Comments on: Installing PowerPivot for SharePoint on a domain controller

By: Marco

Marco — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:26:17 +0000

Hi, your “quick as a bunny” trick worked for me perfectly. However, I ran repair on the GEMINIBI SQL server instance instead of performing an uninstall/reinstall.

Cheers

Marco

By: Denny Lee

Denny Lee — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:14:18 +0000

You know, I still laugh every time I review this posting and see the words “Quick like a bunny”. I guess it’s the geek in me that is always surprised to see those words written by you

By: powerpivotgeek

powerpivotgeek — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:37:59 +0000

Anthony: Take a look at:
http://powerpivotgeek.com/server-installation/reported-problems/#008

My guess is that you have requested “Standalone” SharePoint rather than “Server Farm”/”Complete” when you installed SharePoint.

By: Anthony Martin

Anthony Martin — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:14:15 +0000

Haven’t seen this exact error anywhere. Anyone have any ideas? I’ve been following the installation instructions from this site and powerpivot-info.com

Object reference not set to an instance of an object
Below is the relevant output from file C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20091214_104508\Detail.txt

2009-12-14 11:59:42 AS: Creating SharePoint Web Application…
2009-12-14 11:59:42 AS: Running script: & “C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\web server extensions\14\bin\stsadm.exe” -o extendvs -url ‘http://WIN-KDOO4O1RG4O’ -ownerlogin ‘POWERPIVOT\SPAdmin’ -owneremail ‘Administrator@example.com’ -exclusivelyusentlm -donotcreatesite -databaseserver ‘WIN-KDOO4O1RG4O\GEMINIBI’ -databasename ‘SharePoint_Content_c284bebc8ec241b595de9e6633b24b5a’ -description ‘SharePoint – 80′ -apcreatenew -apidname ‘SharePoint – 80′ -apidtype configurableid -apidlogin ‘POWERPIVOT\SPAdmin’ -apidpwd ‘********’
2009-12-14 11:59:42 AS: Running PowerShell Script:
2009-12-14 11:59:50 AS: Pipeline Error when running PowerShell script
2009-12-14 11:59:50 AS: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
2009-12-14 11:59:50 AS: Running PS Script failed. Reason:Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
2009-12-14 11:59:50 Slp: Error: Action “Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.AnalysisServices.ASSPIInstallFarmAction” threw an exception during execution.
2009-12-14 11:59:50 Slp: Microsoft.SqlServer.Setup.Chainer.Workflow.ActionExecutionException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. —> System.Exception: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

By: Installation of SharePoint 2010 with PowerPivot on a single server. - Rob Pellicaan - blog community

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:05:46 +0000

[...] While I have been recording my installations steps, I will not put them here, as I came across another post that describes the required steps in even more detail, including the solution to my broken setup. [...]

By: Vidas Matelis

Vidas Matelis — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:36:58 +0000

Dave,

OK, I managed to successfully install 3 different machines.
On 2 cases when domain controller was on the same machine as SharePoint + PowerPivot, I had to change service account back to domain, as it was swithed to local service at some point during installation. After switching installation worked like a charm. For setup where DC was on a separate machine I did not see same problem – as expected.

Thank you for this tip!

Vidas Matelis

By: Vidas Matelis

Vidas Matelis — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:14:08 +0000

Dave,

I reproduced that bug in case when domain controllers and sql server are on separate machines.

I submitted bug myself here:
https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=511867#details

My setup fresh install of Win 2008R2 domain controler and then Win 2008 server trying to install SQL Server 2008R2 CTP3.

So far I was not able to install SSAS +SharePoint integration. Hopefully other had better luck. I had at least 6-7 attempts with different configuration.

I am installing everything on Hyper-V, cpu is AMD, not Intel.

Regards,

By: powerpivotgeek

powerpivotgeek — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:03:32 +0000

Vidas: Please email me the detail.log file. It should be located in:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\Log\\
Make sure it is the right one for the installation, particularly as it sounds like you’ve done it multiple times. Also include the build# that you are using, including the SharePoint version and where you got it.
I’ll submit a bug for you.
Thanks.

By: Vidas Matelis

Vidas Matelis — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:16:59 +0000

Hi,

I spend lots of time yesterday trying to install Analysis Services in SharePoint integrated mode. I was not able to succeed. I tried yesterday your described approach on freshly installed Windows 2008 machine, but in my case this service stayed as domain account all time. But install still failed. Error:

I confirmed that SQL Server part installed OK, as I can connect to SQL Server and SSAS using SSMS.

Configuration error code: 0×30E00066@1203@1
Configuration error description: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

So far I was not able to setup Analysis Services in SharePoint integrated mode.

Vidas Matelis