Remote blob storage for sharepoint 2010

Question

Hi everybody

I am trying to configure the rbs for sharepoint 2010  without success.

I followed some step to step  instructions  as  per this links

http://www.slideshare.net/knowledgecue/configuring-rbs-for-sharepoint-step-by-step

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee663474(office.14).aspx

In the final steps, I run the rbs installer

msiexec /qn /lvx* rbs_install_log.txt /i RBS_X64.msi 
WSS_Content" DBINSTANCE="DBInstanceName
ADDLOCAL=Client,Docs,Maintainer,ServerScript,FilestreamClient,FilestreamServer

on the WF server  but  the log  reports  a 2711  error  saying that  FilestreamServer  feature is not found.

Previously I ran the same installer  on  the  db  server  and  all mssqlrbs  tables  were successfully created.

If I ran the powershell  command

$cdb = Get-SPContentDatabase -WebApplication <http://SiteName>

$rbss = $cdb.RemoteBlobStorageSettings

$rbss.Installed()

$rbss.Enable()

$rbss.SetActiveProviderName($rbss.GetProviderNames()[0])

 

 

I see that the active provider name is empty.

I saw this post http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepoint2010setup/thread/f93a677b-9434-4334-9d08-359127bdf1fe

but it's not clear if this matter  was  resolved  or not

 

Thanks for helping

reages

paolo

Answer 1

Hi paolo_tn,

 

Thanks for your post.

According the error message” on the WF server  but  the log  reports  a 2711  error  saying that  FilestreamServer  feature is not found.”, please make sure the FILESTREAM is enabled for the SQL Server at first.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc645923(v=sql.100).aspx

 

Also, if you have installed RBS on the first Web Server, you should run the command below:

msiexec /qn /lvx* rbs_install_log.txt /i RBS-x64.msi TRUSTSERVERCERTIFICATE=true FILEGROUP=PRIMARY DBNAME="WSS_Content" DBINSTANCE="DBInstanceName" FILESTREAMFILEGROUP=RBSFilestreamProvider FILESTREAMSTORENAME=FilestreamProvider_1

instead of

msiexec /qn /lvx* rbs_install_log.txt /i RBS_X64.msi

 WSS_Content" DBINSTANCE="DBInstanceName

 ADDLOCAL=Client,Docs,Maintainer,ServerScript,FilestreamClient,FilestreamServer

 

More information:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee663474(office.14).aspx

Answer 2

Hi Paolo,

1. RBS is designed to move the storage of binary large objects (BLOBs) from database servers to commodity storage solutions. RBS ships with the RBS FILESTREAM provider, which uses the RBS APIs to store BLOBs. Before installing and implementing RBS, we highly recommend that you read the articles Plan for remote BLOB storage (RBS) (SharePoint Foundation 2010) and Overview of Remote BLOB Storage (SharePoint Foundation 2010).

2. If you want to implement RBS with a provider other than FILESTREAM, read the article Install and configure Remote BLOB Storage (RBS) without the FILESTREAM provider (SharePoint Foundation 2010). If RBS is being implemented with FILESTREAM, please note FILESTREAM best practices in http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd206979.aspx .

3. SharePoint recommendation: For more information please refer http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff628583.aspx for planning and evaluation.

4. Plan before using the FILESTREAM feature as it is not support if you are planning to use Database Mirroring as a high availability option.

Additional Link:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd206979.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/opal/archive/2010/03/24/faq-sharepoint-2010-remote-blob-storage-rbs.aspx

FILESTREAM Best Practices:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointadmin/thread/dc40c3eb-08de-460b-af8e-36c7dd067fdd
http://www.simple-talk.com/dotnet/.net-tools/sharepoint-2010-storing-documents-on-the-file-system-with-remote-blob-storage/

Some of the best practices which can be leveraged by database administrators when using the FILESTREAM feature of SQL Server 2008 are listed below. Please refer http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd206979.aspx

Hope it helps.

Answer 3

Thanks Prakash, Thanks  Wayne,

 

I read your explanation thoroughly. I'm tring again  to get it going!.

I will revert soonely

 

Best regards

 

p.

Answer 4

Hi Wayne,

I finally managed to get it going! As I only have one WFE. I first ran the script

msiexec /qn /lvx* rbs_install_log.txt /i RBS-x64.msi TRUSTSERVERCERTIFICATE=true FILEGROUP=PRIMARY DBNAME="WSS_Content" DBINSTANCE="DBInstanceName" FILESTREAMFILEGROUP=RBSFilestreamProvider FILESTREAMSTORENAME=FilestreamProvider_1

and  only after  that I ran

msiexec /qn /lvx* rbs_install_log.txt /i RBS_X64.msi

 

 WSS_Content" DBINSTANCE="DBInstanceName

 

 ADDLOCAL=Client,Docs,Maintainer,ServerScript,FilestreamClient,FilestreamServer

 

Previously I had run only the second script on the wfe. (this is not completely clear from  MS  instructions).

 

Now at last,  the Filestream provider is  correctly assigned.

 

Moreover,  I did not expect  the script  to be case sensitive.

FilestreamServer is  a recognized feature, while  Filestreamserver is not a recognized feature!

 

Thanks to all and regards

 

paolo

Answer 5

There is a type in the script command for the first WFE. RBS-x64.msi  must be RBS_x64.msi so the code instead of msiexec /qn /lvx* rbs_install_log.txt /i RBS-x64.msi TRUSTSERVERCERTIFICATE=true FILEGROUP=PRIMARY DBNAME="WSS_Content" DBINSTANCE="DBInstanceName" FILESTREAMFILEGROUP=RBSFilestreamProvider FILESTREAMSTORENAME=FilestreamProvider_1   it should be       msiexec /qn /lvx* rbs_install_log.txt /i RBS_x64.msi TRUSTSERVERCERTIFICATE=true FILEGROUP=PRIMARY DBNAME="WSS_Content" DBINSTANCE="DBInstanceName" FILESTREAMFILEGROUP=RBSFilestreamProvider FILESTREAMSTORENAME=FilestreamProvider_1

Answer 6

The typo error solve my issue.

Thanks Moe! :)