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Missing Web Applications When Creating SSP


Have you ever gone to create a Shared Services Provider only to discover that the Web Application dropdownlist(s) are missing your Web Applications?

Here is a work-around to create the shared services provider manually using the stsadm tool.   (Only the required parameters are included)

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\bin\stsadm.exe

stsadm –o  CreateSSP
     -title SSP1
     -url http://MOSSSite
     -mySiteUrl http://MySite.MOSS
     -sspLogin domain\user
     -sspPassword password
     -indexServer MYSERVERNAME
     -indexLocation C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office Servers\12.0\Data\Office Server\Applications



Full description of the stsadm –o createssp  operation:
http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/667e8d5f-461d-4611-a35b-22bd554f6f6b1033.mspx?mfr=true


Posted 10-11-2007 11:28 AM by erickraus
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