![Creating a SQL Maintenance Plan to backup SharePoint content databases](http://www.adventuresinsharepoint.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Plan_Properties-150x150.jpg)
Creating a SQL Maintenance Plan to backup SharePoint content databases
In addition to regular SharePoint backups I have decided to create a SQL Maintenance Plan to backup the content database to a file each night. This will enable me to quickly and easily restore the database directly in SQL should I need to,…
SharePoint Foundation Search Event ID 70
I have been tasked with investigating an error that is being logged in the Application event log on a SharePoint server recently upgraded to SharePoint 2010 ServicePack 1. The error is logged as follows: The mount operation for the gatherer application…
![Configuration Failed - Failed to create the configuration database](http://www.adventuresinsharepoint.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Configuration_Failed-150x150.jpg)
Configuration Failed – Failed to create the configuration database
I’m installing SharePoint Foundation 2013 for the first time on a clean Windows 2012 server and, until now, it was going well. I have installed the prerequisites and SharePoint Foundation but the Configuration Wizard failed with this error: Failed to…