WSS 3.

0 & SharePoint 2007

Updates:

The Tour Starts Here

Presented by:
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 SharePoint
Agenda
• Overview of Updates
• Installation Recommendations
• Deployment Process
• Slipstream Process
Overview

SharePoint
•First security patch released in September 2007
•SP1 released in December 2007
•Infrastructure Update released in July 2008
•Security patch released August 2008
•August 2008 Cumulative Updates Released
•Security patch released October 2008
•October 2008 Cumulative Updates Released
•Security patch released November 2008
•Coming Soon: Dec. 2008 Cumulative Updates Released
•Coming Soon: Jan. 2009 -- Standard support for RTM (SP0) ends
•Coming Soon: Feb-April 2009: Service Pack 2
SP1 Overview

SharePoint
• Fixes Requiring Registry Change to Activate
• KB 932619: Case-sensitive web content
crawling
• KB 937775: Search results for doc lib or lists
not returned when using SQL query to sort
• KB 937039: Search content contain particular
Chinese Traditional characters
•KB 931008: WSS 2.0 Upgrade, Application Pool
set to “Network Service”
SP1 Overview

SharePoint
• Fixes Requiring Other Changes to Activate
• KB 934577: Support for crawls of FBA or
cookie based authentication sites
• KB 934253: Web File Properties dialog box
displays incorrect properties
• KB 934613: Fix for Features with
UserSelectionMode or UserSelectionScope
attribute
SP1 Overview

SharePoint
• New stsadm commands (WSS)
• KB 939035
stsadm –o mergecontentdbs
• KB 939535 (for host-named site collections)
stsadm –o renamesite
KB 942388: Object Model SPSite.Rename
made public
•KB 939809
stsadm –o tzmove
SP1 Overview

SharePoint
• New stsadm commands (SharePoint)
• Technet
stsadm –o peoplepicker-searchadcustomfilter
stsadm –o peoplepicker-serviceaccountdirectorypath
stsadm –o peoplepicker-setsiteaccountdirectorypath
stsadm –o peoplepicker-getsiteaccountdirectorypath
Infra Update Overview

SharePoint
•New Features
•Search 2008 Functionality
•Change Logs Maintained
•Improved update speeds
•Support for Kerberos access to SSP Web Services
•Search crawl speed improved including incremental crawls

•Fixes
•Content Deployment Updates
•BDC Fixes

•Issues
•Reverse Proxy
Infra Update Overview

SharePoint
• Fixes Requiring Other Changes to Activate
• KB 953289: Support for declarative workflows
to start automatically with e-mail
• KB 953630: A Declarative Workflow does not
resume when a Delay activity is triggered
 August 2008 Security Patch

SharePoint
• Watch timer logging levels (MS KB 941789)

August 2008 Cumulative

Update Overview
•Numerous fixes
•Reverse Proxy issue fixed (MS KB 956248)
 October 2008 Cumulative

SharePoint
Update Overview
• Numerous fixes
Recommendations

SharePoint
• Install W2K3 Post SP1 or SP2 Hotfix 946517
•Prior to install of WSS/SharePoint fixes
•More stable OWS Timer, solves IIS Manager
unresponsive issue, & prevents DCOM errors among
other problems
Recommendations

SharePoint
•Install .Net Framework 3.5 SP1
•Prior to install of WSS/SharePoint fixes
•Must have WSS/MOSS SP1 installed to be supported
•Installs .Net Framework 2.0 SP1 & 3.0 SP1
•Installs AJAX components
•Multiple issues resolved
•Consider AjaxifyMOSS on Codeplex
Recommendations

SharePoint
•Install SharePoint Admin Toolkit 2.0
•Install after WSS/SharePoint Updates
•Requires WSS/MOSS SP1
•Adds Batch Site Manager
•Adds stsadm command to update alerts urls
•Adds Replication Manager
Recommendations

SharePoint
• Install Updated FoxIt PDF iFilter

•Install after WSS/SharePoint Updates

•Already have to reinstall after WSS/SharePoint
fixes
•32-bit & 64-bit (May ‘08)
•Install MS Filter Pack (KB 946336)
•Install after WSS/SharePoint fixes
•SP1 already breaks a couple types (KB 943102)
•Same work, additional types enabled
 Deployment

CheckDiskSpace Backupandverifyrestore

BackupOOBFiles
 Deployment

Checkdatabasesizes

Run DBCC CHECKDB

Document content databases
on databases
Stsadm–oenumcontentdbs

RunOrphanRepairTool

Stsadm–odatabaserepair
 Deployment

VerifyNoUpgrade
Disableanti-virus
TimerJobs
software(KB936867)

Defragment indexes
in SQL (KB 943345)

Backup
Renameprevious

upgradelogs
 Deployment

StopWWWservice

onall WFE

Preparetomove andDisconnect LogonasSetup

Content Databases Runpackages

Cancel Wizard
 Deployment

Central Administration

Runupgrade(KB948780)

Usingpsconfig
 Deployment

Verifyupgrade
 Deployment

1. Application
2. WebFront End
Runupgrade

Usingpsconfig
 Deployment

Attachdatabases Enableanti-virus

software(KB936867)

Start WWWservice

onall WFE
Install languagepack

updates
 Deployment

Completefull crawl Backup

 Deployment Process

SharePoint
Pre-steps (complete prior to upgrade)
1. Check for adequate disk space for binaries, index files (2.85 times),
SQL database files (incl. tempdb), temp file locations, and log files.
2. Backup farm and verify restore capabilities.
See backup notes here:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc706876.aspx
3. Backup any SharePoint out-of-box files you have customized
4. Document content databases (stsadm –o enumcontentdbs)
5. Check content database sizes (<100GB, load balance Site Coll.)
6. Run orphan repair tool (KB 923904: stsadm –o databaserepair).
7. Run DBCC CHECKDB on all databases and address any errors.
8. Defragment databases (KB 943345).
9. Verify no upgrade timer jobs exist (see Deployment Guide).
 Deployment Process

SharePoint
Upgrade steps
1. Backup farm just prior to upgrade
2. Rename upgrade log file on all servers (file is cumulative).
3. Disable anti-virus (KB 936867).
4. Stop the WWW service on all WFE.
5. To speed up upgrade or if content DBs are greater than 25GB,
preparetomove and then disconnect databases (can use batch file).
6. Logged in as the Setup account, run appropriate packages. Cancel
SharePoint Configuration Wizard each time.
7. Determine best first server to run upgrade (see Deployment Guide)
8. Run upgrade using “psconfig –cmd upgrade –inplace b2b” command
line. Upgrade Process is fully described in KB 948780
(Baretail can be used to monitor upgrade log).
 Deployment Process

SharePoint
9. Verify upgrade was successful using the upgrade log. Check the
version number in CA (see Deployment Guide).
10. Complete upgrade on all other servers as described in above order
11. If you detached databases, begin attaching again one by one,
upgrade process will be done when they attach. There is a more
advanced parallel upgrade process for very large farms available in
deployment document.
12. Install WSS and SharePoint Language Pack updates for both WSS
and SharePoint.
13. Enable anti-virus (KB 936867)
14. Start the WWW service on all WFE
15. Complete a full crawl of all SharePoint content [New features and
change log lost with detach (KB 949603)]
16. Backup farm
 Installation Order & Links

SharePoint
• Infrastructure Update
http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2008/07/15/announcing-availability-of-infrast
• August 2008 Cumulative Update

http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2008/09/29/announcing-august-cumulative-u
• October 2008 Cumulative Update
http://blogs.msdn.com/joerg_sinemus/archive/2008/10/29/the-october-cumulative-upda
• Deployment Guide
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkID=105621&clcid=0x409
• Updates Resource Center
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/sharepointserver/bb735839.aspx
 Slipstream

WSS-MOSS

CopySourcetoInstallationPoint
 Slipstream

WSS-MOSS

Updates

Extract theupdatepackage(s)

<package>/extract:<path>
 Slipstream

WSS-MOSS

Updates

Deletethewsssetup.dll file(s)
wsssetup.dll
 Slipstream

WSS-MOSS

Updates

Copytheextractedfiles

totheUpdatesfolder
Q&A