Fresh Install of ADAM SP1 - Can't install without doing an upgrade

8 Feb 2006 11:09 PM

Craig Gilmour

All,
I have been working with ADAM for a while and am about to install it for
another client. I decided to use the SP1 version of the product as this seems
to make sense. However, despite the documentation stating that you can
install directly from the new binaries, I have been unable to do so with
installing the old version first. The steps on the website are a fairly basic
and refer to the wrong setup binary (adamsetup.exe rather than
adaminstall.exe) so I don't trust it too much.

I reviewed the documentation in the ADAM help file and the updated step by
step guide. These both assume you are running R2. I have tested this onw
Windows 2003 SP1 and on XP and each time I get prompts for the location of
certain files and then the install fails.

Has anyone been able to successfully install ADAM interactively on Windows
2003 SP1 that can provide some tips as to what I may be doing wrong? Do I
need to go the unattended install route?

regards,
Craig Gilmour

8 Feb 2006 11:33 PM

Dmitri Gavrilov [MSFT]

I have installed ADAM SP1 on w2k3 sp1 several hundred times.
What's the error that you get? What's in %windir%\debug\adaminstall.log?

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"Craig Gilmour" <CraigGilm***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C881D446-2851-4B3F-ACBD-87307ACB79D0@microsoft.com...
> All,
> I have been working with ADAM for a while and am about to install it for
> another client. I decided to use the SP1 version of the product as this
> seems
> to make sense. However, despite the documentation stating that you can
> install directly from the new binaries, I have been unable to do so with
> installing the old version first. The steps on the website are a fairly
> basic
> and refer to the wrong setup binary (adamsetup.exe rather than
> adaminstall.exe) so I don't trust it too much.
>
> I reviewed the documentation in the ADAM help file and the updated step by
> step guide. These both assume you are running R2. I have tested this onw
> Windows 2003 SP1 and on XP and each time I get prompts for the location of
> certain files and then the install fails.
>
> Has anyone been able to successfully install ADAM interactively on Windows
> 2003 SP1 that can provide some tips as to what I may be doing wrong? Do I
> need to go the unattended install route?
>
> regards,
> Craig Gilmour

9 Feb 2006 12:07 AM

Craig Gilmour

Dmitri,
   thanks for the prompt response. I performed the install several times,
but the adamsetup.log had the following. It seems to refer to problems
accessing the registry (that key is not there). If I install the base build
then a upgrade works fine. I can't let you know with the XP error was as I
have re-installed too many times. The user has full admin rights over the
local machine:

adamsetup 670.164 02AA     Enter SharedTable::Load
adamsetup 670.164 02AB       Enter RegistryKey::Open
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ADAM_Shared
adamsetup 670.164 02AC       could not open shared key
adamsetup 670.164 02AD       HRESULT = 0x80070002
adamsetup 670.164 02AE     ADAMERR_INTERNAL
adamsetup 670.164 02AF     An internal error has occurred and ADAM Setup
must close.
adamsetup 670.164 02B0   Enter State::SetFinishError
adamsetup 670.164 02B1   Enter State::SetFinishMessage An internal error has
occurred and ADAM Setup must close.
adamsetup 670.164 02B2   Enter UndoStack::empty true
adamsetup 670.164 02B3   Enter UndoStack::empty true
adamsetup 670.164 02B4   Enter UndoStack::empty true

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"Dmitri Gavrilov [MSFT]" wrote:

> I have installed ADAM SP1 on w2k3 sp1 several hundred times.
> What's the error that you get? What's in %windir%\debug\adaminstall.log?
>
> --
> Dmitri Gavrilov
> SDE, DS Admin eXperience
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> Use of included script samples are subject to the terms specified at
> http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm
>
> "Craig Gilmour" <CraigGilm***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C881D446-2851-4B3F-ACBD-87307ACB79D0@microsoft.com...
> > All,
> > I have been working with ADAM for a while and am about to install it for
> > another client. I decided to use the SP1 version of the product as this
> > seems
> > to make sense. However, despite the documentation stating that you can
> > install directly from the new binaries, I have been unable to do so with
> > installing the old version first. The steps on the website are a fairly
> > basic
> > and refer to the wrong setup binary (adamsetup.exe rather than
> > adaminstall.exe) so I don't trust it too much.
> >
> > I reviewed the documentation in the ADAM help file and the updated step by
> > step guide. These both assume you are running R2. I have tested this onw
> > Windows 2003 SP1 and on XP and each time I get prompts for the location of
> > certain files and then the install fails.
> >
> > Has anyone been able to successfully install ADAM interactively on Windows
> > 2003 SP1 that can provide some tips as to what I may be doing wrong? Do I
> > need to go the unattended install route?
> >
> > regards,
> > Craig Gilmour
>
>
>

12 Feb 2006 3:02 AM

Craig Gilmour

OK - I have discovered what the problem is - Operator error basically. There
is a new paradigm in ADAM SP1 that I missed. You need to
1.0 install SP2 first which adds the software to the server.
2.0 choose Programs / ADAM / Add New ADAM Instance.

I saw the second piece of the documentation, but what was missing in all the
install documents is that if you are installing "fresh" that you have to do
step 1.0. All the installation docs assumed the software was there and threw
me. I had cracked open the self extractig archive and was running
ADAMinst.exe and it was having a problem.

At least I know for next time.

BTW - it may be that I am just a little "dumb", but for people not working
with R2, and having knowledge of the pre-SP1 installation paradigm, it might
be useful to make this point in the documentation somewhere. i.e. if
installing on a fresh Windows (not R2) server, first install SP1, then follow
the normal instructions.

thanks,
Craig Gilmour

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"Dmitri Gavrilov [MSFT]" wrote:

> I have installed ADAM SP1 on w2k3 sp1 several hundred times.
> What's the error that you get? What's in %windir%\debug\adaminstall.log?
>
> --
> Dmitri Gavrilov
> SDE, DS Admin eXperience
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> Use of included script samples are subject to the terms specified at
> http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm
>
> "Craig Gilmour" <CraigGilm***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C881D446-2851-4B3F-ACBD-87307ACB79D0@microsoft.com...
> > All,
> > I have been working with ADAM for a while and am about to install it for
> > another client. I decided to use the SP1 version of the product as this
> > seems
> > to make sense. However, despite the documentation stating that you can
> > install directly from the new binaries, I have been unable to do so with
> > installing the old version first. The steps on the website are a fairly
> > basic
> > and refer to the wrong setup binary (adamsetup.exe rather than
> > adaminstall.exe) so I don't trust it too much.
> >
> > I reviewed the documentation in the ADAM help file and the updated step by
> > step guide. These both assume you are running R2. I have tested this onw
> > Windows 2003 SP1 and on XP and each time I get prompts for the location of
> > certain files and then the install fails.
> >
> > Has anyone been able to successfully install ADAM interactively on Windows
> > 2003 SP1 that can provide some tips as to what I may be doing wrong? Do I
> > need to go the unattended install route?
> >
> > regards,
> > Craig Gilmour
>
>
>