SharePoint 2010 SQL 2008 R2 CTP Nov 09 Reporting Services

 ISSUE

When Installing SQL Server 2008 R2 CTP SharePoint 2010 Addin the installer starts but at the end it rolls back with the error ‘Installation Intrurrupted’

WORKAROUND

This error is normally caused by the account you are using not having enough permissions in SharePoint at the Web and Site collection level.

Depending On the size of the farm it maybe difficult to determine which site doesn’t have the permissions you require. to workaround this run the installer manually by following the below steps:

1.  Open a command prompt with administrator permissions.

2.  Run msiexec -i rsSharePoint.msi SKIPCA=1.

3.  Find the rsCustomAction.exe file on the file system. This file is copied to your computer by the Setup program. The file will be located in the %Temp% directory.
To get the path information for this file, click Start, click Run, and then type %temp%. The file should be located in \Documents and Settings\<your name>\LOCALS~1\Temp.
Open a command prompt window. To do this, click Start, click Run, and type cmd. On newer operating systems, you might need to elevate your permissions and run this run this with administrator permission.

4.  Navigate to the folder that contains the rsCustomAction executable.

5.  Enter the following command. This configuration step will take several minutes to finish. The W3SVC service will be restarted during this process.

‘rsCustomAction.exe /i’

 then follow http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee662542(office.14).aspx

When you configure the service in central admin or if you keep a close eye on rsyou will be able to see which  sites you do not have permissions to and then can deploy manually

Enterprise library Error Failed to create instances

ISSUE
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When running a .net 1.1 (VS 2003) application which uses Enterprise Library you recieve the following error, however the application still works:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Enterprise Library Instrumentation
Event Category: None
Event ID: 0
Date: �
Time: �
User:  N/A
Computer:�
Description:
Failed to create instances of performance counter ‘Average Command Execution Time’ – The requested Performance Counter is not a custom counter, it has to be initialized as ReadOnly..

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

RESOLUTION
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Download the following installservices.zip
extract to c:\program files\microsoft enterprise library\bin\installservices.bat
from the command prompt execute c:\program files\microsoft enterprise library\bin\installservices.bat

Make sure the following are listed as a performance counter

Then run your application, the errors should now disappear

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