From: Mike Walsh on
You'll probably find people who have already followed this guide in the
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Mike Walsh
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dartelin wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm running Windows Sharepoint Services 3.0 on Windows Server 2003.
> I'm about to install MS Project Server 2007 on it following this
> guide: http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/6771be81-3881-47b3-ba5f-29adf893286d1033.mspx?mfr=true
> (from left menu choose: Office Project Server 2007 --> Deployment for
> Office Project Server 2007 --> Deploy Project Server 2007 to a server
> farm environment)
>
> I cannot acomplish the step "Create the Shared Services Provider"
> because the following error appears:
>
> Provisioning failed: File or arguments not valid for site template
> 'OSRV'.
>
> The logs stored this entry:
>
> "The site /ssp/admin could not be created. The following exception
> occured: File or arguments not valid for site template 'OSRV'..
> System.ArgumentException: File or arguments not valid for site
> template 'OSRV'. at
> Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWebTemplateCollection.get_Item(String
> strKey) at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb.ApplyWebTemplate(String
> strWebTemplate) at
> Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPSiteCollection.Add(SPContentDatabase
> database, String siteUrl, String title, String description, UInt32
> nLCID, String webTemplate, String ownerLogin, String ownerName, String
> ownerEmail, String secondaryContactLogin, String secondaryContactName,
> String secondaryContactEmail, String quotaTemplate, String
> sscRootWebUrl, Boolean useHostHeaderAsSiteName) at
> Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPSiteCollection.Add(String
> siteUrl, String title, String description, UInt32 nLCID, String
> webTemplate, String ownerLogin, Stri...
> ...ng ownerName, String ownerEmail, String secondaryContactLogin,
> String secondaryContactName, String secondaryContactEmail, Boolean
> useHostHeaderAsSiteName) at
> Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPSiteCollection.Add(Stri
> Updating SPPersistedObject SharedResourceProvider Name=SharedServices3
> Parent=SPFarm Name=SharePoint_Config. Version: 14459 Ensure: 0,
> HashCode: 39250819, Id: e3d5d665-4c25-47c1-a273-b6b2a7f86dc6,
> Stack: at
> Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPPersistedObject.Update() at
> Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration.SharedResourceProvider.Update()
> at
> Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration.SharedResourceProvider.Provision()
> at
> Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration.SharedResourceProviderJob.Execute(Guid
> targetInstanceId) at
> Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPTimerJobInvoke.Invoke(TimerJobExecuteData&
> data, Int32& result)
> Provisioning for Shared Services Provider 'SharedServices3' has failed
> and will be retried. Reason: File or arguments not valid for site
> template 'OSRV'. Technical Support Details: System.ArgumentException:
> File or arguments not valid for site template 'OSRV'. at
> Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWebTemplateCollection.get_Item(String
> strKey) at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb.ApplyWebTemplate(String
> strWebTemplate) at
> Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPSiteCollection.Add(SPContentDatabase
> database, String siteUrl, String title, String description, UInt32
> nLCID, String webTemplate, String ownerLogin, String ownerName, String
> ownerEmail, String secondaryContactLogin, String secondaryContactName,
> String secondaryContactEmail, String quotaTemplate, String
> sscRootWebUrl, Boolean useHostHeaderA...
> ...sSiteName) at
> Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPSiteCollection.Add(String
> siteUrl, String title, String description, UInt32 nLCID, String
> webTemplate, String ownerLogin, String ownerName, String ownerEmail,
> String s"
>
> Does anyone know what it means and how can i fix it ?
>
> Thank you
> Adam
>