Failed to connect to the configuration database when adding a server to a farm
While adding a new server to an existing SharePoint 2010 farm, to be used as a web front end (WFE) server, I encountered the following error: Failed to connect to the configuration database. An exception of type System.ArgumentNullException was thrown. …
Server Error in ‘/’ Application when logging in using FBA
I have just extended a web application to allow users to login using FBA (Forms Based Authentication), however, when logging in the following error is generated: Server Error in ‘/’ Application. So, what could have caused this? Firstly I checked…
Your client does not support opening this list with Windows Explorer – on Windows 7 with IE 10
Since upgrading to Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 7 I have not been able to open SharePoint document libraries with Windows Explorer, instead I receive this error message: Your client does not support opening this list with Windows Explorer I…
Access denied when running Enable-SPFeature DocumentSet
While trying to enable Document Sets on a SharePoint 2010 Server site collection it failed, stating Access Denied, when using the following command: Enable-SPFeature DocumentSet -URL http://intranet This was a very simple mistake – I was not logged in as…
SharePoint Designer error: Value does not fall within the expected range
After checking out a page to edit using SharePoint Designer I was presented with an unfamiliar error: soap: ServerServer was unable to process request. —> Value does not fall within the expected range. This is the first time I have encountered…
Backup-SPFarm error – The backup job failed
In response to a user query on www.windows2008forums.co.uk I have managed to replicate the error generated while using the Backup-SPFarm command to backup an entire farm. Backup-SPFarm -BackupMethod Full -Directory D:\Backups\ The After trawling through the spbackup.log file I found…
Databases exist on servers running SharePoint Foundation
I am working on an installation of SharePoint Foundation that has been reporting the following error for some time: Databases exist on servers running SharePoint Foundation To ensure better performance it is highly recommended to host the databases used by SharePoint…
More Cache hosts are running in this deployment than are registered with SharePoint
So, I’ve just installed SharePoint Foundation 2013 on a clean Windows 2012 server yet the Health Analyzer is complaining about a few things. I’ll work my way through fixing them and the first one I’ll tackle is “More Cache hosts…
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…
The local farm is not accessible (SharePoint 2010)
I have just opened the SharePoint Management Shell on a WFE server to be presented with a message I haven’t seen before: The local farm is not accessible. Cmdlets with FeatureDependencyId are not registered. When searching for a solution to…
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