So I’m currently working with the Beta 1 version of Microsoft’s Team Foundation Server 2010 (VSTS). As with all Team Server installations, it’s rather complex, and you really need to RTFM.
Having said that, however, I had to go and screw around with the installation. In trying to get TFS 2008 running side-by-side, I stupidly managed to delete the TFS Virtual directory. Turns out this is a show stopper, as in 404 error trying to connect with Team Explorer.
After several unfruitful attempts to undo this mistake, I decided to have a go at reinstalling the product.
Uninstall was fine, and reinstall was great, too. But then came the configuration:
Error! “TF254043: The readiness check could not start…” Finding absolutely nothing on the web in reference to this error, I decided that once I figured it out I would write a brief post about it, hopefully to spare someone the pain I had to go through.
Solution:
If, for whatever reason, you need to uninstall Team Foundation Server 2010 Beta 1, you need to uninstall TFS Object Model before uninstalling VSTS. That’s it. This misstep was somehow causing my reinstallation’s configuration file to fail trying to run the readiness check. Ugh.
For the source of this nugget of wisdom, and a host of other documented VSTS 2010 Beta 1 gotchas and their respective workarounds, please see this excellent post at Granth’s blog.
I hope this proves helpful to someone….
