Microsoft Sharepoint Products and Technologies Resource Kit eBook

356 Part V: Administration of Windows SharePoint Services
Windows SharePoint Services includes Stsadm.exe for command-line administration
of Windows SharePoint Services servers and sites. The Stsadm.exe tool provides
a method for performing the Windows SharePoint Services administration tasks
to run once, to be used in batch files, or to be used within a script. The commandline
tool has a more streamlined interface than HTML Administration pages, yet it
allows you to perform many of the same tasks.
Note You must be an administrator of the server computer to be able to
use the Stsadm.exe tool, and the command must be run from the server
running Windows SharePoint Services.
Configuring Self-Service Site Creation from the Command Line
Use the enablessc operation to turn on and configure Self-Service Site Creation from
the command line. The enablessc operation requires the URL parameter, and optionally
takes the requiresecondarycontact parameter. For example, to turn on Self-Service
Site Creation for a server called My_Server and require two contact names for each
site, you would use the following syntax:
stsadm -o enablessc -url http://My_Server –requiresecondarycontact
To disable Self-Service Site Creation, use the disablessc operation. The disablessc
operation takes only the URL parameter. To turn off Self-Service Site Creation for
My_Server, use the following syntax:
stsadm -o disablessc -url http://My_Server
Configure Site Collection Using Confirmation and Deletion
Websites based on Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services can become inactive for
many reasons. Perhaps a site was set up for documents relating to a project that is finished,
or perhaps a user was trying out Windows SharePoint Services and created a
site that he or she no longer needs. Because inactive sites take up space on the servers,
it’s important to check with site owners to see whether their sites are still needed
or have become inactive. In Windows SharePoint Services, new administrative options
allow you to automatically send notices to site owners requiring them to confirm that
their sites are in use. You can also delete unconfirmed sites automatically. These features
give you a way to control the number of unused websites on your server.
After a specified time defined by the administrator, the site owners are sent an
e-mail notification asking the owners to either reactivate or delete their unused websites.
The notification e-mail text contains links to confirm that a site is active or to
delete a site. After the notification is sent, there are three possible outcomes:
■ If a site is in use, the site owner will click a link to confirm that the site is active
and preserve the site. When the owner clicks the confirmation link, the timer
is restarted, and the owner will be notified again after the same time period.