To help validate your installation of the Windows Azure Pack: Web Sites, you can use the Web Sites MBCA2 Model. The Web Sites MBCA Model works with Microsoft Baseline Configuration Analyzer v2.0 (MBCA2) to check specific aspects of your installation. To perform the checks, you run the Microsoft Baseline Configuration Analyzer on the Web Sites Controller.

List of Installation Checks

The following table shows the checks that are made for an installation of Windows Azure Pack: Web Sites and the severity levels that appear when the checks fail.

 

Installation Check	Severity
Check that there is more than one of each role	Warning
Check that there is at least one of each role	Error
Check that the servers have unique names	Error
Check that there are available spare workers for Reserved Instances	Warning
Check FSRM (File Server Resource Manager) configuration	Error
Check that the File Server role is accessible via WinRM	Error
Check that the metering and hosting SQL database connection strings are correct	Error
Check that the PowerShell module is installed	Error

 

To use the Web Sites MBCA2 Model

1.   Install and configure Windows Azure Pack: Web Sites.

2.   On the Web Sites Controller, download and install the Microsoft Baseline Configuration Analyzer v2.0 at http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=16475.

3.   On the Web Sites Controller, download and install WebSitesMBCA2.msi from the Microsoft Download Center. This installs the Web Sites MBCA2 model, making the checks available in the Microsoft Baseline Configuration Analyzer.

4.   Run MBCA2, which is normally located at "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Baseline Configuration Analyzer 2\MBCA.exe".

a.   For the product, select Windows Azure Pack Web Sites.

b.   Choose Start Scan.

After a delay, the scan results will be shown. Any condition reported as an Error is an issue that can cause Web Sites to malfunction.

Any condition reported as a Warning should be corrected immediately.

Important Notes

·      The MBCA2 model is meant to run only on the Controller role. The results are reported only on the Controller.

·      The Web Sites MBCA2 Model can help you debug issues with your environment and will therefore be most helpful and useful after installation and configuration of Windows Azure Pack: Web Sites are complete.

·      To use the Web Sites MBCA2 Model, the Web Sites Roles do not have to be ready for load balancing. In fact, the Web Sites MBCA2 Model can help you find out why roles might be failing to get into the ready state for load balancing.

See Also

Deploy Windows Azure Pack: Web Sites