RE: Virtual Server Gallery Problems

From: Peter (Peter_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/01/04 

Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 10:39:03 -0800

Thanks, I ran the Analyser, and found 6 Unknown WebPart guid:
"281896ca-7b3a-696e-5337-196065d21921", but I can't find or work out what it
is refering to. It says it is in the "MySite/default.aspx" , so I deleted it.
But hte error still persistes. Any further suggestion?

Thanks Peter

"manakhan" wrote:

>
>
> "Pconn" wrote:
>
> > When I use stsadm to remove a webpart CAB, it leaves behind an "Untitled" entry in the Virtual Gallery. Does anyone know why this happens, and how to remove them and stop it happening? Thanks in advance.
>
> Ran into the same thing today ... it looks like pages that contained the old
> webpart cause SPS to hold onto the reference. Using SPS Analyzer revealed
> the problem. Here is the official procedure for removal from the admin docs
> ...
>
> Deleting Web Parts
> When you delete a Web Part on a server, you delete the assembly (that part
> of the Web Part implementation that is executable code) and related
> resources. Users must remove the Web Part Definition file from any pages that
> use the Web Part. Deleting Web Parts is a three-step process: notification,
> deletion, and verification.
>
> Notification
> Before deleting a Web Part assembly, you should notify everyone in your user
> community who is using the assembly. Deleting Web Parts that are in use will
> break the functionality of Web pages that are dependent on the Web Part.
> Failing to notify your user community could result in support calls as pages
> stop working as expected.
>
> To find all owners of pages containing a Web Part on a virtual server, use
> the SharePoint Configuration Analyzer tool, which lists each Web Part
> installed on a virtual server and, for each Web Part, lists all of the pages
> that contain an instance of the Web Part in a Web Part Zone. Using this
> information, contact owners of pages containing Web Parts that are to be
> deleted, so that they can remove instances of that Web Part from their pages.
> For more information about SharePoint Configuration Analyzer, see Using
> SharePoint Configuration Analyzer.
>
> Note Because SharePoint Configuration Analyzer does not report on the Web
> Parts that have been added to each site collection gallery, you should also
> contact all site administrators of site collection galleries to warn them to
> remove Web Parts that you are deleting from these galleries.
>
>
> Deletion
> Use the Stsadm.exe tool to delete a Web Part assembly.
>
> Verification
>
> After deleting Web Part assemblies from each server, you can verify the
> operation using the SharePoint Configuration Analyzer tool. By using this
> tool, you can find unwanted Web Part assemblies that remain on virtual
> servers along with pages that refer to deleted assemblies.
>
> Deleting Web Parts By Using Stsadm.exe
> To delete the Web Parts in a Web Part package, use the following syntax:
>
> stsadm -o deletewppack -name <name of Web Part package> [-url <url>]
> -name specifies the name of the Web Part package.
> -url optionally specifies the URL of the virtual server on which to delete
> the Web Parts. If -url is omitted, Stsadm.exe deletes the Web Parts from the
> Bin folder of every virtual server on the server or from the global assembly
> cache.
> Note When you delete the last instance of a Web Parts package on a server
> or server farm, Stsadm.exe also deletes the Web Part package from the
> configuration database.
>
>

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