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Monday, April 28, 2008

Ohh help - I stopped the Central Admin service in SharePoint

So today the question was posed,

What happens if you stop the Central Administration or Web service in SharePoint in a small farm/single server?

Well maybe you should start them again. How you ask?

Use the stsadm command to do so. Simply run stsadm from the 12 hive (by default C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\bin) with the following options

For the Web Service
stsadm.exe -o provisionservice -action start -servicetype Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebService

For central administration
stsadm.exe -o provisionservice -action start -servicetype Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPWebService -servicename WSS_Administration

Monday, April 28, 2008 10:04:22 PM (AUS Eastern Standard Time, UTC+10:00)

Comments [4] |

Wednesday, July 16, 2008 1:50:41 AM (AUS Eastern Standard Time, UTC+10:00)

Help! Your blog is exactly the info I am looking for. I accidentally turned off the Central Admin service from the Central Administration GUI and I cannot for the life of me get it turned back on! I tried running the stsadm.exe command you have listed above. However, I'm getting this error:

The service name and type specified are not valid. The service may not be installed or may
not have been specified with the namespace or assembly qualified name, which is case sensitive and required for servcices not in sharepoint.

I am working with a very simple single server WSS 3.0 install. I didn't do anything customized. I'd be very grateful for any help!

Leigh Anne | lduvallAT NOSPAMtrevecca dot edu

Wednesday, July 16, 2008 1:58:53 AM (AUS Eastern Standard Time, UTC+10:00)

Never mind! I had typed Microsoft.Sharepoint.Administration.(Note the lower case p) Thank you so much for this valuable information!

Leigh Anne | lduvallAT NOSPAMtrevecca dot edu

Friday, September 12, 2008 4:54:40 AM (AUS Eastern Standard Time, UTC+10:00)

This is EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED. A lifesaver, thanks!

Doug | nothanksAT NOSPAMidontmuchlikemail dot us

Monday, October 12, 2009 8:09:07 PM (AUS Eastern Standard Time, UTC+10:00)

After running the commands, we are getting the page cannot be found. 500 internal error while browsing the central admin..

vendit | sonysunny dot 235AT NOSPAMgmail dot com

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