline. Visit the Services
on Server page in SharePoint Central Administration to verify whether the service is enabled. This might also be because an indexer move is in progress.   at Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Internal.UI.SearchCentralAdminPageBase.ErrorHandler(Object
sender, EventArgs e)     at Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Internal.UI.SearchCentralAdminPageBase.OnError(EventArgs e)     at System.Web.UI.Page.HandleError(Exception e)     at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean
includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)     at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)     at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest()
at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest(HttpContext context)     at System.Web.HttpApplication.CallHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute()     at System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep
step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) d4c6939c-b10d-4000-6d95-14caeefe67df
05/23/2014 13:03:22.82 w3wp.exe (0x46E70) 0x4CBA4 SharePoint Foundation Runtime tkau Unexpected Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException: The search service is currently offline. Visit the Services on Server page in SharePoint Central
Administration to verify whether the service is enabled. This might also be because an indexer move is in progress.    at Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Internal.UI.SearchCentralAdminPageBase.ErrorHandler(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Internal.UI.SearchCentralAdminPageBase.OnError(EventArgs e)     at System.Web.UI.Page.HandleError(Exception e)     at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint,
Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)     at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)     at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest()
at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest(HttpContext context)     at System.Web.HttpApplication.CallHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute()     at System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep
step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) d4c6939c-b10d-4000-6d95-14caeefe67df
05/23/2014 13:03:22.82 w3wp.exe (0x46E70) 0x4CBA4 SharePoint Foundation General ajlz0 High Getting Error Message for Exception Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException: The search service is currently offline. Visit the Services on
Server page in SharePoint Central Administration to verify whether the service is enabled. This might also be because an indexer move is in progress.     at Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Internal.UI.SearchCentralAdminPageBase.ErrorHandler(Object
sender, EventArgs e)     at Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Internal.UI.SearchCentralAdminPageBase.OnError(EventArgs e)     at System.Web.UI.Page.HandleError(Exception e)     at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean
includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)     at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)     at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest()
at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest(HttpContext context)     at System.Web.HttpApplication.CallHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute()     at System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep
step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) d4c6939c-b10d-4000-6d95-14caeefe67df
05/23/2014 13:03:22.82 w3wp.exe (0x46E70) 0x4CBA4 SharePoint Foundation General aat87 Monitorable  d4c6939c-b10d-4000-6d95-14caeefe67df
05/23/2014 13:03:22.82 w3wp.exe (0x46E70) 0x4CBA4 SharePoint Foundation DistributedCache ah24q Unexpected SPDistributedCachePointerWrapper::InitializeDataCacheFactory - No cache hosts are present in the farm. d4c6939c-b10d-4000-6d95-14caeefe67df
05/23/2014 13:03:22.82 w3wp.exe (0x46E70) 0x4CBA4 SharePoint Foundation DistributedCache ah24w Unexpected Unexpected Exception in SPDistributedCachePointerWrapper::InitializeDataCacheFactory for usage 'DistributedViewStateCache'
- Exception 'System.InvalidOperationException: SPDistributedCachePointerWrapper::InitializeDataCacheFactory - No cache hosts present in the farm.     at Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.SPDistributedCachePointerWrapper.InitializeDataCacheFactory()'. d4c6939c-b10d-4000-6d95-14caeefe67df
05/23/2014 13:03:22.82 w3wp.exe (0x46E70) 0x4CBA4 SharePoint Foundation General ajb4s Monitorable ViewStateLog: Failed to write to the velocity cache:
http://dca-app-617:90/_admin/search/listcontentsources.aspx?appid=e830c1b3-c3e4-4097-85fd-aa5248346d2e d4c6939c-b10d-4000-6d95-14caeefe67df
05/23/2014 13:03:22.82 w3wp.exe (0x46E70) 0x4CBA4 SharePoint Foundation Monitoring b4ly Medium Leaving Monitored Scope (Request (GET:http://dca-app-617:90/_admin/search/listcontentsources.aspx?appid=e830c1b3%2Dc3e4%2D4097%2D85fd%2Daa5248346d2e)).
Execution Time=109.695855199474 d4c6939c-b10d-4000-6d95-14caeefe67df
Anil Loka

Please try below mentioned steps:
1. Central Administration > Monitoring > Review job definitions > Look for following timer job "Application Server Administration Service Timer Job" > Disable
2. Then open windows administrative services (services.msc), stop SharePoint Timer Service
3. Clear SharePoint Timer configuration cache by following steps mentioned in below blog:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jamesway/archive/2011/05/23/sharepoint-2010-clearing-the-configuration-cache.aspx
4. Start SharePoint Timer Service and give it a few seconds so that the new XML files from the location you deleted then are re-populated.
5.Central Administration > Monitoring > Review job definitions > Look for following timer job "Application Server Administration Service" Timer Job > Enable
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SharePoint Search Service Application Restore Is Failing

Issue:
When performing a Search Service restore with the CA UI, the restore is failing. The backup was generated from a Full level backup that is run nightly from the cmdlet Backup-SPFarm. The Farm is running SharePoint 2013 SP1, Windows Server 2012 And SQL
Server 11.0.3128. Both Production and the test environment have the same topology.
The sprestore.log file shows the following error message:
[12/17/2014 12:37:51 PM] Verbose: [Search Service Application] The default endpoint id for this application is 'b8b92dc6-38b3-49bf-90bc-d9ea64dcf928'.
[12/17/2014 12:37:51 PM] Verbose: [Search Service Application] Re-parented endpoint 'b8b92dc6-38b3-49bf-90bc-d9ea64dcf928' to this application.
[12/17/2014 12:37:51 PM] Verbose: [Search Service Application] The default endpoint has been found and set. NOTE: The id of the default endpoint will be different than specified in the logs if
the restore mode is not 'overwrite'.
[12/17/2014 12:37:51 PM] Verbose: [Search Service Application] Re-parented endpoint 'bb456994-47ac-4bad-9197-9a4d5b39bf5c' to this application.
[12/17/2014 12:37:55 PM] FatalError: Object Search Service Application failed in event OnPostRestore. For more information, see the spbackup.log or sprestore.log file located in the backup directory.
        SqlException: The database principal owns a database role and cannot be dropped.
User does not have permission to perform this action.
[12/17/2014 12:37:55 PM] Debug:    at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.OnError(SqlException exception, Boolean breakConnection, Action`1 wrapCloseInAction)
   at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.ThrowExceptionAndWarning(TdsParserStateObject stateObj, Boolean callerHasConnectionLock, Boolean asyncClose)
   at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.TryRun(RunBehavior runBehavior, SqlCommand cmdHandler, SqlDataReader dataStream, BulkCopySimpleResultSet bulkCopyHandler, TdsParserStateObject stateObj,
Boolean& dataReady)
   at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.FinishExecuteReader(SqlDataReader ds, RunBehavior runBehavior, String resetOptionsString)
   at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.RunExecuteReaderTds(CommandBehavior cmdBehavior, RunBehavior runBehavior, Boolean returnStream, Boolean async, Int32 timeout, Task& task, Boolean
asyncWrite, SqlDataReader ds)
   at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.RunExecuteReader(CommandBehavior cmdBehavior, RunBehavior runBehavior, Boolean returnStream, String method, TaskCompletionSource`1 completion, Int32 timeout,
Task& task, Boolean asyncWrite)
   at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.InternalExecuteNonQuery(TaskCompletionSource`1 completion, String methodName, Boolean sendToPipe, Int32 timeout, Boolean asyncWrite)
   at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
   at Microsoft.Office.Server.Data.SqlSession.ExecuteNonQuery(SqlCommand command)
   at Microsoft.Office.Server.Data.SqlDatabaseManager.GrantAccess(String user)
   at Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.SearchDatabase.GrantAccess(String username, String role)
   at Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.SearchDatabase.SynchronizeAccessRules(SearchServiceApplication searchApp)
   at Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.SearchServiceApplication.SynchronizeDatabases()
   at Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.SearchServiceApplication.Provision()
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPIisWebServiceApplication.Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.Backup.IBackupRestore.OnPostRestore(Object sender, SPRestoreInformation info)
A SQL Profile was run beginning at 12/18/2014 11:11.
A SQL exception can be found at 11:20:03 with the error:
               The database principal owns a database role and cannot be dropped.
The issue has to do with the SQL statement just prior to the exception:
declare @p4 int
set @p4=NULL
declare @p5 int
set @p5=NULL
exec sp_executesql N'declare @db_user_name sysname
select @db_user_name = name from dbo.sysusers where sid = SUSER_SID(@user_name) and hasdbaccess = 1
if (@db_user_name is null)
begin
if exists(select * from dbo.sysusers where name = @user_name)
exec @revoke_result = sp_revokedbaccess @user_name
exec @grant_result = sp_grantdbaccess @user_name, @db_user_name output
end',N'@user_name nvarchar(128),@revoke_result int output,@grant_result int output',@user_name=N'----\sp2013uatfarmacct',@revoke_result=@p4 output,@grant_result=@p5 output
select @p4, @p5
I highlighted the row in red causing the issue. For some reason SharePoint during the Search Restore process try’s to delete the user “------\sp2013uatfarmacct” from the database Search_Service_Application_DB_60bb9889222841aa94f59aed71349a6b
And re-add them again. But the reason for the failure is because the user “------\sp2013uatfarmacct” is the owner of the database role “SPSearchDBAdmin”, so it cant.
I checked all other Service databases that contain the role SPSearchDBAdmin and they all correctly have the owner as dbo
NOT ------\sp2013uatfarmacct.
Further checking the SQL trace log a SQL batch is executed at 12/18/2014 11:19:59.790 that states the following:
-- Drop existing role members
IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.database_principals WHERE name = N'SPSearchDBAdmin' AND type = 'R')
Begin
    DECLARE @RoleMemberName sysname
    DECLARE Member_Cursor CURSOR FOR
    SELECT [name]
    FROM sys.database_principals
    WHERE
        principal_id IN
            SELECT member_principal_id
            from sys.database_role_members
            where role_principal_id in (
            select principal_id
            FROM sys.database_principals where [name] = N'SPSearchDBAdmin' AND type = 'R' ))
    OPEN Member_Cursor;
    FETCH NEXT FROM Member_Cursor
    into @RoleMemberName
    WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
    BEGIN
        exec sp_droprolemember @rolename=N'SPSearchDBAdmin', @membername= @RoleMemberName
        FETCH NEXT FROM Member_Cursor
        into @RoleMemberName
    END;
    CLOSE Member_Cursor;
    DEALLOCATE Member_Cursor;
End
-- Drop/Create role
IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.database_principals WHERE name = N'SPSearchDBAdmin' AND type = 'R')
DROP ROLE [SPSearchDBAdmin]
CREATE ROLE [SPSearchDBAdmin]
I highlighted the statement in red that is eventually causing the SP restore to fail. For some unknown reason to me when this statement is executed the new ROLE SPSearchDBAdmin owner is -----\sp2013uatfarmacct
instead of dbo.
As a test I executed via SQL Management Studio “CREATE ROLE [SPSearchDBAdmin]” and it correctly created the owner as dbo.
So the problem and my question is why when the SP Search Service is restored is the ROLE SPSearchDBAdmin owner being set to “-----\ sp2013uatfarmacct”, which in turn seems to be causing the restore failure?

Hi!
I believe it is trying to delete a user who owns the schema of the database. You can try changing the schema owner to some other user like "dbo", and then drop the first user.
Below are a few links that can help you with much more details.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/mdegre/archive/2010/12/19/the-database-principal-owns-a-schema-in-the-database-and-cannot-be-dropped.aspx
http://littletalk.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/fix-for-the-database-principal-owns-a-schema-in-the-database-and-cannot-be-dropped-error-in-sql-server-2005/
http://dotnetgun.blogspot.com/2011/02/database-principal-owns-schema-in.html
Thanks,
Owens
Owens G. Jesse

Can you refine people search results using a SharePoint 2013 search service application connected in SharePoint 2010?

We have an SP2010 farm which is now using some of the service applications from an SP2013 farm, including the search, managed metadata and user profile. This is part of an upgrade programme of work which will involve upgrading infrastructure and
then gradually the sites, and this is seen as one way to minimise the impact.
So, the SP2010 search results are being generated by the SP2013 which is indexing the SP2010 content. The initial results appear fine, however, the refiners in the people results for Job Title and Department are no longer working. We are receiving
a 404 page not found, even though the page is there as was working before.
If we compare the URL generated in SP2010 for refining results to an OOTB SP2013 search centre site, there is clearly a big difference to the format. Example below is where LastName is Smith and then refined where Department is HR.
SP2010 URL which now gives a 404 error:
http://intranet2010/search/pages/peopleresults.aspx?k=LastName%3Asmith&r=%22owstaxIdSPShDepartment%22%3D%23832e3479%2Dd168%2D4620%2Dac69%2D9b00a4c4205b%3A%22HR%22
OOTB SP2013 URL:
http://intranet2013/search/pages/peopleresults.aspx?k%3Asmith#Default=%7B%22k%22%3A%22smith%22%2C%22r%22%3A%5B%7B%22n%22%3A%22Department%22%2C%22t%22%3A%5B%22%5C%22%C7%82%C7%824335%5C%22%22%5D%2C%22o%22%3A%22and%22%2C%22m%22%3Anull%2C%22k%22%3Afalse%7D%5D%7D
I've looked at the URL decoded versions so can see how the query is built up.
Any ideas? Is this even possible?
Matt

All working now. Turns out there was an entry in the web.config which was causing issues.
<denyQueryStringSequences>
<add sequence="ID" />
</denyQueryStringSequences>
Seems IIS is denying something in the query string. We removed the whole section as was not needed.
http://www.iis.net/configreference/system.webserver/security/requestfiltering/denyquerystringsequences
Thanks to a colleague who spotted this; I would've never of thought to check the web.config for something like this.

Create SharePoint 2010 Search Service Application Using Powershell

Hi Team,
Could you please assist me in completing the search service application for
two server using powershell. Both the servers will be running all the component
Version SharePoint 2010
# 1.Setting up some initial variables.
write-host 1.Setting up some initial variables.
$SSAName = "Search Service Application"
$SVCAcct = "Domain\ServiceAccount"
$SearchAppPoolName ="DefaultAppPool"
$SSI = get-spenterprisesearchserviceinstance -local
$err = $null
$SSADBName="Search_AdminDB"
$SSADBServer="DBServer"
$host1="Server1"
$host2="Server2"
# Start Services search services for SSI
write-host Start Services search services for SSI
Start-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceInstance -Identity $SSI
# 2.Create an Application Pool.
write-host 2.Create an Application Pool.
#$AppPool = new-SPServiceApplicationPool -name $SSAName"-AppPool" -account $SVCAcct
$AppPool = Get-SPServiceApplicationPool -Identity $SearchAppPoolName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
# 3.Create the SearchApplication and set it to a variable
write-host 3.Create the SearchApplication and set it to a variable
$SearchApp = New-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceApplication -DatabaseServer $SSADBServer -Name $SSAName -applicationpool $AppPool -databasename $SSADBName
#4 Create search service application proxy
write-host 4 Create search service application proxy
$SSAProxy = new-spenterprisesearchserviceapplicationproxy -name $SSAName"ApplicationProxy" -Uri $SearchApp.Uri.AbsoluteURI
# 5.Provision Search Admin Component.
write-host 5.Provision Search Admin Component.
set-SPenterprisesearchadministrationcomponent -searchapplication $SearchApp -searchserviceinstance $SSI
# 6.Create a new Crawl Topology.
write-host 6.Create a new Crawl Topology.
$CrawlTopo = $SearchApp | New-SPEnterpriseSearchCrawlTopology
New-SPEnterpriseSearchCrawlComponent -SearchTopology $newTopology -SearchServiceInstance $hostA
Source:blog.MSDN Author- Russ Maxwell
Thanks Basva

Could you please assist me in completing the search service application for
two server using powershell. Both the servers will be running all the component
Hi Basva,
Do you want to provision two search service applications in single farm?
Commonly, only one search service application is needed in a farm for Search function.
Here are articles for detail information about how to provision search service application using powershell:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jjameson/archive/2011/02/28/powershell-script-to-configure-search-in-sharepoint-server-2010.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/russmax/archive/2009/10/20/sharepoint-2010-configuring-search-service-application-using-powershell.aspx
Regards,
Rebecca Tu
TechNet Community Support
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Initiall SharePoint Server 2013 setup -- unable to manage new User Profile Service Application

During initial farm setup, creating an initial User Profile Service Application works fine. However, once it's created, I cannot 'manage' it through the Manage Service Applications page in central
admin.
I get a generic error (Sorry, something went wrong / unexpected error) with a correlation ID that doesn't seem to match any ULS log entries. (Yes, I merged logs from all machines in the farm.)
A Windows event log entry says:
A failure was reported when trying to invoke a service application: Endpoint Failure
Also frequent errors in ULS logs: (see below)
UserProfileApplicationNotAvailableException
User Profile Application      Proxy failed to retrieve partitions from User Profile Application: Micro…
SPDistributedCache DataCacheException
I did notice that the file 'ProfileService.svc does not exist in SharePoint's web services app at the URL you see in the error. (below)
I also found it interesting that the event log error shows 1 active endpoint and 3 failed endpoints. I have 2 WFEs and 2 app servers. But I'm only trying to get the user profile service app running on the application
servers. I have deleted and recreated this service app several times under various names (deleted/recreated its app pool as well) and wonder if these other failed endpoints could be orphans from previous instances...
Any thoughts on how I might successfully create this service application? I've already been Binging my head against a wall long enough that I would have been better off reinstalling the entire farm... I may still
do that.
FYI, my farm came from a slipstreamed SP1 install package, and received the July CU after several other things were already configured, including the already-failed UP service application.
Log Name:      Application
Source:        Microsoft-SharePoint Products-SharePoint Foundation
Date:          8/8/2014 6:11:54 PM
Event ID:      8313
Task Category:
Topology
Level:         Error
Keywords:
User:          xyz\sp_farm
Computer:      spapp1.xyz.local
Description:
A failure was reported when trying to invoke a service application: EndpointFailure
Process Name: w3wp
Process ID: 4284
AppDomain Name: /LM/W3SVC/560632691/ROOT-1-130519915587486075
AppDomain ID: 2
Service Application Uri: urn:schemas-microsoft-com:sharepoint:service:3f215b603e634a629875945488863f75#authority=urn:uuid:9f338b52a7b049b193d8f8dc514fdadd&authority=https://spapp1:32844/Topology/topology.svc
Active Endpoints: 1
Failed Endpoints:3
Affected Endpoint:
http://spapp1:32843/3f215b603e634a629875945488863f75/ProfileService.svc
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
    <Provider Name="Microsoft-SharePoint Products-SharePoint Foundation" Guid="{6FB7E0CD-52E7-47DD-997A-241563931FC2}" />
    <EventID>8313</EventID>
    <Version>15</Version>
    <Level>2</Level>
    <Task>13</Task>
    <Opcode>0</Opcode>
    <Keywords>0x4000000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-08-08T23:11:54.738080000Z" />
    <EventRecordID>14550</EventRecordID>
    <Correlation ActivityID="{02A1AC9C-1125-6026-E124-A52653003266}" />
    <Execution ProcessID="4284" ThreadID="16072" />
    <Channel>Application</Channel>
    <Computer>spapp1</Computer>
    <Security UserID="S-1-5-21-499312637-3451022336-10712144539-44056" />
</System>
<EventData>
    <Data Name="string0">EndpointFailure</Data>
    <Data Name="string1">w3wp</Data>
    <Data Name="int2">4284</Data>
    <Data Name="string3">/LM/W3SVC/560632691/ROOT-1-130519915587486075</Data>
    <Data Name="int4">2</Data>
    <Data Name="string5">urn:schemas-microsoft-com:sharepoint:service:3f215b603e634a629875945488863f75#authority=urn:uuid:9f338b52a7b049b193d8f8dc514fdadd&authority=https://spapp1:32844/Topology/topology.svc</Data>
    <Data Name="int6">1</Data>
    <Data Name="int7">3</Data>
    <Data Name="string8">http://spapp1:32843/3f215b603e634a629875945488863f75/ProfileService.svc</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
Log Name:      Application
Source:        Microsoft-SharePoint Products-SharePoint Foundation
Date:          8/8/2014 6:51:04 PM
Event ID:      8313
Task Category: Topology
Level:         Error
Keywords:
User:          VANTAGE\sp_farm
Computer:      spapp1.vantage.local
Description:
A failure was reported when trying to invoke a service application: EndpointFailure
Process Name: OWSTIMER
Process ID: 8472
AppDomain Name: DefaultDomain
AppDomain ID: 1
Service Application Uri: urn:schemas-microsoft-com:sharepoint:service:3f215b603e634a629875945488863f75#authority=urn:uuid:9f338b52a7b049b193d8f8dc514fdadd&authority=https://spapp1:32844/Topology/topology.svc
Active Endpoints: 1
Failed Endpoints:3
Affected Endpoint:
http://spapp2:32843/3f215b603e634a629875945488863f75/ProfileService.svc
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
    <Provider Name="Microsoft-SharePoint Products-SharePoint Foundation" Guid="{6FB7E0CD-52E7-47DD-997A-241563931FC2}" />
    <EventID>8313</EventID>
    <Version>15</Version>
    <Level>2</Level>
    <Task>13</Task>
    <Opcode>0</Opcode>
    <Keywords>0x4000000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-08-08T23:51:04.938901900Z" />
    <EventRecordID>14596</EventRecordID>
    <Correlation />
    <Execution ProcessID="8472" ThreadID="17360" />
    <Channel>Application</Channel>
    <Computer>spapp1.vantage.local</Computer>
    <Security UserID="S-1-5-21-499312637-3451022336-10712144539-44056" />
</System>
<EventData>
    <Data Name="string0">EndpointFailure</Data>
    <Data Name="string1">OWSTIMER</Data>
    <Data Name="int2">8472</Data>
    <Data Name="string3">DefaultDomain</Data>
    <Data Name="int4">1</Data>
    <Data Name="string5">urn:schemas-microsoft-com:sharepoint:service:3f215b603e634a629875945488863f75#authority=urn:uuid:9f338b52a7b049b193d8f8dc514fdadd&authority=https://spapp1:32844/Topology/topology.svc</Data>
    <Data Name="int6">1</Data>
    <Data Name="int7">3</Data>
    <Data Name="string8">http://spapp2:32843/3f215b603e634a629875945488863f75/ProfileService.svc</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
20:22:31.94 SharePoint Portal Server User Profiles cm6y High
User Profile Application Proxy failed to retrieve partitions from User Profile Application: Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.UserProfileApplicationNotAvailableException: UserProfileApplicationNotAvailableException_Logging
:: UserProfileApplicationProxy.ApplicationProperties ProfilePropertyCache does not have 6cd1c1f0-5874-4f8e-9c0a-ed1aff342048     at Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration.UserProfileApplicationProxy.get_ApplicationProperties()
at Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration.UserProfileApplicationProxy.get_PartitionIDs()     at Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration.UserProfileApplicationProxy.IsAvailable(SPServiceContext serviceContext)
20:22:38.16 SharePoint Portal Server User Profiles d22b High
Failure retrieving application ID for User Profile Application Proxy 'User Profile Service Application': Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.UserProfileApplicationNotAvailableException: UserProfileApplicationNotAvailableException_Logging
:: UserProfileApplicationProxy.ApplicationProperties ProfilePropertyCache does not have 6cd1c1f0-5874-4f8e-9c0a-ed1aff342048     at Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration.UserProfileApplicationProxy.get_ApplicationProperties()
at Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration.UserProfileApplicationProxy.get_AppID()
20:22:44.25 SharePoint Foundation DistributedCache ah24v High
[Forced due to logging gap, cached @ 08/08/2014 20:22:38.16, Original Level: Verbose] DistributedCacheClient TransportProperties- ChannelInitializationTimeout '{0}', ConnectionBufferSize '{1}',
MaxBufferPoolSize '{2}', MaxBufferSize '{3}', MaxOutputDelay '{4}',ReceiveTimeout '{5}'.
20:22:55.26 SharePoint Foundation DistributedCache ah24w Unexpected
Unexpected Exception in SPDistributedCachePointerWrapper::InitializeDataCacheFactory for usage 'DistributedViewStateCache' - Exception 'Microsoft.ApplicationServer.Caching.DataCacheException: ErrorCode<ERRCA0017>:SubStatus<ES0006>:There
is a temporary failure. Please retry later. (One or more specified cache servers are unavailable, which could be caused by busy network or servers. For on-premises cache clusters, also verify the following conditions. Ensure that security permission has been
granted for this client account, and check that the AppFabric Caching Service is allowed through the firewall on all cache hosts. Also the MaxBufferSize on the server must be greater than or equal to the serialized object size sent from the client.). Additional
Information : The client was trying to com...

Thanks for the suggestion. I performed the service restarts, and then an iisreset an the two web servers, and the application server that does not run the services. Finally, I ran iisreset on the application server that does run the services.
After performing those steps, I still cannot manage the user profile service application.
ULS log at the time of the attempt contains User Profile Application Proxy errors (in my original post) and am also noticing the following error:
08:15:21.17 SharePoint Foundation General ajlz0 High Getting Error Message for Exception System.Web.HttpUnhandledException
(0x80004005): Exception of type 'System.Web.HttpUnhandledException' was thrown. ---> Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.UserProfileApplicationNotAvailableException:
This User Profile Application's connection is currently not available. The Application Pool or User Profile Service may not have been started. Please contact your administrator.     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.UserProfiles.AdminUI.ProfileAdminPage.get_CurrentApplicationProxy()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.UserProfiles.AdminUI.ManageUserProfileServiceApplicationBase.OnPreRender(EventArgs e)     at System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal()
at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean
includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean
includeStag...

Getting error "Your session has expired. Restart this wizard to continue" when I create / configure service applications

Last week, I installed 3 virtual servers (WFE, APP and DB).
When I started to create the service applications on the app server, several of them gave me the following error at the end:
"Your session has expired. Restart this wizard to continue. "
Although the error occured, they actually are created. But I'm having difficulties with the Secure Store Service. I try to add a new Target Application and when I click Next, I get the same error.
I tried to delete the application and recreate it. Tried to stop/start the Secure Store Service. I'm doing this as a local admin on the server (which was also used for installation and configuration of Sharepoint).
No events in the eventlog. There is some logging in the ULS :
01/05/2011 15:44:11.71 w3wp.exe (0x102C)                       0x00E4 SharePoint Foundation
Topology                      rzlc High    The current state '_admin/sssvc/managetargetapplicationinstance.aspx'
doesn't match the Page '_admin/sssvc/managetargetapplicationfields.aspx' 73d50e6f-d63e-4cb8-b13b-2a6d50deb1d6
01/05/2011 15:44:11.71 w3wp.exe (0x102C)                       0x00E4 SharePoint Foundation
Runtime                       tkau Unexpected Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException: Your session has expired. Restart this wizard
to continue.    at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPScenarioContext.GetContext(Page page, CultureInfo culture)     at Microsoft.Office.SharePoint.ClientExtensions.SecureStoreAdministration.ManageTargetApplicationFields.OnLoad(EventArgs
e)     at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive()     at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) 73d50e6f-d63e-4cb8-b13b-2a6d50deb1d6
The funny thing is... the service applications which I expected to give me some kind of trouble, are working perfect (User profile sync, Search). I installed numerous servers in the past 3 months and this is the first time I'm running into this and it's
driving me crazy.

After searching and searching, I found something...
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/eu/vsreportcontrols/thread/ca916bff-e996-41a2-b547-16542a298c39
And the first reply caught my attention.
It says that if your servername contains an underscore, these kind of errors might occur.
And for sure, my servernames contain underscores. DOH!
I'm going to change it and recreate the farm... just to be safe. Will get back with the results.
Did renaming the server help?

Can you run multiple Excel Services Applications against a single Web Application?

I have been struggling with this one for a while now, hopefully someone can help me understand what I am missing...
I have a single SharePoint Farm. This farm runs multiple Web Applications & the Service Applications.
1. SharePoint Only Server with Multiple Site Collections (http://sharepoint.com/...)
2. MS Project Server with Multiple Site Collections (http://pwa.com/...)
3. My services applications all exist on the same farm.
I was under the impression, and believe that I validated this through testing and from this site (http://blogs.office.com/2009/11/16/excel-services-in-sharepoint-2010-administration-improvements),
that you can only run a single Excel Services Application against each unique Web Application. In essence, I can run one Excel Services Application against the SharePoint Only Server, and another Excel Services Application against the MS Project
Server... However, I can NOT run multiple Excel Services Applications against the different Site Collections within the MS Project Server becuase it is only aware of its "default" Excel Service Application.
ie. I can NOT do the following: ExcelServiceApp1 for
http://pwa.com/SiteA & ExcelServiceApp2 for
http://pwa.com/SiteB
Is that correct?
If that is not correct, then I must be missing a way to specify a different Excel Service App for each Project Web App Site.
Some other solutions that I think may work, but would really appreciate if someone could validate:
- Create multiple Project Server Service Applications for each instance of PWA/Excel Service? (but wouldn't this still have to use one of the two WebApplications and cause the same limitation?)
- Create a new Web Applciation for each PWA/Excel Service? (ie.
http://pwasite1.com;
http://pwasite2.com; http://pwasite3.com, etc.)
Thoughts/suggestions are very greatly appreciated!!!

Hello Trpy2k
I have not done what you are doing and I assume that you are using project server 2010. However, you answer lives in PowerShell.
The New-WebServiceProxy show that you can create a new proxy by spacing a URL and not a web application. The default proxy from the web application is directing to the default excel service. If you need another excel service, you must specify another
proxy and this may do it for you.
Also, don't forget the Secure State service and that each excel report will need this configured, that is with the assumption that the other excel service requires different authentication.
PS. This question may get a better answer in the SharePoint forums.
Cheers!
Michael Wharton, MVP, MBA, PMP, MCT, MCTS, MCSD, MCSE+I, MCDBA
Website http://www.WhartonComputer.com
Blog http://MyProjectExpert.com contains my field notes and SQL queries

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