Can't install KB919156

Error:

Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server - ENU -- The application pool identity required by Team Foundation Server (TFSWSS) for the content virtual server is not using the Team Foundation Server service account. To proceed, you must exit setup, set the application pool identity (TFSWSS) to use the Team Foundation Server service account, and then run setup again.

1. In my case the TFSWSS-pool is running as: SE\TfsService

2. SE\TfsService is a member of the "Service Accounts" group in TFS

3. SE\TfsService is local admin om the server

4. The TFS-installation is working fine

5. When the server was installed a while ago the domain was FYLKE ( now changed to SE) -> can that have anything to do with it

6. Is there any way to determine what account the setup requires the app-pool to run as

Thanks!

/Andreas



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Can't install KB919156

  • RRMN

    These errors may also be caused by SQL server permissions. Our SQL team had locked down our data tier after I went through the original install. TFS still ran fine, but I couldn't install the patch. After some troubleshooting, they granted sa permission to TFSSETUP for the duration of the install. After that, everything went fine.
  • barkingdog

    I got the same error, but after tinkering I got KB919156 installed.

    I had an anomaly in my file MsiProperty.ini file which through me for a loop. For the longest time my file looked like this:

    VSTF_USERID= mydomain\tfsservice

    VSTF_PASSWORD=

    VSTF_DOMAIN=my-tfs-server

    VSTF_RS_USERID=mydomain\TFSREPORTS

    VSTF_RS_PASSWORD=

    VSTF_RS_DOMAIN=my-tfs-server


    I had local users for TFSSERVICE and TFSREPORTS but I should not have been using them. I had domain equivalents and lots of my other services (like sqlserver) were using them. So, I changed my file to look like this, hoping it would pacify KB919156.



    VSTF_USERID= mydomain\tfsservice

    VSTF_PASSWORD=

    VSTF_DOMAIN=mydomain

    VSTF_RS_USERID=mydomain\TFSREPORTS

    VSTF_RS_PASSWORD=

    VSTF_RS_DOMAIN=mydomain

    No dice. I still got the KB919156 error.


    I then removed the mydomain\ prefix frm the userid's and KB919156 installed fine!

    In my case TFSWSS mydomain\tfsservice was not equal to mydomain\mydomain\tfsservice

    I might also be able to add the prefix back and remove the _DOMAIN settings by making them blank. However, things are working now and I'm not touching a thing.

    Nick

    PS: In case you don't know what TFSWSS is, it's the IIS application pool for sharepoint (I think). You should of course make sure it's set to use TFSSERVICE which is probably the check the KB919156 installer was making. Open up IISManager, expand a few nodes, find TFSWSS and make sure the "Identity" tab is set to use TFSSERVICE.

  • Azaz

    I also had the same issue. In the past, this server was migrated from one domain to another so the domain name was wrong. Thanks for the information!
  • amendez

    Got exactly the same problem this morning and still haven't been able to fix it. Luckily the SP1 for visual studio client works with the not ready patched TFS. What i also tried besides the list is.

    7. Change service account to the current service account (which also resets al the accounts for the web applications)

  • JonnyAJAX

    Ah, that did the trick. In thi .ini :

    VSTF_DOMAIN=FYLKE

    VSTF_RS_DOMAIN=FYLKE

    -> changed that to VSTF_DOMAIN=SE, VSTF_RS_DOMAIN=SE (the new domain)

    And voila it worked!

    /Andreas


  • Eva Pierce Monsen

    Take a look at the MSIProperty.ini file in teh TFS install directory and verify that the values for the following properties are correct:

    VSTF_DOMAIN, VSTF_RS_DOMAIN, VSTF_USERID, VSTF_RS_USERID


  • llorrac

    As an FYI, this type of problem isn't limited to KB919156. The problem will occur for any servicing operation. If you changed domains, account info, etc. after installing KB919156 you would see the same errors when you install SP1 or any Hotfix. The msiproperty.ini file is generated during initial install and not updated unless you run repair or modify it by hand.

    Ed


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