Questions on running an iTunes Server

I was given a Dell PowerEdge server, running windows 2000. It's older so I thought it would be perfect for an iTunes audio server. I've set my quad g5 up as a itunes sever so thats not a problem, but know I have a lot of video rendering to do and can't afford to run it as a server.
The server will be in my basement and I do not want to go down there to put music in my ipod. I want to be able to transfer songs from any computer on my network (g5 desktop, laptop, or the windows machine in my garage - I need music while working on my cars). When I get the server up and running, can I transfer songs from a shared iTunes library to my ipod. All songs are in mp3 format.
Thanks Richard

can I transfer songs from a shared iTunes library to my ipod.
Not if you're using the built-in iTunes Sharing feature, no. You would have to set up a file share with the iTunes Music folder on the PowerEdge and point your upstairs system to that share for it's iTunes Music folder location.

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Questions about mac mini iTunes server, streaming to macbook pro, ipads, etc.

I'm thinking about getting a mac mini to work with my NAS as a iTunes server. I have a bunch of questions about this. I will have two iPhones, a few iPads, and a laptop that will be accessing the files. I have iTunes match. This is basically to keep an always on computer for hosting the music/movies. My questions are as follows . . .
#1 Are there any good, comprehensive guides to show you how to do this?
#2 Can the movies be accessed when not at home on the shared network?
#3 Can the iPads or the macbook pro download the shared movies to be stored locally?
#4 Back to #3, how will it work on my macbook pro with listening to music (I have iTunes match)? Say i go to library and I break out my macbook pro and I don't have internet. What happens if I download music while at home onto my macbook pro to listen to it when I go to the library? Will i start a new library on my macbook pro? How will that mesh with the home server when I come back.
#5 Is there a way to mirror files or folders? So something that I have on my macbook pro will also mirror on the home server.
Thanks for your help on this. I'll post any follow up questions.

seanfenton wrote:
1. I want to replace the Optical drive with a 2TB SATA. can I use this 2.5 inch?
I do not know if it is the same model number, but this one will work in your MBP:
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/SEAGATE%20OWC/ST2000LM003M/
2. I want to replace the HD with a 128GB SSD 840. When I replace these drives, will my OS still be in tact? I have never done this job before.
No. You will have to format the drives in Disk Utility>Erase to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and then install the OSX by using the original install disks.
3.) I want to replace the ram sticks to max capacity. This is 2 2GB sticks, Correct?
No. An early 17" 2008 MBP will accept 6GB RAM with the following specifications: 200-pin PC2-5300 (667MHz) DDR2 SO-DIMM. The best sources of Mac compatible RAM are OWC and Crucial.
4.) Most difficult...
I want to extend the monitor wirelessly to a projector. I thought about using Apple TV and Airplay. However, support for airplay is for MacBooks 2011 and newer. I thought of using a PS3 and the media server, but I think this brings on a format compatibility issue. (my library is so large I could not afford to convert all my movies to MP4.) So, how would you recommend I put my extended monitor with VLC player onto a projector?
Could I possibly connect the MBP to a Mac Mini as an extension? would this work natively? I would rather use a VGA cord than F with 3rd party app BS.
Cannot help you there.
5..) I want to Bypass iTunes this time around. I would prefer to use Finder and VLC to manage all of my music. I mostly play all my music on shuffle, so, could I create a playlist on VLC with all of my music and play it randomly? (im sure this is possible but i'd like to organize all my plans with confirmation.)
You are not obligated to use iTunes.
6.) Can i upgrade the keyboard to backlit? i've read that this is possible.
All MBPs have back lighted keyboards. Your either needs a NVRAM reset or a repair.
Ciao.

Mac Mini as an iTunes Server - questions!

Hi all -
I just bought a new MacMini, which I plan to add a ThunderBolt Raid drive and stick in the closet as an itunes Server for my Music and Movies.
My question - do I simply use iTunes sharing? Or can I point my MacBook to the new shared library? Which is preferred.
Also, do I keep my iphone/ipad apps on my MacBook for syncing, or should they live on the MacMini? Never done this before so any advice helpful.
Thanks!

sibling wrote:
My question - do I simply use iTunes sharing? Or can I point my MacBook to the new shared library? Which is preferred.
iTunes sharing is one approach. iTunes will have to be running
at all times on the "server" and it will allow you to selectively maintain
local media storage on various devices. As a shared library, the
one issue with that is that only one device can access it at a time.
The configuration that I use, is I have a pair of two 2 TB drives
connected to my Airport Extreme base station. Each contains my
complete iTunes folder (one is backup). All my Macs open that library
when openning iTunes. As I said, downside is I can't connect with two
different devices, but in my case that is not an issue.
When I want media for the road on my MBP, I have a smaller iTunes folder
on that that I copy the desired files to. With that guy, I just hold down the
option key when openning iTunes and select the desired library.
Also, do I keep my iphone/ipad apps on my MacBook for syncing, or should they live on the MacMini? Never done this before so any advice helpful.
You should use only one computer for syncing, as the chosen computer
will have the back up files for the device (contacts, messages, etc.).
Using iTunes sharing, the apps and such will be on the computer
used for syncing. In the scenario I use, they are stored on my network
drives and the backup is stored on my "syncing" computer.

TS1490 i am running Windows Home Server 2011 and iTunes can't seem to connect to the iTunes Store nor run Genius on my Library. What do I need to do?

I am running Windows Home Server 2011 and have installed iTunes on my dedicated server, attached to my router. I can't connect to the iTunes Store nor run Genius on the server ONLY (iTunes runs fine on by two other PCs and my Apple TV and I share the libary that resides on the server). I am running a very current version of iTunes 64 bit. I have run the connectivity test and it failed.
My guess is that there is some setting in the Server software that i need to change to let iTunes access urls or computers on the internet. Does anyone have any experience with this software combination?
Thank you

Some guy managed to get this to work. The following link is for iTunes 10.5 but it should work for the current release.
http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/whs2011/thread/bd62ee3d-a933-4cad-ae9b- fd38adc994c0
Good luck!

HT4437 can i run my apple TV from an iPad2 with a PC as the iTunes server ... would like to do away with Apple TV remote ... thank you

can i run my apple TV from an iPad2 with a PC as the iTunes server ... would like to do away with Apple TV remote ... thank you
JJ

As I was saying earlier that is not possible because the Apple TV has no accessible storage and streaming from your iMac is done via home sharing on your local network.
iTunes purchases can be accessed via the cloud on Apple TV. If you have iTunes Match you can access your full music libary from the cloud.
Using the iPad to watch your films would require syncing them and then connecting the iPad to a TV.

ITunes An unknown error occurred (-45054). When running OS X Server 10.9

On 10.9 this error message results when iTunes is unable to access '/Users/Shared'.
In a non-server environment the problem is resolved by running Disk Utility and performing "Repair Disk Permissions".
If you are running OS X Server, File Sharing will override the standard permissions.
To resolve this issue, make sure that the user running iTunes has a minimum of "Read Only" access to the Shared Folder "Shared".
Be aware that even if "Everyone Else" has "Read Only", there may be a group that includes the iTunes user that is preventing access. For example "Workgroup" has "Custom" settings that block access. In this case, delete "Workgroup" access and re-add with the appropriate permissions.
This appears to be a regression with 10.9. Previously (10.8.5) an error dialog would be displayed and processing would continue.
Note: This error is accompanied by the following Log entry (via Console)
iTunes: BUG in libdispatch client: kevent[EVFILT_WRITE] delete: "No such file or directory" - 0x2

Thanks wmark.. this ACE seTting ws "access OTHERS=NONE" to READ.. this resolved the "iTunes: BUG in libdispatch client: kevent[EVFILT_WRITE] delete: "No such file or directory" - 0x2" issue for me.
good tip!.
Thanks
warwick
Hong Kong

External Networked HDD iTunes Server Question

Hello,
I have a pc laptop and an Apple TV. I am considering buying an external, network, HDD with iTunes Server. My hope is that I will be able to leave my laptop at work and stream music from the HDD w/iTunes Server to my Apple TV. Is this possible?
Thank you.
BB

No, you don't have to change the location of the library every time. I do exactly what you do all the time.
Like you, I also keep my music and videos on external drives. I frequently have iTunes running when the drives are not connected to my MBP and when I get home and connect the drives iTunes sees all my music and videos, no problem. iTunes is smarter than you think.
Now, if you are trying to connect the external drives while iTunes is running and expect the change to happen on the fly, no, this won't work. However all you have to do is quit iTunes, connect the drives, re-launch iTunes and it will find your music and videos.
Before you connect the drives quit iTunes. After you have connected the drives, launch iTunes and the app will find your music and videos.
Regards,
Michael

What is the point of an iTunes server?

I have an iTunes server running on a NAS drive (Synology), but since I cannot connect my iPad or Apple TV to it I am wondering what on earth is the point in it?
I understand that I can connect my PC to the iTunes server, but as I have no need to I've not even tried. From my PC I can just point iTunes at the directory on the NAS drive where the music, videos, etc, is stored, so there really is no need to connect iTunes on my PC to the iTunes server. However, I really want to access all my content from my iPad and Apple TV, but Apple just doesn't seem to want to allow that.
The only option Apple provide is Home Sharing, but that means that I have turn my PC on and leave it on just to access content stored on the NAS drive, which is ridiculous. If I have to tur my PC on to access the content on my NAS drive then I might as well use m PC to access it, so why have I bought an iPad and Apple TV?
It appears that I have been very naive in assuming that Apple devices would be able to connect to an Apple iTunes server. And I am wondering what on earth is the point in having an iTunes Server?
Is there anyone out there who agrees? Or are there people out there successfully using an iTunes Server on anything other than a Mac or PC?

Hi Rob
Don't worry, you posted your question in exactly the right place. You experience is almost exactly the same as mine and you are asking the exact same question. And as you may have already gathered from this thread, there appears to be o point whatsoever in the iTunes server.
The approach I have taken is to change the setting in iTunes on my laptop to point directly to the folder on my NAS drive where I store all my music. Note that this is different to just adding a folder to the library. By doing this it means that the iTunes folder where iTunes stores it's database, apps, music, videos, etc will be on the NAS instead of on my local PC.
The downside to tis approach is that everything is stored on the NAS and not my laptop, but the upside to this is that everything is stored on the NAS and not my laptop ;)
However, to access your music and videos on apple devices through the native apps you still need to synchronise via iTunes so it will copy the files to your device. This of course means that you cannot access all your music/videos from your iPad/iPhone if you have a large volume of media as it will not all fit.
The only way to access all your media from your ipad/iPhone is to use non-Apple apps. For example my NAS drive comes with an app that plays music and will access it all directly from the NAS. And I'm sure here are a number of third party apps that will do the same.
So basically, my advice to you is to ignore the iTunes server, it is a complete waste and I feel sorry for the developers who built it, and third party companies such as those selling these NAS drives should stop using it as a marketing tool for their own products as it also reflects badly on them (in my opinion anyway).
I know it's not the response you wanted, but hopefully it's of some use to you.
Regards
Mark

How do I make my G3 into an itunes server

Hi all,
I haven't found this anywhere so if anybody knows if it's been posted just send me that direction. I have a G3 450mHz B&W that I have my itunes library on. What I want to do is use it as an Itunes server so that I can run it from another computer a G4 533mHz Digital Audio. I planned on using the ITRC freeware application. However, when I put in the password for my itunes it gives me an error so I must be missing something. Any help would be appreciated and sorry if this is a stupid question.
Cheers,
Roland

Okay after much searching I found this which I think will work for me. It's probably not exactly what I wanted but hey I don't have much time to really mess with it. So hopefully this helps others out too.
http://www.forty4.com/2006/09/set-up-your-own-itunes-server.html
Cheers,
Roland

Headless iTunes server

Hello all,
I have been looking for a while now and can't quite seem to find answers. i have bought a mac mini and plan to use it as a headless always on file/itunes server. I understand that through sharing I can play my library through all the other computers in the house, airtunes and apple tv. However my question is since the server is headless I am not sure how I am going to get music/videos into it? How would all of you do it?
On my network, 802.11g over airport extreme, I have an apple tv, airtunes, 2 powerbooks, 1 mac mini, and a Powermac G5. I would like to have the ability to update the iTunes server via anyone of these computers, and play through these computers.

I do it slightly in reverse but if you think about it you can try this, firstly I have my main G5 mac with the itunes library and i keep the music in the shared folder. I then set up a slave G4 machine that runs a copy of nicecast streaming my iTunes music across the internet which i can pick up at work with itunes as a streaming music source.
After setting up the servers copy of itunes to look across the home wireless network to use the shared music library on the G5. From the G5 iTunes i then export the library as an xml file which takes all my convoluted smart playlists etc. and from the G4 iTunes import that so the two machines look at the same playlist structure. I can then set up the nice cast to play specific playlists whilst when i am home i can use the G5 ( subject to my recent loss of remote speakers) to play what i want when working on the G5.
There wil lbe problems when you try to load new music to avoid the libraries getting out of sync. As i intend to keep the G5 the master library so only add music to it then always export the library to refresh the music servers copy.
I look after a number of Mac Mini's at local pubs who when they have problems it can be difficult getting to the computer in a busy bar so i got a copy of Apple Remote Desktop and i can do what i need to sat well away from the bar and never touching the mac.
If you have .mac and put Leopard on both machines the new 'view screen' feature that is in leopard for .mac users that gives you a similar type of interface control over networked macs which means you could manage the headless unit remotely..... holler back if you need know more

Sans Digital iTunes Server and AppleTV

Hi All:
I am looking to get a Sans Digital MN2L NAS unit with a built-in iTunes server so that I can turn my computers off and still have access to an iTunes libary, but this brings up a few questions.
First will this work with my AppleTV?
Second are other people doing it and if so is it worth the money?
Third are there other products out there that do this?
Here is a link to the unit I was looking at:
http://store.sansdigital-shop.com/momn2bayrara.html (Check out the features, built-in iTunes server)
Then I was looking to put these disks in in a RAID-) format and keep my master libary on my G5 and use rsync to keep the two libaries in sync.
http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=barracuda-es-2-sata-3-0- gb/s-750-gb-hard-drive-st3750330ns&vgnextoid=52cfc27bebb43110VgnVCM100000f5ee0a0 aRCRD&vgnextchannel=b655f141e7f43110VgnVCM100000f5ee0a0aRCRD&reqPage=Model
Any thoughts or advice?
Thank you!
Tom Scholle
[email protected]

You need to be very careful when assessing such claims as 'incorporates itunes server' or similar. The tv will only stream content from these devices when itunes is running on a mac/pc.

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
Please ensure that you mark a question as Answered once you receive a satisfactory response.

Msg 8631 Internal error: Server stack limit has been reached on SQL Server 2012 from T-SQL script that runs on SQL Server 2008 R2

I have an Script mostly that is generated by SSMS which works with-out issue on SQL Server 2008, but when I attempt to run it on a new fresh install of SQL Server 2012 I get an Msg 8631. Internal error: Server stack limit has been reached. Please look for
potentially deep nesting in your query, and try to simplify it.
The script itself doesn't seem to be all that deep or nested. The script is large 2600 lines and when I remove the bulk of the 2600 lines, it does run on SQL Server 2012. I'm just really baffled why something that SQL Server generated with very
few additions/changes AND that WORKS without issue in SQL Server 2008 R2 would suddenly be invalid in SQL Server 2012
I need to know why my script which is working great on our current SQL Server 2008 R2 servers suddenly fails and won't run on an new SQL Server 2012 server. This script is used to create 'bulk' Replications on a large number of DBs saving a tremendous
amount of our time doing it the manual way.
Below is an 'condensed' version of the script which fails. I have removed around 2550 lines of specific sp_addarticle statements which are mostly just copy and pasted from what SQL Management Studio 'scripted' for me went I when through the Replication
Wizard and told it to save to script.
declare @dbname varchar(MAX), @SQL nvarchar(MAX)
declare c_dblist cursor for
select name from sys.databases WHERE name like 'dbone[_]%' order by name;
open c_dblist
fetch next from c_dblist into @dbname
while @@fetch_status = 0
begin
print @dbname
SET @SQL = 'DECLARE @dbname NVARCHAR(MAX); SET @dbname = ''' + @dbname + ''';
use ['+@dbname+']
exec sp_replicationdboption @dbname = N'''+@dbname+''', @optname = N''publish'', @value = N''true''
use ['+@dbname+']
exec ['+@dbname+'].sys.sp_addlogreader_agent @job_login = N''DOMAIN\DBServiceAccount'', @job_password = N''secret'', @publisher_security_mode = 1, @job_name = null
-- Adding the transactional publication
use ['+@dbname+']
exec sp_addpublication @publication = N'''+@dbname+' Replication'', @description = N''Transactional publication of database
'''''+@dbname+''''' from Publisher ''''MSSQLSRV\INSTANCE''''.'', @sync_method = N''concurrent'', @retention = 0, @allow_push = N''true'', @allow_pull = N''true'', @allow_anonymous = N''false'', @enabled_for_internet
= N''false'', @snapshot_in_defaultfolder = N''true'', @compress_snapshot = N''false'', @ftp_port = 21, @allow_subscription_copy = N''false'', @add_to_active_directory = N''false'', @repl_freq = N''continuous'', @status = N''active'', @independent_agent = N''true'',
@immediate_sync = N''true'', @allow_sync_tran = N''false'', @allow_queued_tran = N''false'', @allow_dts = N''false'', @replicate_ddl = 1, @allow_initialize_from_backup = N''true'', @enabled_for_p2p = N''false'', @enabled_for_het_sub = N''false''
exec sp_addpublication_snapshot @publication = N'''+@dbname+' Replication'', @frequency_type = 1, @frequency_interval = 1, @frequency_relative_interval = 1, @frequency_recurrence_factor = 0, @frequency_subday = 8,
@frequency_subday_interval = 1, @active_start_time_of_day = 0, @active_end_time_of_day = 235959, @active_start_date = 0, @active_end_date = 0, @job_login = N''DOMAIN\DBServiceAccount'', @job_password = N''secret'', @publisher_security_mode = 1
-- There are around 2400 lines roughly the same as this only difference is the tablename repeated below this one
use ['+@dbname+']
exec sp_addarticle @publication = N'''+@dbname+' Replication'', @article = N''TABLE_ONE'', @source_owner = N''dbo'', @source_object = N''TABLE_ONE'', @type = N''logbased'', @description = null, @creation_script =
null, @pre_creation_cmd = N''drop'', @schema_option = 0x000000000803509F, @identityrangemanagementoption = N''manual'', @destination_table = N''TABLE_ONE'', @destination_owner = N''dbo'', @vertical_partition = N''false'', @ins_cmd = N''CALL sp_MSins_dboTABLE_ONE'',
@del_cmd = N''CALL sp_MSdel_dboTABLE_ONE'', @upd_cmd = N''SCALL sp_MSupd_dboTABLE_ONE''
EXEC sp_executesql @SQL
SET @dbname = REPLACE(@dbname, 'dbone_', 'dbtwo_');
print @dbname
SET @SQL = 'DECLARE @dbname NVARCHAR(MAX); SET @dbname = ''' + @dbname + ''';
use ['+@dbname+']
exec sp_replicationdboption @dbname = N'''+@dbname+''', @optname = N''publish'', @value = N''true''
use ['+@dbname+']
exec ['+@dbname+'].sys.sp_addlogreader_agent @job_login = N''DOMAIN\DBServiceAccount'', @job_password = N''secret'', @publisher_security_mode = 1, @job_name = null
-- Adding the transactional publication
use ['+@dbname+']
exec sp_addpublication @publication = N'''+@dbname+' Replication'', @description = N''Transactional publication of database
'''''+@dbname+''''' from Publisher ''''MSSQLSRV\INSTANCE''''.'', @sync_method = N''concurrent'', @retention = 0, @allow_push = N''true'', @allow_pull = N''true'', @allow_anonymous = N''false'', @enabled_for_internet
= N''false'', @snapshot_in_defaultfolder = N''true'', @compress_snapshot = N''false'', @ftp_port = 21, @allow_subscription_copy = N''false'', @add_to_active_directory = N''false'', @repl_freq = N''continuous'', @status = N''active'', @independent_agent = N''true'',
@immediate_sync = N''true'', @allow_sync_tran = N''false'', @allow_queued_tran = N''false'', @allow_dts = N''false'', @replicate_ddl = 1, @allow_initialize_from_backup = N''true'', @enabled_for_p2p = N''false'', @enabled_for_het_sub = N''false''
exec sp_addpublication_snapshot @publication = N'''+@dbname+' Replication'', @frequency_type = 1, @frequency_interval = 1, @frequency_relative_interval = 1, @frequency_recurrence_factor = 0, @frequency_subday = 8,
@frequency_subday_interval = 1, @active_start_time_of_day = 0, @active_end_time_of_day = 235959, @active_start_date = 0, @active_end_date = 0, @job_login = N''DOMAIN\DBServiceAccount'', @job_password = N''secret'', @publisher_security_mode = 1
-- There are around 140 lines roughly the same as this only difference is the tablename repeated below this one
use ['+@dbname+']
exec sp_addarticle @publication = N'''+@dbname+' Replication'', @article = N''DB_TWO_TABLE_ONE'', @source_owner = N''dbo'', @source_object = N''DB_TWO_TABLE_ONE'', @type = N''logbased'', @description = null, @creation_script
= null, @pre_creation_cmd = N''drop'', @schema_option = 0x000000000803509D, @identityrangemanagementoption = N''manual'', @destination_table = N''DB_TWO_TABLE_ONE'', @destination_owner = N''dbo'', @vertical_partition = N''false''
EXEC sp_executesql @SQL
fetch next from c_dblist into @dbname
end
close c_dblist
deallocate c_dblist
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Is there any issues with running the Community mirror in the US ?
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I don't think he would mind this info being posted... i emailed him asking for the bandwidth info for the server for a one month period.... an average.......
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I'm not sure if the error message is related but smart friend was using my computer started deleting Quicktime & Safari and told me that they shouldn't be on my computer as they are not windows product & I can't use them on my laptop. With trepidation but acknowledging I don't know any of the stuff they were talking about, I allowed them to raid my laptop thinking it could be for the best. Now I'm not sure if it is related or not but depsite me having the most recent Itunes updates on both my Ipod 4TH GT, I am getting the following message everytime I connect my Ipod to the computer...and the timing would be about right too:
this ipod cannot be used because the required software is not installed. Run the Itunes installer to remove Itunes, then install the 64-bit version of Itunes.
If it helps I am running the 10.7.0.21 on the Sony Vaio & remember checking last week I do have the latest update on the Ipod but it is a different version from the Itunes on the laptop (which may be normal, I wouldn't know) but as I am away from home & Wifi I can't tell u the version on that though.
My problem is I cannot find an apple installer on the laptop to uninstall & I have searched Apple & Google for help and have seen others posts with the same issue but alot of the answers unfortunately I can't follow. I would greatly appreciate it if you can you answer any of these questions for me?
*Will add & remove totally uninstall Itunes so that I can reinstall?
*Will I lose my apps, music & data?
*If the apps, music & data is recoverable, how do I do that?
Sadly I can't find the installer & would love to add my new Mumford & Sons cd to my Ipod collection but don't know how to fix this. I love my Ipod & google but I have spent hours tryign updates, downloads, searches & feedback to Apple. A few months ago I had an Itunes billing problem & there was a webpage where you could email an apple support worker & rhe replied to my credit card problem within a day or 2 but I can't find that help for this problem..I couldn't express my graditude enough if you could help me with this, but thank you.

dorygirl2009 wrote:
I'm not sure if the error message is related but smart friend was using my computer started deleting Quicktime & Safari and told me that they shouldn't be on my computer as they are not windows product & I can't use them on my laptop.
This "smart friend" really sounds like a collosal moron.
Follow the instructions here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1925 to remove and reinstall all Apple products on your computer.
Once you get everything working, the next time your "smart friend" wants to touch your computer, tell them firmly NOT A CHANCE IN ****!
None of your data (media, podcasts, apps) will be affected by removing and reinstalling iTunes.

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