When I Met SP1 for Visual Studio & TFS 2008
When I Met SP1 for Visual Studio & TFS 2008
If you didn’t know about VS2008 SP1 read bharry's post - Team Foundation Server 2008 SP1 Preview
Before we start let me tell you one thing: Backup the entire TFS!
And download Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack Preparation Tool.
Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (Installer)
Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server Service Pack 1
I’ll tell briefly my case so you can avoid this or find the solution, should you have the same reason for the problem.
Install fails with the 1603 error code
When I tried to install the KB949786 (TFS SP1), the first part went always fine (TFS Build), but it ended in Fatal Error during the update of the actual TFS. TFS got into unusable state (clients couldn’t connect etc)
The errors in the Event Log were:
“Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server - ENU - Update ‘KB949786′ could not be installed. Error code 1603. Additional information is available in the log file <file>”
After some googling, I found similar symptoms from the MSDN Forums.
Logins etc were alright in my case, The Visual Studio 2008 SP1 installation was corrupt - Reinstall.
(Tip: don’t change TFS service accounts unless you have a very good reason and if you do, use the tools mentioned in the forum)
Client Cannot connect to TFS after installing sp1
Getting error :
TFS31001: Team Foundation cannot retrieve the list of team projects from Team Foundation Server
TFS2008: The Team Foundation Server returned the following error: Team Foundation services are not available from the server.
TF30059: Fatal error while initializing web service
Just Install Team Foundation Server 2008 SP1
HTTP code 503: TF30059: Fatal error while initializing web service" or "HTTP code 403: Forbidden
- Change the directory security in ISS from "deny access" to "granted access".
- Change the TFS SQL server databases (TfsActivityLogging, TfsBuild, TfsIntegration, and TfsVersionControl) from SINGLE_USER to MULTI_MODE.
- Restart IIS - and you should be fine.
Good Luck with the upgrade, feel free to ask me questions.