Microsoft KB Archive/827845

= You receive a &quot;Virtual server is already extended&quot; error message when you create or you delete a portal site in your SharePoint Portal Server 2003 server farm =

PSS ID Number: 827845

Article Last Modified on 9/9/2004

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003

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SYMPTOMS
When you try to create a new portal site or when you try to delete an existing portal site in a server farm deployment of SharePoint Portal Server, you may receive an error message that is similar to the following:

Virtual server is already extended.



CAUSE
This issue may occur if one or more of the following conditions are true:
 * The server that is running Microsoft SQL Server goes offline or becomes unavailable during the creation or deletion of the portal site on the virtual server.
 * A network failure occurs during the creation or deletion of the portal site on a virtual server, and the server that is running SharePoint Portal Server is disconnected from the network.

In this situation, the configuration of the virtual server does not roll back to the configuration that existed before the create or delete operation started. As a result, the virtual server remains in an extended state, and you receive the error message described earlier in the &quot;Symptoms&quot; section of this article when you try to create a new portal site.



WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, delete the virtual server in the configuration database. To do so:
 * 1) Start SQL Server Enterprise Manager.
 * 2) Expand the server group, and then expand the appropriate server.
 * 3) Expand Databases, expand the SharePoint Portal Server configuration database, and then click Tables.
 * 4) In the right pane, right-click VirtualServers, point to Open Table, and then click Return all rows.
 * 5) Right-click the row that corresponds to the virtual server where you want to create or delete the portal site, and then click Delete.
 * 6) Click Yes when you are prompted to confirm the deletion.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
For more information about how to administer and configure SharePoint Portal Server, see the Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Administration Guide. The Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Administration Guide (Administrator's Help.chm) is located in the Docs folder in the root of the SharePoint Portal Server 2003 CD.

For more information about SharePoint Portal Server, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/server/default.asp

Keywords: kberrmsg kbpending kbBug KB827845

Technology: kbSharePtPortalSvr2003 kbSharePtPortalSvr2003Search kbSharePtPortalSvrSearch

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