I've got IIS configured on the new Windows 2008 R2 Web Server. It has a primary C: drive and a D: drive. I'm going to put all of our websites, physically on the D: drive. I've created a folder on the D: drive to put one of our websites into, and created
a virtual directory pointing to that folder on the D: drive. Next I'm trying to install one of our websites into that folder. This is an older ASP.NET website, written using VS 2005, .NET 2.0. We used an installer (.MSI) to install our websites onto the
old server. Well, it ain't installing. Instead, I'm getting an error that says:
"The installer was interrupted before WEB CS 2005 Setup could be installed. You need to restart the installer to try again."
Well, restarting the installer doesn't do any good.
I've checked the event viewer on the server and it says:
"Windows Installer installed the product: Product Name: Web CS 2005 Setup. …. Installation success or error status: 1603"
"Product: Web CS 2005 Setup – Installation failed."
Way back in the day, when we first configured this installer, we did it so that we could install some modules required by our ASP.NET web app, like Crystal Reports and some others. This app still needs those modules, so either we've got to continue to use
the .MSI or we've got to try and figure out a way of getting those things installed, which at this point wouldn't be easy. In fact, it would be quite difficult.
Well it seem a problem with your installer and I am not sure how it is an IIS problem.
It seems like you are overengineering the problem and creating an installer to move a website.
I'm sorry, but that is not true. The installer is one we did many years ago, to install the website on the server it currently is installed on. And it has worked fine to install the website on that server ever since. But now we have to move that website
to a new server. The same installer, that works fine on the old server will not work at all on the new server. It gives the error message I listed on this thread's original post. I need help in understanding why the same installer, which works on one server,
will not work on another, so that I can get it to work on the new server.
Was the setup of old machine (OS was it windows 2008r2 web edition or something else, etc) the same as as your new one? Did you have the same administration rights? Did the old server have the same software and settings and configuration as your new one?
Still I am not sure why it is an IIS issue you have an install that is trying to install something and the installer fails. There is no evidence I can see that a certain IIS competent failed. It is a generic failure/error message of the installer. You need
to find out what part of the installer failed.
I would break down the steps in the installer and do they more by hand and see what section fails.
(I'm at work now, I started this thread from my home account.)
You are correct, the old server doens't have the same OS as the new server. The old server is a Windows 2003 R2 Server. The new server is a Windows 2008 R2 Web Server.
I'm using the same account (domain Administrator) to access and run the .MSI on both machines.
You maybe right, Rovastar, in that it isn't an IIS issue, but from my point of view, I don't know what the issue is, so I've got to start somewhere. If it isn't an IIS issue, but is instead an installer issue, then I'm equally lost. How would a newer Windows
Server OS not have the necessary installer on it, to install an old .MSI? But let's assume it is an installer issue; where do I ask questions about the installer?
Aha if the installer was written for win2003 then it will not work for windows 2008r2. There is a completely different system for automating installations for IIS6 to IIS7. You will need to look at writing another installer or do it by hand.
Aha if the installer was written for win2003 then it will not work for windows 2008r2. There is a completely different system for automating installations for IIS6 to IIS7. You will need to look at writing another installer or do it by hand.
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Getting an error trying to put one of our websites onto the new web server
Apr 28, 2012 04:17 PM|LINK
I've got IIS configured on the new Windows 2008 R2 Web Server. It has a primary C: drive and a D: drive. I'm going to put all of our websites, physically on the D: drive. I've created a folder on the D: drive to put one of our websites into, and created a virtual directory pointing to that folder on the D: drive. Next I'm trying to install one of our websites into that folder. This is an older ASP.NET website, written using VS 2005, .NET 2.0. We used an installer (.MSI) to install our websites onto the old server. Well, it ain't installing. Instead, I'm getting an error that says:
Well, restarting the installer doesn't do any good.
I've checked the event viewer on the server and it says:
Way back in the day, when we first configured this installer, we did it so that we could install some modules required by our ASP.NET web app, like Crystal Reports and some others. This app still needs those modules, so either we've got to continue to use the .MSI or we've got to try and figure out a way of getting those things installed, which at this point wouldn't be easy. In fact, it would be quite difficult.
So, how do we get past this problem?
iis 7.5 .net 2 ASP .NET 2.0 Crystal Reports
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Re: Getting an error trying to put one of our websites onto the new web server
Apr 29, 2012 06:58 PM|LINK
Well it seem a problem with your installer and I am not sure how it is an IIS problem.
It seems like you are overengineering the problem and creating an installer to move a website.
Doctor Who
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Re: Getting an error trying to put one of our websites onto the new web server
Apr 30, 2012 12:04 PM|LINK
I'm sorry, but that is not true. The installer is one we did many years ago, to install the website on the server it currently is installed on. And it has worked fine to install the website on that server ever since. But now we have to move that website to a new server. The same installer, that works fine on the old server will not work at all on the new server. It gives the error message I listed on this thread's original post. I need help in understanding why the same installer, which works on one server, will not work on another, so that I can get it to work on the new server.
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Re: Getting an error trying to put one of our websites onto the new web server
Apr 30, 2012 12:23 PM|LINK
Was the setup of old machine (OS was it windows 2008r2 web edition or something else, etc) the same as as your new one? Did you have the same administration rights? Did the old server have the same software and settings and configuration as your new one?
Still I am not sure why it is an IIS issue you have an install that is trying to install something and the installer fails. There is no evidence I can see that a certain IIS competent failed. It is a generic failure/error message of the installer. You need to find out what part of the installer failed.
I would break down the steps in the installer and do they more by hand and see what section fails.
DoctorWho
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Re: Getting an error trying to put one of our websites onto the new web server
Apr 30, 2012 03:41 PM|LINK
(I'm at work now, I started this thread from my home account.)
You are correct, the old server doens't have the same OS as the new server. The old server is a Windows 2003 R2 Server. The new server is a Windows 2008 R2 Web Server.
I'm using the same account (domain Administrator) to access and run the .MSI on both machines.
You maybe right, Rovastar, in that it isn't an IIS issue, but from my point of view, I don't know what the issue is, so I've got to start somewhere. If it isn't an IIS issue, but is instead an installer issue, then I'm equally lost. How would a newer Windows Server OS not have the necessary installer on it, to install an old .MSI? But let's assume it is an installer issue; where do I ask questions about the installer?
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Re: Getting an error trying to put one of our websites onto the new web server
Apr 30, 2012 04:46 PM|LINK
Aha if the installer was written for win2003 then it will not work for windows 2008r2. There is a completely different system for automating installations for IIS6 to IIS7. You will need to look at writing another installer or do it by hand.
DoctorWho
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Re: Getting an error trying to put one of our websites onto the new web server
Apr 30, 2012 07:51 PM|LINK
Really? Bummer. OK, thank you, Rovastar,