Hi all,
I want to restore my Sharepoint farm using the database backups that I have.
I have setup two virtual servers, one for the Sharepoint and the other is for the SQL Server. The database backups are restored on the SQL Server. I ran Sharepoint Configuration Wizard > Select option "Connect to an existing farm" > Provided the Server name and Configurations database name > Install.
The installation process stops on Step 3 of 10. It throws an System.NullReferenceException : Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
It doesn't give me much info on where to look to eliminate this exception the second time around. Any thoughts on this?
Additional Information:
Sharepoint Server 2010 on virtual server 1.
SQL Server 2008 with the databases restored on virtual server 2.
Everything is in a test environment. No antivirus installed.
The credentials used are same as the live app
Windows Error Log:
Failed to connect to the configuration database.
An exception of type System.NullReferenceException was thrown. Additional exception information: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebApplication.Provision()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebServiceInstance.Provision()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPFarm.Join()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ConfigurationDatabaseTask.CreateOrConnectConfigDb()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ConfigurationDatabaseTask.Run()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.TaskThread.ExecuteTask()