Search Server 2008 Express Intergration with Project server 2007

Question

HI All,

We are trying to deploy the Search Server 2008 Express edition into our Project server Environment(one app server and one Database server).
Project Server 2007 was upgraded to SP2 and Sql Server 2005 with SP3.

I tried to install the Search server on the App server but its give us error "already installed the office product." not allowed to do it. Then we tried to install it on the Database server and from Wizrad we select to connect exiting form and give the our Sharepoint configuration database. after complete 2 jobs it throughs the following error and ends up

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Windows SharePoint Services 3
Event Category: Topology
Event ID: 5617
Date:  10/27/2009
Time:  5:39:53 PM
User:  N/A
Computer: SQLDB
Description:
The schema version (3.1.8.0) of the database SharePoint_AdminContent_4db31817-eerr-492b-89b4-7c52301ed066 on SQLDB is not consistent with the expected database schema version (3.1.3.0) on SQLDB.  Connections to this database from this server have been blocked to avoid data loss.  Upgrade the web front end or the content database to ensure that these versions match.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.


After this if we re-run the SP wizards its completed sucessfully but did not show the Search Server Adminsitration page.


Could you please help us in this regards.How can we setup this thing.
Another Question, if we installed the SSE with new Content Database then can we integrade with our exisitng envrinoment?

your efforts always appreciated.

thanks
Waqas

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Answer 1

I don't run Project Server 2007 but it can be regarded as a super-set of MOSS 2007. 

As such it almost certainly already contains ALL the search functionality (and more) that Search Server 2008 Express provides.

Therefore it is 100% logical that the installation of Search Server 2008 Express should complain that the product is already installed (even though the message is inaccurate and the problem is not that the product is already installed but the functionality provided by the product is already installed).

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Answer 2

Thanks for your reply.
then is their any solution ot install the SSE in this envirnoment. One more thing, may be i am wrong, Project server dont have search funcationality, its using the WSS Search function for it. Thats why we trying to install it and also for our WSS based web sites.

We will always appreciated your time and comments.

thanks
waqas

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i am at entry level administrator

Answer 3

Hi guys,

Another Development, Today we tried to install the Search Server Express on the Database Server of our farm, after installing the binaries of SSE,

we install the Service Pack 2 for WSS3.0(Because our farm envirnoment already updated with Service pack 2 of Office and Wss 3.0), 

then we ran the Sharepoint product wizards, its configured every thing sucessfully 

after that when we run the SearchServer wizard page its through the following error.

The file '/_admin/SearchServerWizard.aspx' does not exist.   at System.Web.UI.Util.CheckVirtualFileExists(VirtualPath virtualPath) 
   at System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.GetVPathBuildResultInternal(VirtualPath virtualPath, Boolean noBuild, Boolean allowCrossApp, Boolean allowBuildInPrecompile) 
   at System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.GetVPathBuildResultWithNoAssert(HttpContext context, VirtualPath virtualPath, Boolean noBuild, Boolean allowCrossApp, Boolean allowBuildInPrecompile) 
   at System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.GetVirtualPathObjectFactory(VirtualPath virtualPath, HttpContext context, Boolean allowCrossApp, Boolean noAssert) 
   at System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.CreateInstanceFromVirtualPath(VirtualPath virtualPath, Type requiredBaseType, HttpContext context, Boolean allowCrossApp, Boolean noAssert) 
   at System.Web.UI.PageHandlerFactory.GetHandlerHelper(HttpContext context, String requestType, VirtualPath virtualPath, String physicalPath) 
   at System.Web.UI.PageHandlerFactory.System.Web.IHttpHandlerFactory2.GetHandler(HttpContext context, String requestType, VirtualPath virtualPath, String physicalPath) 
   at System.Web.HttpApplication.MapHttpHandler(HttpContext context, String requestType, VirtualPath path, String pathTranslated, Boolean useAppConfig) 
   at System.Web.HttpApplication.MapHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() 
   at System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously)

i dont know whats wrong with our installation stuff, Please help us in this regard.

thanks

Waqas

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i am at entry level administrator

Answer 4

I think we put a unique case over here, no one able to solve it thats why we decide to open the case microsoft. Now Microsoft also took 3 days to solve it. i put the information as soon as Microsoft settle it.
thanks for replying me.

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i am at entry level administrator

Answer 5

update on this issue, We are stil waiting any answer from Microsoft. They moved this question from support to engineering department.
I will share the information as soon as we get any response.
thanks

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i am at entry level administrator