Installing the SCSM SSP – Error executing Custom Action “CreateSharePointWebSite.F175D191_81C3_4A7D_A05B_6A250575B468”

I had this error today while installing a new SCSM SSP Server in my lab. At the end it was a pretty simple thing to fix, but it cost me some time to figure it out. Just wanted to share with you in case you run into the same thing.

I have the following setup

Two Management Servers with SCSM 2012 SP1 based on Windows Server 2012
One SQL Server with SQL Server 2012 based on Windows Server 2012 hosting the Service Manager database
One SharePoint Foundation Server based on Windows Server 2008 R2

I tried to install SCSM with SP1 on the SharePoint Server to build a brand new SSP and got the following error:

After multiple retries and some time without success, I found the following line in the Setup Log.

Some binging and it turned out to be a problem with the combination of SharePoint Foundation 2010 RTM and SQL Server 2012 RTM. The resolution was quiet simple: Installing SharePoint Foundation 2010 Service Pack 1. After that, everything went smoothly and the Web Components could be installed. SSP is now up and running.

Lessons learned for me: update all components in the environment even when it’s only a lab … what a greenhorn mistake Smiley

Cheers
Marcel

3 Responses to Installing the SCSM SSP – Error executing Custom Action “CreateSharePointWebSite.F175D191_81C3_4A7D_A05B_6A250575B468”

Jake says:

07/03/2013 at 21:55

Marcel- You are a lifesaver. Thankfully I am a greenhorn so this mistake is acceptable 🙂

- Marcel Zehner says:
  
  08/03/2013 at 12:47
  
  Hey
  
  Glad this post helped you out 🙂
  
  Cheers
  Marcel
  
  - Ian Burnell says:
    
    08/10/2015 at 15:12
    
    I am using the slipstreamed version SharePoint foundation 2010 with sp2 “SharePoint_SP2_en-us.exe” but I get the exact same error installing SCSM web portal