Sunday, 22 March 2009

Installing Project Server 2007 to an existing Sharepoint installation

I needed to install Project Server 2007 on the same server as my earlier Sharepoint installation. Again, this guide is made up from other articles found on the web but it's how I got the job done.

Install the Project Server 2007 binary files to the Sharepoint Server
1. Run Setup.exe on the Project Server 2007 installation media.
2. Enter your 25 character license key.
3. Read and accept the EULA (I'm sure you really read it).
4. When installation of the binary files is completed, the Setup Complete page is displayed and prompts you to complete the configuration of your server. Make sure that Run the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard now is selected, and then click Close.

Run the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard
To run the wizard, perform the following steps on the server after installing the binary files:

1. The wizard states that it will upgrade SharePoint Products and Technologies. Click Next.
2. Click Yes to the message alerting you that specified services might need to be restarted or reset during the installation. These services will include:

  • Internet Information Services
  • Windows SharePoint Services Administration Service
  • Windows SharePoint Services Timer Service
3. In the Completing the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard page, the configuration will point to the existing configuration settings for the Office Project Server 2007 farm. Click Next to start the configuration process.
4. The Configuration Successful page displays the configuration settings. Click Finish. This automatically opens Central Administration.

Configure the farm services for Project Server application servers
Start the Project Application service
1. From the top navigation on the Central Administration Web site, click Operations.
2. On the Operations page, in the Topology and Services section, select Servers in farm.
3. On the Servers in Farm page, in the Server list, click the server on which you want to start the Project Application service.
4. On the Services on Server page for this computer, in the Service list, find Project Application Service. In the same row under the Action column, click Start.
5. In the Service list, find Project Application Service. In the same row under the Action column, click Start. To see whether the status has changed, you might need to refresh the page.
6. The status for the Project Application service will appear as Started.

Provision the Project Server 2007 site on the farm
1. From the top navigation on Central Administration, click Application Management.
2. On the Application Management page, in the Office SharePoint Server Shared Services section, select Create or configure this farm's shared services.
3. On the Manage this Farm's Shared Services page, in the SSP Name list, select the Shared Services Provider (link on left menu) in which you would like to provision Project Web Access.
4. On the home page for this core service, in the Project Server section, click Project Web Access Sites.
5. On the Manage Project Web Access page, click Create Project Web Access Site.
6. On the Create a New Project Web Access page, do the following:
1. In the Project Web Access Site Location section, from the SharePoint Web Application to
host Project Web Access list, select the name of the extended Web site
you created to host the SharePoint site.
2. In the Project Web Access path box, type the name you will use to specify the URL to the Project Web Access home page. (For example, if you type PWA, the URL to the home page would be http://servername/PWA.)
3. In the Administrator Account section, type the Windows user account that will be given administrative credentials to the Project Server instance.
4. In the Primary Database section, type the name of the computer running SQL Server on which the Published, Draft, and Archive databases will be located. In the three Database Name fields, type unique names for each of the three Office Project Server 2007 databases.
5. In the Reporting Database section, select Use the primary database server if you want the reporting database to be created on the Primary database server that you specified in the previous section. If you want the Reporting database to be created on another computer hosting SQL Server, clear this option and type the name of the SQL Server on which you want it to be created. In the Reporting database name field, type a unique name that you want to use for the Reporting database.

7. Click OK. The provisioning process starts. This may take a few minutes to complete.
8. You will be returned to the Manage Project Web Access page. Click the Refresh Status button to update the status of the provisioning process. When provisioning is finished, Provisioned will appear as an entry in the Status column. When provisioning has been completed, you can click the URL to go to the Project Web Access site.

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