Comments on: Installing PowerPivot for SharePoint on a domain controller

By: Roger

Roger — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 22:45:37 +0000

Thanks Dave, I’m not sure what I did wrong, but I definitely had this problem with the RTM version. In the end I gave up and started with a fresh farm.

By: powerpivotgeek

powerpivotgeek — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 19:01:41 +0000

Roger: This was needed for an early CTP with PowerPivot. It was fixed in RTM. You should not need to do this anymore.

Thanks.

By: » Installing PowerPivot for SharePoint 2010 on an existing farm RogerNoble.com

Wed, 19 Jan 2011 04:56:05 +0000

[...] The next big hurdle was starting the Analysis Services service in Central Administration. The problem is because I’m installing everything on a Domain Controller things get a little screwed up (I do not recommend doing this in a Test or Production environment and is only for my Dev VM). Whats really scary is the solution! Dave Wickert (blog) found the solution by quickly changing the service account back after starting the service via Central Admin - http://powerpivotgeek.com/2009/11/17/installing-powerpivot-for-sharepoint-on-a-domain-controller/. [...]

By: Roger

Roger — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 01:25:31 +0000

Thanks Dave! I can’t believe this worked!

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