"wills" wrote:

> When I tried to pull up the site on my client, I got:
>
> reporting services error
> the report server installation is not initialized. check the doc for more
> info. (rsreportservernotactivated) get help:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/products/ee/transform.aspx?EvtSrc=Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.Utilities.ErrorStrings.resources.Strings&EvtID=rsReportServerNotActivated&ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server+Reporting+Services&ProdVer=8.00
>
>
> As a result of the error, I restarted the web server and typed in the
> address for the reportserver and got prompted to login. I could not use the
> servername, but the ipaddress 192.168.0.4/reportserver
>
> It let me in after logging in and displayed the ms sql server reporting
> services v 8.
>
> Does this mean that it is working?
>
>
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> "wills" wrote:
>
> > During the web server install, I used the network service account to run the
> > report server.
> >
> > My Error: setup could not initialize the report server. you must manually
> > initialize the report server before using it for the 1st time. see reporting
> > services setup doc.
> >
> > My environment:
> > sql server = dbs
> > web server = report server
> > client = designer
> >
> > Do I need to run the rsactivate utility on the web server? How is this done?
> > Is this correct syntax in the command prompt?
> >
> > rsconfig -m \\<webserver> -u<administrator> -p<password>
> >
> >
> > Or, if I am logged onto the web server directly; is this the correct way to
> > activate the report server?
> >
> > rsconfig -c"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL\Reporting
> > Services\ReportServer\RSReportServer.config"
> >
> > Thanks,
> >