Installing SharePoint Diagnostic Studio 2010 (SPDiag 3.0)

Blog Note:
    This is a fairly straight forward install.
Overview
This article describes the steps required to install SharePoint Diagnostic Studio 2010 (SPDiag 3.0) on a SharePoint Farm server.
Rights Requirements

• You must have the following rights to be able to successfully execute this procedure:
• You must be a local administrator on the SQL server for the Farm and on every SharePoint Server.
• The Farm account should have SA rights on the SQL server for the Farm to get the full benefit out of SPDiag.
• You must be a Farm Administrator for the Farm.

Information Requirements

• Ensure that Usage and Health Data Collection has been configured on the target farm.
  • This is outside the scope of this article, but more information may be found in TechNet. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee663480.aspx

Decision Points

• Install on a Farm server or a remote system.
  • If you wish to install on a remote system (non-Farm server), you will have to turn on Remote PowerShell on a target Farm server and the system that is hosting SPDiag. (Outside the scope of this procedure)
    
• Which SharePoint Farm server to install SPDiag, if installing on a Farm server.
  • You should elect one Farm server as your administrative entry point for the farm.
  • This is usually the server that has SharePoint Central Administration site hosted.

Procedure Outline

1. Ensure that the Farm account has SA rights on the Farm's SQL server.
2. Download Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Administration Toolkit v2
3. Install SPDiag from the Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Administration Toolkit v2

Procedure

1. Ensure that the Farm account has SA rights on the Farm's SQL server.
   1. Work with a DBA if you are uncomfortable or unfamiliar with assigning roles in SQL Server.
2. Download Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Administration Toolkit v2
   1. Download the install package from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=196866
      
   2. Save it to <Drive>:\SharePoint2010AdminToolkit\
3. Install SPDiag from the Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Administration Toolkit v2
   1. Launch <Drive>:\SharePoint2010AdminToolkit\SharePoint2010AdministrationToolkit.exe
   2. Accept the license terms
   3. Click Next
   4. Click on the drop down menu next to "SharePoint 2010 Administration Toolkit"
   5. Select "Entire feature will be unavailable"
   6. Click on the drop down menu next to "SharePoint Diagnostic Studio"
   7. Select "Will be installed on local hard drive"
   8. Click Next
   9. Click Next
   10. Click Finished

References:
SharePoint Diagnostic Studio 2010 (SPDiag 3.0) (SharePoint Server 2010)

Configure usage and health data collection (SharePoint Server 2010)

SharePoint 2010 Administration Toolkit (SharePoint Server 2010)

Foot Note:
That is pretty much it for the install. I did get an error the first time I try to create my 1^st project.

01/12/2012 12:01:34    An update conflict has occurred, and you must re-try this action. The object SPWebFrontEndDiagnosticsPerformanceCounterProvider Name=job-diagnostics-performance-counter-wfe-provider was updated by <My_Farm_Admin_Account>, in the powershell (7056) process, on machine NET-PRV-WSS-011. View the tracing log for more information about the conflict.

I just exited from the studio and tried again. It worked without a hitch, so I am guessing there were timer jobs that hadn't finished running.