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328 Part IV: Deployment Scenarios
5. Click the Server Roles tab.
6. In the Server Role list, select the Security Administrators and Database
Creators check boxes, and then click OK.
After you configure the administrative virtual server (and grant SQL Server
rights to the new application pool account, if necessary), you must restart IIS by typing
iisreset on the command line. After IIS is reset, you can continue configuring Windows
SharePoint Services to work with your remote SQL Server.
To create the configuration database from the command line
Run the following command to create the configuration database:
stsadm.exe -o setconfigdb -databaseserver
-databasename sts_config
The syntax shown is for Windows authentication. If you are using SQL Server
authentication, you must also specify the -du and -dp parameters with the database
username and password. To connect to the configuration database from subsequent
front-end Web servers, use the following syntax:
stsadm.exe -o setconfigdb -databaseserver [-databaseuser
-databasepassword ] -databasename sts_config
Following is an example of what a command might look like:
stsadm.exe –o setconfigdb –My_server –databaseuser DOMAIN\user1 –databasepassword
P@ssw0rd –databasename My_co_database
To create the administration application pool and configuration database
using HTML Administration pages
1. When setup finishes, you are taken to the Configure Admin Virtual Server
page.
2. In the Application Pool section, select Create a new application pool.
3. Under Select a security account for this application pool, select Configurable.
4. In the User name box, type the domain account to use for the application
pool.
This account must have DBO rights to the SQL Server computer to be able to
create the configuration database. You should use a dedicated account for this
account rather than a user’s login account. Also, you should use the same
account for each application pool that hosts the same content.
5. In the Password box, type the password for the account, confirm it, and then
click OK.
The application pool is created, and you are taken to a confirmation page. You
must restart IIS to accept the change.