Adjusted ServerRole when using SingleServerFarm

[farapholch]

Wrong serveRole specified, it should be 'SingleServer' not 'SingleServerFarm'.

[brianlala]

Hmm I haven't tested this yet, but according to this documentation it should still be "SingleServerFarm": https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/administration/role-conversion-using-minrole-in-sharepoint-server-2016#how-to-change-a-server-role

[farapholch]

Hmm I haven't tested this yet, but according to this documentation it should still be "SingleServerFarm": https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/administration/role-conversion-using-minrole-in-sharepoint-server-2016#how-to-change-a-server-role

Thanks for reply :)

I was unable to launch psconfig when the value SingleServerFarm was set for the registry key "Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions\16.0\WSS\ServerRole" but when I set this to "SingleServer" the wizard starts and I can proceed with the configuration.

See image below:

[brianlala]

What version of SharePoint is this happening on? Are you trying to run PSConfig manually, or in the context of AutoSPInstaller?

[farapholch]

What version of SharePoint is this happening on? Are you trying to run PSConfig manually, or in the context of AutoSPInstaller?

Hi, we are running SPSE and this fails both if I run it in the AutoSP Context (null reference value) or manually when starting psconfigUI.

[brianlala]

OK I'll try to repro now, stay tuned.

[brianlala]

If you do a Set-SPServer -Role and then tab through the options you should see BOTH SingleServer and SingleServerFarm. I'm assuming they're both valid and equivalent.

I just built a farm using SingleServerFarm and it worked fine.

And when I checked the registry, my server role actually was listed as APPLICATION even though central admin and PowerShell both report Single-Server Farm.

I'm running Subscription Edition with the January PU.

[farapholch]

If you do a Set-SPServer -Role and then tab through the options you should see BOTH SingleServer and SingleServerFarm. I'm assuming they're both valid and equivalent.

I just built a farm using SingleServerFarm and it worked fine.

And when I checked the registry, my server role actually was listed as APPLICATION even though central admin and PowerShell both report Single-Server Farm.

I'm running Subscription Edition with the January PU.

Thanks for looking into this. The Registry made me confused about this (Application) and I thought the value would be the same as the actual min role.

Not sure why we got the error in the first place but we can close this by now.