WHY is this so difficult?

C

Charlie

First, I've been doing systems administration for years ... many years.

I have NEVER seen an installation as convoluted, confusing, and aggravating
as that with MS Project Server. A 256 page installation guide? Shouldn't that
have been a red flag to somebody in Redmond?

Finally, does this REALLY have to be this difficult? Or am I just dim?

ANY help would be appreciated. I've tried to install it with Sharepoint and
without ... Sharepoint is supposed to be optional and I assumed (incorrectly
apparently) that Sharepoint was the root (pardon the pun) of my troubles
initially.
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This "should" be about as vanilla a config as there is ... a single server
running 2003 Server, SQL 2000, IIS6 ... ALL of the various Project pieces on
the same box. We're going to have a grand total of 3 people hitting this box.


Yet, it's been a week now and I've got a handful of nothing. ???

CEL
 
J

John Sitka

You are not dim. It does take a few stabs at it.
Did you have the Setup Flow Diagram to help you?
I think it's in the Resource kit.
 
C

Charlie

Thanks John ... I worked solely from the (massive) PDF entitled Project
Server 2003 Installation Guide.

I don't have any other documentation with which to work. Can the resource
diagram you mention be downloaded?

Thanks ...
 
I

IISJUNKIE

Before you give up, dont you have options?

I know you mentioned that there will be only 3 people using this but single
server installs are really just demo environments at best. If any of the
data, projects or even hard work you've obviously put in means anything to
you - shouldn't you look at a better configuration?

You could use Microsofts VM put just the Front end stuff on one VM server
and another VM Server for SQL.. I never will deploy a single server install
for anyone that may use MSPS for more than just a demo.

Oh, and a funny little thing - if you really want to do a single server
install and make it work the first time - install the DEMO data that comes
with it. Once the application works, then you can dump the data and still
have a pretty clean environment that might work out. *** I still DO NOT
recommend this ***

Good luck
 
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