Monday, 23 March 2009

How to install PerformancePoint Server 2007 on Vista/Windows 7

As part of some work for a client, I have been doing some coding against PerformancePoint Server 2007. This has mainly been done on my VM but I prefer to do a lot of my development work on my main machine.

Currently I have MOSS 2007 running on it and I wanted to install PerformancePoint Server 2007 on it. Specifically the Planning Server setup.

Problem is that it complains that you are not running Windows2003 SP1 in a non domain environment.

To get around this use the following command line

msiexec /i PPLSrv.msi SKIPREQCHECK=1

This will remove the check for the installer and allow you to install on Vista.

To install the updates just change the command line to

msiexec /update PPLSrv.msp SKIPREQCHECK=1

You can use this for the other MSP files as well if required

Update: 21-11-2009

Following on from the comments here is a screen comparison if you use the command line above

Image showing Perfomance Point Setup when you skip the requirements

And without

Performance Point setup without the comand lines

You will notice that the next button is enabled to allow you to do the install.

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13 comments:

  1. Unknown1 May 2009 at 22:50

    Hi,
    I'm trying to install PPS Monitoring on Vista and I tried your tip, however when I gwt to configure the Monitoring Server it complains that PSCSrv.msi must be installed. Any tip on getting around that?

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  2. Unknown2 May 2009 at 11:38

    Hi Oana

    Try the same trick

    msiexec /i PSCSrv.msi SKIPREQCHECK=1

    The SKIPREQCHECK flag allows you to remove the OS version check for PerformancePoint

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  3. Web_Gard !21 November 2009 at 16:42

    hi
    i did what u said , but it doesnt work
    it throw error for OS
    what should i do ?

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  4. Unknown21 November 2009 at 18:30

    Its a bit easier if you tell me the error

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  5. Web_Gard !21 November 2009 at 21:54

    hi
    tnx for response , here's the error which i got :
    Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 (Evaluation Edition) Planning Server
    Failed Windows Server 2003 SP1 (non domain-controller)
    Passed Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0
    Passed Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0
    Failed Microsoft SQL Server Native Client 9.0 (SP2)

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  6. Unknown22 November 2009 at 00:27

    Run this from an admin command prompt ie click start run and type cmd then right click on the icon and click run as administrator

    Navigate the dir where your MSI file is

    msiexec /i PPLSrv.msi SKIPREQCHECK=1

    This will allow it skip the domain controller check when you try to install which is the error that you are getting

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  7. Web_Gard !22 November 2009 at 09:41

    see , I've a win vista sp2 , and i have sharpepoint (wss3.0 sp2) installed on it , there's no domain controller and i did that just like u said from cmd with admin privileges , but when installation get open after few seconds i get that error
    "Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 (Evaluation Edition) Planning Server
    Failed Windows Server 2003 SP1 (non domain-controller)
    Passed Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0
    Passed Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0
    Failed Microsoft SQL Server Native Client 9.0 (SP2)"

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  8. Web_Gard !22 November 2009 at 09:43

    again i appreciate your help

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  9. Unknown22 November 2009 at 11:04

    Hi again
    Yes it will fail but it will show you a failed requirement but allow you to install it.

    I just ran the installer on Windows 7 Ultimate here and it installed correctly even without the correct SQL server edition check

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  10. Web_Gard !22 November 2009 at 11:21

    my mistake , sorry dude , i just ignore them and then everything went okey
    just one thing is there any chance to install PPS on sql 2008 ?
    cause when i want ot install it it tells me that i should have a sql 2005

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  11. Unknown22 November 2009 at 11:35

    Hi

    To install PerformancePoint Server with SQL Server 2008 you need to install SP3 for the Monitoring Server

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd335966.aspx

    Just install and dont configure and then install SP3 for Monitoring (using the same command line and the MSP file)

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  12. NAUBI27 November 2009 at 19:24

    Thank for your help
    With your solution, i've installed PPS 2007 monitoring server and planning server on an OS Windows server 2003 with a domain controller

    Congratulation

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  13. NAUBI27 November 2009 at 19:28

    Thank you for your help
    With your solution i've installed pps2007 monitoring server and pps2007 planning server on a OS WS 20003 (with a domain controller)

    Congratulation

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