PSConfig.exe (Command Line operations) for Configuration

PSConfig.exe (Command Line operations) for Configuration

The PSConfig.exe command line tool is used to configure the product after setup has completed. The default location of the tool: c:\program files\common files\microsoft shared\web server extensions\12\bin.
To create a new server farm or connect to an existing server farm the following steps will need to be run in the following order:

1. Create the ConfigDB:
PSConfig.exe -cmd configdb -create -server -database
-dbuser -dbpassword
-user -password
-addomain -adorgunit
-admincontentdatabase

Note that if you wish to connect to an existing configuration database and join the server to an existing server farm you will need to perform the ConfigDB command with the -connect parameter

2. Install all HelpCollections
psconfig.exe -cmd helpcollections installall

3. Perform resource security enforcement
psconfig.exe -cmd secureresources

4. Register the services in the server farm
psconfig.exe -cmd services -install

Note that before you can provision we will need to start and configure the Search service via the STSADM.exe command (more information about STSADM.exe later on):

Start the Windows SharePoint Services Search:
stsadm -o spsearch -action start -farmserviceaccount Redmond\user -farmservicepassword MyPassword

Start the Office SharePoint Server Search service:
stsadm -o osearch -action start -role IndexQuery -farmserviceaccount Redmond\user -farmservicepassword MyPassword -farmcontactemail user@ms.com

psconfig.exe -cmd services –provision

5. Register all features
psconfig.exe -cmd installfeatures

6. Provision the SharePoint Central Administration Web application
psconfig.exe -cmd adminvs -provision -port -windowsauthprovider onlyusentlm

7. Install shared application data
psconfig.exe -cmd applicationcontent –install