Microsoft KB Archive/919547

= You cannot log on to a SharePoint Server 2007 site after you change the computer that is used as the dedicated front-end Web server =

Article ID: 919547

Article Last Modified on 5/14/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

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SYMPTOMS
Consider the following scenario. You deploy Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 in a server farm environment. The front-end Web servers and the index and search servers in the server farm run on separate computers. You then create a SharePoint Server 2007 site. Then, you change the computer that you use as the dedicated front-end Web server. In this scenario, you can no longer log on to the SharePoint Server 2007 site.



CAUSE
This issue occurs if the following conditions are true, in the order in which they are presented:
 * You configure a computer that is running Microsoft SQL Server as the dedicated front-end Web server.
 * You change the computer that you use as the dedicated front-end Web server from the computer that is running Microsoft SQL Server to another computer in the server farm. For example, you change the computer that you use as the dedicated front-end Web server to a computer that is configured as the index and search server.

In this scenario, the database runs on a computer that has the same name as the host name in the URL of the Web application. Therefore, the index and search server cannot connect to the database because requests to the database are routed to the dedicated front-end Web server instead of the computer that is running SQL Server.



WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, do not configure a computer that is running SQL Server as the dedicated front-end Web server. Instead, configure a computer in the server farm that is used as an index and search server as the dedicated front-end Web server.

Additional query words: moss2007 moss sps portal

Keywords: kbconfig kbprb kbtshoot kbexpertiseinter KB919547

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