FIM-HELP: Installation Companion & Troubleshooting Troubleshooter Resource

Purpose

The purpose of this blog is to bring together the documentation that we have surrounding the installation of the different Forefront Identity Manager components.  Links are from our Microsoft TechNet documentation as well as Microsoft TechNet Wiki Pages. The Microsoft TechNet Wiki pages provide information to assist with troubleshooting installation issues and companion documents to provide guidance with installing the different Forefront Identity Manager components.

Product Installation documents

FIM 2010 Installation

FIM 2010 R2 Installation

• • Hardware and Software Requirements Before you begin
  • Installing FIM 2010 R2 on SharePoint 2013
  • Installing the FIM 2010 R2 Server Components
  • Installing the FIM 2010 R2 Add-ins and Extensions
  • Installing the FIM 2010 R2 Language Packs
  • Unattended Installation of FIM 2010 R2
  • Common Post-Installation Configuration for Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2
  • Uninstalling Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2

• FIM Certificate Management

  • Installing the FIM CM Certificate Authority Components

BHOLD Installation

• • BHOLD Core Installation
  • [Troubleshooting] There is a problem with this Windows Installer package.
  • [Reference] Quick Guide to installing BHOLD Core

Installation Companion Documents

The purpose of the Installation Companion Documents is to provide guidance to installing the different components of the Forefront Identity Manager product.  The companion documents are meant as a proactive guidance for installations. 

Topology	A common discussion is on FIM Topology. The following three Microsoft TechNet documents provide information around this topic of conversation.  Topology Considerations Best Practices Pre-installation and Topology Configuration
Accounts	The Accounts Companion document will recommend the different accounts that you will need for the installation of the different components. In the document you will see suggested account names, as well as the different permissions that these accounts will most likely require. Here is some additional information that will help when working with the Forefront Identity Manager product. How to configure the Active Directory Management Agent Account
ServicePrincipleNames (SPNs)
Hotfix Companion	The Hotfix Companion document covers the different hotfixes that have been released for the Forefront Identity Manager product.
[Reference] Quick Guide to installing BHOLD Core	This is a quick guide to installing BHOLD Core
SQL Server Alias	This companion document provides how to information on setting up a SQL Server Alias.

Installation Troubleshooting Documents

The installation troubleshooting documents are mostly Microsoft TechNet Wiki documents that have been created by support to provide assistance in resolving these types of issues. The Installation Troubleshooting documents will cover the base installation as well as issues encountered with hotfix updates. 

FIM Synchronization Service	This section covers issues that have been encountered while installing the Synchronization Service. It will cover base installation as well as hotfix updates.
	[Troubleshooting]: Error 25050. The Forefront Identity Manager Synchronization Service setup wizard cannot set Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Permissions Troubleshooting Error 25009 [Troubleshooting] FIM Installation: 25009: Conditional failed because the following SET options have incorrect settings: 'ARITHABORT' [Troubleshooting] FIM Installation: 25009: The Forefront Identity Manager Synchronization Service Setup Wizard cannot configure the specified database. These workstations have sessions with open files on this server [Troubleshooting] FIM Installation: 25009: Cannot create more than one clustered index on table 'dbo.mms_connectorspace'`
FIM Service and Portal	This section covers installation issues pertaining to the FIM Service and Portal installation. It includes the base installation issues as well as hotfix update installation issues. If you are installing the FIM Portal it may roll back on you without presenting any type of error message. If this happens, you will want to run the install again and acquire a Windows Installer Log. You can do this through the following steps: Open an Administrative Command Prompt Navigate to where the Installation Media is resting Execute the installation: msiexec /I <name of msi> /l*v myinstalllog.txt Look for Return Value 3 - this will give you where the exception is happening
	[Troubleshooting] FIM Service Upgrade - fails on 'GetCertThumbPrintFromName' [Troubleshooting] Attempted to perform an unauthorized operation [Troubleshooting] The FIM server you have entered does not exist or is not running. Click 'Back' to enter a different server name. If you plan to install the FIM service on '<server name>' later, click 'Next' to accept the configuration and continu [Troubleshooting] CheckSharepointFarmAdministratorWithOpenPermission Service doesn't Start [Troubleshooting] FIM Service fails to install: Error 1722: CheckSharePointFarmAdministratorWithOpenPermission returned actual error code SharePoint Related [Troubleshooting] Hotfix update rolls back without warning or error message [Troubleshooting] Installation Hot Fix Update Rolls Back Without Warning or Error (SolutionPackUtility) [Troubleshooting] FIM Service and Portal Installation - The Web site address "/IdentityManagement" is already in use [Troubleshooting] Failure to install hotfix –VerifySharePoint2010ClaimsAuthenticationOff. Return value 3
FIM Reporting
	[Troubleshooting] Install FIM Data Warehouse Support Scripts when the Data Warehouse SQL database resides on a Remote SQL Server [Troubleshooting] FIM Reporting Installation Using System Center Service Manager 2012 SP1
FIM Certificate Management	[Troubleshooting] FIM CM Upgrade Fails exception executing SQL statement
FIM Add-Ins and Extensions	[REFERENCE] How to Prepare/Execute the Installation of the FIM 2010 Add-ins and Extensions via Group Policy
BHOLD	[Troubleshooting] BHOLD Core installation: Contact your support personnel or package vendor. Custom action CA_CoreProductGetWebsiteExists script error -2147217394, [Troubleshooting] There is a problem with this Windows Installer package.