Microsoft KB Archive/927081

= Error message when you try to perform an in-place upgrade of the servers in a server farm that are running the Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 Indexing Service: &quot;Application Web Config for this IIS site (1) could not be found' =

Article ID: 927081

Article Last Modified on 5/14/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services

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SYMPTOMS
Consider the following scenario. The servers in a server farm are running Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 2.0. You try to perform an in-place upgrade of the servers to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. In the Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 server farm, the Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 Indexing Service and Job Service are running on separate servers. In this scenario, when you try to upgrade the servers that are running the Indexing Service, the upgrade fails and you receive the following error message:

[AssemblyReferenceFixUp] [3.0.4.0] [ERROR] [10/4/2006 10:04:36 AM]: Application Web Config for this IIS site (1) could not be found at \inetpub\wwwroot\web.config. [SPIisWebSiteWssSequence]

[ERROR] [10/4/2006 10:04:36 AM]: Action 3.0.4.0 of Microsoft.SharePoint.Upgrade.SPIisWebSiteWssSequence failed. [SPIisWebSiteWssSequence]

[ERROR] [10/4/2006 10:04:36 AM]: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. [SPIisWebSiteWssSequence]

[ERROR] [10/4/2006 10:04:36 AM]: at Microsoft.SharePoint.Upgrade.AssemblyReferenceFixUp.Upgrade at Microsoft.SharePoint.Upgrade.SPActionSequence.Upgrade



CAUSE
This issue occurs when you install Windows SharePoint Services 2.0, and you use the default Web site in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) as the Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 Administration Web site. The default Web site on the computer that is running the Indexing Service does not contain a web.config file. Therefore, the upgrade fails.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, rename the Default Web Site on the computer that is running the Indexing Service, and then rerun the upgrade process. To do this, follow these steps:
 * 1) Log on to the computer that is running the Indexing Service by using an account that has administrative permissions.
 * 2) Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
 * 3) In Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager, expand  (local Computer), expand Web Sites, right-click Default Web Site, and then click Properties.
 * 4) On the Web Site tab, type a new name in the Description field, and then click OK.
 * 5) Rerun the upgrade.
 * 6) After the upgrade is complete, repeat steps 2 through 4, and then rename the Web site back to Default Web Site.

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