Sunday, May 9, 2010

SharePoint Server STSadm.exe error

Sometimes I get the following error when trying to run different STSadm.exe commands on SharePoint Server 2007.

The server administration programs and the Windows SharePoint Services Web applications on this Web server are not compatible. Ensure that the administration program is the same version as the Web application.

Where as this error could truly mean what it says…you could be running a 32bit STSadm.exe command on a 64bit deployment, or vise versa.

More commonly, with me, the problem is that the –url path I am entering does not match up exactly with what is defined in the Central Administration – Application Management – Web Application List URL or meaning the Default Managed Path defined in the Operations tab.  These must match exactly.

Example:  If my Web Application is "Chapman” over port 6000 and my Operations – Managed Path – Default = http://Chapman-SSP:6000/

Then I must enter that exact Default Managed Path in all STSadm.exe  -URL commands.

WRONG -url  http://Chapman-SSP

RIGHT  -url http://Chapman-SSP:6000

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