Initial Error:
“HTTP/1.1 404 Connection: close Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 05:36:09 GMT Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0 X-Powered-By: ASP.NET MicrosoftSharePointTeamServices: 12”
Quick Fix:
It generally means that there is no site collection created for the newly created web application. So just go to Central Administration -> Application Management -> Create Site Collection. Create a site collection under the web application and there will be no errors.
If you still see errors, check the Event log entries
Event log may have following entries like:
- 1. The database WSS_Content on ComputerName\Microsoft##SSEE is not accessible to missing Windows Internal Database signatures.
- Access to the table dbo.sites is blocked because the signature is not valid.
- Access to module dbo.proc_GetCurrent is blocked because the signature is not valid.
- SQL Database 'SharePoint_Config_' on SQL Server instance 'ComputeName\Microsoft##SSEE' not found. Additional error information from SQL Server is included below. Cannot open database "SharePoint_Config_" requested by the login. The login failed.
Cause:
This problem occurs when the initial provisioning of the Web service instance has not completed successfully. This behavior causes the upgrade process to skip the Web service instance.
Resolution:
- Click Start, click Run, type cmd in the Open box, and then click OK.
- Change to the following directory:
system drive:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\12\Bin
- At the command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER to stop the SPWebService service:
stsadm -o provisionservice -action stop -servicetype spwebservice -servicename ""
- After the SPWebService service has stopped, type the following command, and then press ENTER to start the SPWebService service:
stsadm -o provisionservice -action start -servicetype spwebservice -servicename ""
- After the SPWebService service is started, type the following command to complete the hotfix process or the update process:
stsadm -o upgrade -forceupgrade -inplace
psconfig -cmd upgrade -inplace b2b -wait –force
- If the upgrade does not complete successfully, type the following commands at the command prompt, and press ENTER after each command:
net stop MSSQL$MICROSOFT##SSEE
net start MSSQL$MICROSOFT##SSEE
psconfig -cmd upgrade -inplace b2b -wait -force
Resources:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944154
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944267