Re: RESTORING CRASHED SITE WEBS

Are you sure about 4 ? You shouldn't be specifying FP 2002 when you are
installing IIS.

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
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"Mike" <angelom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1116697360.638501.164780@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> My server crashed. I reformatted and reinstalled Windows 2003. I want
> to restore my WSS System. Everything was backed up prior to the Crash.
> I have everything kind of restored but can't access the SQL databases
> from Central Administrator. The error I get is
> Login failed for user 'DOMAINNAME\ACCOUNTNAME. (Error code: 18456)
> This error comes up when selecting to login with a domain or a windows
> account. I can't login using any existing accounts. When trying to
> access using Windows Security the account returned in the failed login
> message is 'NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE'. That account doesn't exist
> in my Active Directory anywhere. I'm not sure how to proceed. Below
> is a step-by-step of how I restored the system. Perhaps some kind &
> knowledgable person can review my procedure and tell me what went
> wrong.
>
> 1. INSTALL WINDOWS
> 2. INSTALL WINDOWS SP1
> 3. ACTIVE DIRECTORY SETUP (Join domain)
> 4. ADD SERVER ROLL (IIS - COM+ - ASP.NET - FP2002)
> 5. INSTALL SQL2000
> 6. INSTALL SQL 2P3 (Used Domain Account MAC\Administrator)
> 7. RESTORE ALL SQL (master) AND WSS DATABASES
> 8. RESTORE WEBS
> Application Pools: create from XML backup files
> WEB Sites : create from XML backup files
> 9. INSTALL SHAREPOINT (failed with error)
> 10. COPY BACKED UP \INETPUB DIRECTORIE STRUCTURE TO SERVER
> C:\INETPUB
> 11. REINSTALL SHAREPOINT (repair mode)
>
> >From here everything looks good. In IIS Manager I can see my web sites
> and all the config info looks OK. The SQL database is restored and In
> SQL manager I can open databases.
>
> 12. RUN SHAREPOINT CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION FOR FIRST TIME
> Inital page says I must create or connect to a share point
> configuration databse. I put in the database server name and existing
> database name, check the box to use existing configuration database,
> check box to use Windows authentication.
>
> Can't login to database. I try using a domain account that I know
> exist in the domain and in the SQL security logins list. Either option
> returns the Error 18456.
>


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