Monday 18 March 2013

Scripted Installation of SharePoint 2013 and Office Web Apps Server – From the Field (Part 2)

This is the second post in the Scripted Installation of SharePoint 2013 and Office Web Apps Server series. If you have not already done so, please see part one of this blog series: Farm Topology and Prerequisites.
  1. Farm Topology and Prerequisites
  2. SharePoint Installation, Configuration and Basic Service Applications Deployment
  3. User Profile, Search and Distributed Cache Service Applications Deployment
  4. Office Web Apps Server farm Implementation and Configuration
This blog post will cover:
  • Installation of SharePoint 2013
  • Farm creation and configuration
  • Implementation of:
    • Excel Services
    • Secure Store
    • Usage and Health Data Collection
    • Managed Metadata Services
    • State Services
  • Configuration of services on servers
  • Configuration of usage and health data collection
  • Configuration of state service
  • Configuration of diagnostic logging

Servers in Farm

The following table illustrates the server names and associated server roles for each server:
 Server Name  Server Role
 SPWEB01  SharePoint 2013 Web Server 1
 SPWEB02  SharePoint 2013 Web Server 2
 SPDCache01  SharePoint 2013 Distribution Cache Server 1
 SPDCache02  SharePoint 2013 Distribution Cache Server 2
 SPAPP01  SharePoint 2013 Application Server 1 (CA)
 SPAPP02  SharePoint 2013 Application Server 2 (CA)
 SPQuery01  SharePoint 2013 Query Processing and Index Server 1
 SPQuery02  SharePoint 2013 Query Processing and Index Server 2
 SPCrawl01  SharePoint 2013 Admin, Crawl, Content Processing, Analytics Processing Server 1
 SPCrawl02  SharePoint 2013 Admin, Crawl, Content Processing, Analytics Processing Server 2

Installation Prerequisites and Assumptions

  • Please download and extract attached files onto local directory. It has been assumed that this directory is local folder on all SharePoint serves created as E:\Scripts\Install
  • It is assumed that the SharePoint installation directory is D:\
  • Update the SilentConfig.xml file with SharePoint product key. Please see Config.xml reference on TechNet for more information.
  • Update the Config.xml file with environment specific information such as, SQL server alias name (To improve ease of maintenance, and make it easier to relocate the database if it is required in the future, create DNS aliases that point to the IP address for all instances of SQL Server), farm account details, admin database and configuration database.  
  • Update the SPCredentials.xml file with service accounts and passwords information.
  • Update the SPServices.xml file with Usage and Health data collection log file location, Usage and Health data collection maximum file size, SQL server name, service application names and related database names.

Install SharePoint

  1. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Native Client is installed as part of SharePoint 2013 prerequisites installer, however if you are using SQL Server 2012 to host SharePoint databases, Install Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Native Client 64-bit edition on all SharePoint servers.
  2. Install SharePoint prerequisites and SharePoint binaries by executing the following script on all servers listed above (launch SharePoint Management Shell as administrator): 
Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted –force 
E:\Scripts\Install\SPInstaller.ps1 -installPath D:\ -offline "n"
Import-PSSession $session
Please note: Windows PowerShell execution policies let you determine the conditions under which Windows PowerShell loads configuration files and runs scripts. The execution policy is not a security system that restricts user actions. Instead, the execution policy helps users to set basic rules and prevents them from violating them unintentionally. Please see About Execution Policy TechNet article.
This script will automatically restart servers as required. Do not run configuration wizard until installation is completed on all servers
The following steps are performed on individual servers specified in each step:

Create the Farm

Login to SPAPP01 (Application Server hosting the Central Administration site) using the installer account and launch SharePoint Management Shell as administrator. Execute the following command to create the farm:
E:\Scripts\Install\SPConfig.ps1 -configLocation E:\Scripts\Install\Config.xml -createJoin create -isCA "y"

Join Servers to the Farm

Login to SPAPP02 (The second Application Server hosting the Central Administration site) and launch SharePoint Management Shell as administrator. Execute the following PowerShell script:
E:\Scripts\Install\SPConfig.ps1 -configLocation E:\Scripts\Install\Config.xml -createJoin join -isCA "y"
Run the following script on the below SharePoint servers:
E:\Scripts\Install\SPConfig.ps1 -configLocation E:\Scripts\Install\Config.xml -createJoin join -isCA "n"

 Server Name  Server Role
 SPWEB01  SharePoint 2013 Web Server 1
 SPWEB02  SharePoint 2013 Web Server 2
 SPDCache01  SharePoint 2013 Distribution Cache Server 1
 SPDCache02  SharePoint 2013 Distribution Cache Server 2
 SPQuery01  SharePoint 2013 Query Processing and Index Server 1
 SPQuery02  SharePoint 2013 Query Processing and Index Server 2
 SPCrawl01  SharePoint 2013 Admin, Crawl, Content Processing, Analytics Processing Server 1
 SPCrawl02  SharePoint 2013 Admin, Crawl, Content Processing, Analytics Processing Server 2

 Register Managed Accounts

Login to SPAPP01 (Application Server hosting the Central Administration site) using the installer account and launch SharePoint Management Shell as administrator. Execute the following command to register managed accounts in the farm:
E:\Scripts\Install\SPCredentials.ps1 -configLocation E:\Scripts\Install\SPCredentials.xml

Configure Basic Services

Login to SPAPP01 (Application Server hosting the Central Administration site) using the installer account and launch SharePoint Management Shell as administrator. Execute the following command to start required services and stop unwanted ones:
E:\Scripts\Install\SPServices.ps1 -configLocation E:\Scripts\Install\SPServices.xml
 The above script will stop unnecessary services from servers and starts the following service:
  • Excel Services
  • Secure Store
  • Usage and Health Data Collection
  • Managed Metadata Services
  • State Services

Configure Usage and Health Data Collection

Login to SPAPP01 (Application Server hosting the Central Administration site) using the installer account and launch SharePoint Management Shell as administrator. Execute the following command to start and configure Usage Service:
E:\Scripts\Install\SPUsage.ps1 -configLocation E:\Scripts\Install\SPServices.xml

Configure State Service

Login to SPAPP01 (Application Server hosting the Central Administration site) using the installer account and launch SharePoint Management Shell as administrator. Execute the following command to start and configure Usage Service:
E:\Scripts\Install\SPStateService.ps1 -configLocation E:\Scripts\Install\SPServices.xml

You should now have basic services started on all servers in the farm. It is recommended to check Servers in Farm page from Central administrations site to ensure that the correct services are started.
By the end of this blog series the expected farm topology will be as illustrated below:
 Server Name  Server Role  Services
 SPWEB01 Web Server  Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Web Application
 Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Workflow Timer Service
 Managed Metadata Web Service
 SPWEB02 Web Server  Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Web Application
 Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Workflow Timer Service
 Managed Metadata Web Service
 SPDCache01 Distribution Cache  Distributed Cache
 Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Workflow Timer Service
 Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Web Application
 SPDCache02 Distribution Cache  Distributed Cache
 Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Workflow Timer Service
 Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Web Application
 SPAPP01 Application Server  Central Administration
 Excel Calculation Services
 Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Workflow Timer Service
 Secure Store Service
 User Profile Service
 User Profile Synchronization Service
 SPAPP02 Application Server  Central Administration
 Excel Calculation Services
 Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Workflow Timer Service
 Secure Store Service
 User Profile Service
 SPQuery01 Search - Query Processing and Index  Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Workflow Timer Service
 Search Host Controller Service
 Search Query and Site Settings Service
 SharePoint Server Search
 SPQuery02 Search - Query Processing and Index  Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Workflow Timer Service
 Search Host Controller Service
 Search Query and Site Settings Service
 SharePoint Server Search
 SPCrawl01 Search - Admin, Crawl, Content Processing, Analytics Processing  Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Workflow Timer Service
 Search Host Controller Service
 Search Query and Site Settings Service
 SharePoint Server Search
 SPCrawl02 Search - Admin, Crawl, Content Processing, Analytics Processing  Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Workflow Timer Service
 Search Host Controller Service
 Search Query and Site Settings Service
 SharePoint Server Search

Lookout for the next blog post, where we complete the farm configuration by provisioning search, user profile services and distributed cache service.

1 comment:

Knrs said...

Keep it coming Ashkan :-)