Psconfig Steps with their Operations performed at each task

Today Lets check out What happens when we run the Post Setup configuration Wizard . After setup is run the post setup configuration wizard must be run to complete the process of either creating a new farm or joining a server to an existing farm.

Psconfig Steps with their Operations performed at each task. 

Task 1 -      Initialize SharePoint products and technologies configuration 

Note - It Initializes the configuration and has very less chances of failing on this step.

Task 2 -    Create Configuration database. 

Note - It creates a new configuration Database in the sql . You need to have proper rights to create a database. 

Refer - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc678863%28v=office.14%29.aspx

Setup user account - The Setup user account is used to run the following:

• Setup

• SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard
• Domain user account.
• Member of the Administrators group on each server on which Setup is run.
• SQL Server login on the computer that runs SQL Server.
• Member of the following SQL Server roles:
• securityadmin fixed server role
• dbcreator fixed server role

If you run Windows PowerShell cmdlets that affect a database, this account must be a member of the db_owner fixed database role for the database.

If you find an issue Connecting Sharepoint to the Sql server. Create a UDL file and check for the connectivity. For further information on UDL check the link below

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/farukcelik/archive/2007/12/31/basics-first-udl-test.aspx

Task 3 -      Install help collections

Task 4 -       Secure SharePoint resources

Task 5 -            Register SharePoint Services

 Successfully provisioned service: Windows SharePoint Services  Usage.

Successfully installed service instance: Windows SharePoint Services Usage

Successfully provisioned service instance: Windows SharePoint Services Usage

Successfully installed service: Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.SharedS

BdcService.

Successfully provisioned service: Microsoft.SharePoint.BusinessData.Share

e.BdcService.

 Task 6 -        Register SharePoint features

Successfully installed feature C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Sh…

Server Extensions\14\Template\Features\SPSearchFeature\Feature.xml.

Successfully installed feature C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Sh

b Server Extensions\14\Template\Features\TenantAdmin\feature.xml.

Task 7 -           Provision Central Administration Web application and site if   

                        Standalone install.

Task 8 -          Register SharePointHealth Analysis rules 

Task 9 -            Create sample data and provision default Web application 

Task 10 -         Install application content files

Installing the application content files...

Installing the SharePoint Central Administration Web Application content.

Installing the SharePoint Web Application content files...

Task 11 -Finalize SharePoint product and technologies configuration

One new feature of SharePoint Foundation 2010 is that it will automatically set up inbound Windows firewall rules when provisioning a Web application or Web services. During PSConfig, steps above firewall rules will be created for newly created Web applications and services.