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AutoSPInstaller – stuck on Running Prerequisite Installer (online mode)

January 26, 2017 · by dave.webb · in AutoSPInstaller, Installation, SharePoint 2016

I am using AutoSPInstaller to install SharePoint 2016 on multiple Windows 2016 servers.  It has finished what it needs to do on the local server and has started installing on the first remote server.  However, it has been stuck for a few hours…

Failing timer job - Search Custom Dictionaries Update

Failing timer job – Search Custom Dictionaries Update

January 23, 2017 · by dave.webb · in Search, SharePoint 2016, Troubleshooting

In my SharePoint 2016 lab I can see the following appearing repeatedly in the logs: OWSTIMER.EXE (0x0D20) 0x15FC SharePoint Foundation Timer 6398 Critical The Execute method of job definition Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.CustomDictionaryDeploymentJobDefinition (ID f637505e-2ce6-4785-8d88-37a210be6cc4) threw an exception. More information is included below. …

SharePoint 2016 – The upgraded database schema doesn’t match the TargetSchema

January 9, 2017 · by dave.webb · in SharePoint 2016, Upgrading

  I have not had much exposure to SharePoint 2016 yet and have only just applied my first cumulative update.  Unfortunately it didn’t go well and failed.  Here is what I pulled out of the log file: ERR          Failed to…

w3wp.exe: All query processing components are in 'Failed' status

w3wp.exe: All query processing components are in ‘Failed’ status

January 9, 2017 · by dave.webb · in PowerShell, Search, SharePoint 2013, Troubleshooting

Users are currently unable to use the Search Centre in our SharePoint 2013 environment, they see the following error: Sorry, something went wrong. Search has encountered a problem that prevents results from being returned. If the issue persists, please contact…

SharePoint 2013 – “Sorry, something went wrong” when configuring Incoming E-Mail Settings

January 7, 2017 · by dave.webb · in SharePoint 2013, Troubleshooting

While trying to enable incoming email settings for a document library in SharePoint 2013 I clicked OK on the form and received the following error: Sorry, something went wrong An unexpected error has occurred. I found the following in the ULS logs…

The Execute method of job definition Microsoft.Office.Server.Directory.SharePoint.Provider.UnifiedGroupContentDbOperationsJob threw an exception

January 7, 2017 · by dave.webb · in Service Applications, SharePoint 2016, Troubleshooting

In a SharePoint 2016 development environment I am seeing the following error being logged constantly: OWSTIMER.EXE (0x0D20) 0x0D98 SharePoint Foundation Timer 6398 Critical The Execute method of job definition Microsoft.Office.Server.Directory.SharePoint.Provider.UnifiedGroupContentDbOperationsJob (ID 038e2f91-ce67-45e8-8fb9-27d3ba751ed4) threw an exception. More information is included below.  UserProfileApplicationProxy Proxy is null. (Correlation=9deccd9d-73f6-e0e0-fc3f-1fd5c2c5f82d) 9deccd9d-73f6-e0e0-fc3f-1fd5c2c5f82d I…

SharePoint 2013 – “An unexpected error has occurred” when configuring incoming E-Mail settings

December 11, 2016 · by dave.webb · in PowerShell, SharePoint 2013, Troubleshooting

While trying to enable incoming E-mail settings for a document library within SharePoint 2013 I received the following error: An unexpected error has occurred. I used the Merge-SPLogFile PowerShell cmdlet to collate all log entries relating to the correlation ID.  The…

Search has encountered a problem that prevents results from being returned. If the issue persists, please contact your administrator

December 5, 2016 · by dave.webb · in Search, Service Applications, SharePoint 2013, Web parts

In our SharePoint 2013 farm we have some Content Search Web Parts that display content based on a search query.  These work fine in our production environment but in the DR environment they just produce an error (as per the…

Using the Merge-SPLogFile cmdlet

Using the Merge-SPLogFile cmdlet

November 24, 2016 · by dave.webb · in PowerShell, SharePoint 2013, Tips and Tricks, Troubleshooting

The Merge-SPLogFile cmdlet can be a real time saver if you need to search the SharePoint logs and there are multiple servers in the farm.  I regularly use it to search for a specific correlation ID and then open the…

"Sorry, something went wrong" when a user tries to edit their profile

November 23, 2016 · by dave.webb · in SharePoint 2013, Troubleshooting

I have had users report that they are unable to edit their profile, they just get the unhelpful “Sorry, something went wrong” error.  Fortunately some of them thought to record the Correlation ID so I was able to use the…

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