Jonathan,
Thank you for your input.
I have built a VMWare Image using the same OS GP 2010 RTM and SharePoint Foundation 2010 with BP 5.1 and tried the SP2 and have the same issue.
The error during the install is 'Failed configuring SharePoint Featues'
i turned on logging and this is what i get back....
MSI (s) (54!48) [13:52:26:472]: Creating MSIHANDLE (3971) of type 790531 for thread 5448
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Feature Id: 6c174eca-729f-4e5e-a437-577d35433ae9
Location: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\TEMPLATE\FEATURES\BPProjectExternalListPages
Action: Activate
Exception: Failed to instantiate file "Project List.aspx" from module "Project List": The specified list does not exist.
Stack Trace: at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPElementDefinitionCollection.ProvisionModules(SPFeaturePropertyCollection props, SPSite site, SPWeb web, Boolean fForce)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPElementDefinitionCollection.ProvisionElements(SPFeaturePropertyCollection props, SPWebApplication webapp, SPSite site, SPWeb web, Boolean fForce)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFeature.Activate(SPSite siteParent, SPWeb webParent, SPFeaturePropertyCollection props, Boolean fForce)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFeatureCollection.AddInternal(SPFeatureDefinition featdef, Version version, SPFeaturePropertyCollection properties, Boolean force, Boolean fMarkOnly)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFeatureCollection.AddInternalWithName(Guid featureId, String featureName, Version version, SPFeaturePropertyCollection properties, Boolean force, Boolean fMarkOnly, SPFeatureDefinitionScope featdefScope)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFeatureCollection.Add(Guid featureId)
at Microsoft.Dynamics.GP.Deployment.SharePoint.Office14.FeatureAdapter.Activate(Guid id, FeatureScope scope, String siteCollection, String relativeUrl)
at Microsoft.Dynamics.GP.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.SharePoint.SharePointActivateFeature.OnPerform(IFeature spFeature, SharePointFeatureInformation spFeatureInfo)
at Microsoft.Dynamics.GP.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.SharePoint.SharePointFeatureDeploymentProcessor.Process(IFeature featureInterface, SharePointFeatureCustomActionData data)
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MSI (s) (54!48) [13:52:26:472]: Closing MSIHANDLE (3971) of type 790531 for thread 5448
MSI (s) (54!48) [13:52:26:472]: Creating MSIHANDLE (3972) of type 790531 for thread 5448
Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.InstallerException: Failed configuring SharePoint features.
at Microsoft.Dynamics.GP.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.CustomAction.Support.SharePointFeatureCustomAction.HandleError(Boolean rollback, StringBuilder errors, Boolean useErrorDialog, String errorDialogTitle)
at Microsoft.Dynamics.GP.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.CustomAction.Support.SharePointFeatureCustomAction.Process(Boolean rollback, SharePointFeatureCustomActionData caData)
at Microsoft.Dynamics.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.DeferredCustomAction.Begin()
MSI (s) (54!48) [13:53:00:268]: Product: Business Portal for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 -- Failed configuring SharePoint features.
MSI (s) (54!48) [13:53:00:315]: Closing MSIHANDLE (3972) of type 790531 for thread 5448
MSI (s) (54!48) [13:53:00:315]: Closing MSIHANDLE (3968) of type 790531 for thread 5448
MSI (c) (24:64) [13:52:26:550]: Font created. Charset: Req=0, Ret=0, Font: Req=MS Shell Dlg, Ret=MS Shell Dlg
Failed configuring SharePoint features.
MSI (s) (54:10) [13:53:02:003]: Closing MSIHANDLE (3502) of type 790536 for thread 832
CustomAction InstallSharePointFeaturesDeferred returned actual error code 1603 (note this may not be 100% accurate if translation happened inside sandbox)
MSI (s) (54:40) [13:53:02:018]: User policy value 'DisableRollback' is 0
MSI (s) (54:40) [13:53:02:018]: Machine policy value 'DisableRollback' is 0
Action ended 13:53:02: InstallFinalize. Return value 3.
MSI (s) (54:40) [13:53:02:050]: Executing op: Header(Signature=1397708873,Version=500,Timestamp=1058041269,LangId=1033,Platform=589824,ScriptType=2,ScriptMajorVersion=21,ScriptMinorVersion=4,ScriptAttributes=1)
MSI (s) (54:40) [13:53:02:050]: Executing op: DialogInfo(Type=0,Argument=1033)
MSI (s) (54:40) [13:53:02:050]: Executing op: DialogInfo(Type=1,Argument=Business Portal for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010)
MSI (s) (54:40) [13:53:02:050]: Executing op: RollbackInfo(,RollbackAction=Rollback,RollbackDescription=Rolling back action:,RollbackTemplate=[1],CleanupAction=RollbackCleanup,CleanupDescription=Removing backup files,CleanupTemplate=File: [1]
The interesting thing is that it is reporting is as follows Location: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\TEMPLATE\FEATURES\BPProjectExternalListPages
Action: Activate
Exception: Failed to instantiate file "Project List.aspx" from module "Project List": The specified list does not exist.
Now for this customer, the following are the only BP features installed, no Project
o Business Intelligence
Executive Center
Additional Metrics
o HRM Self Service Suite
Employee Pay
Employee Profile
Recruitment
Skills and Training
Time and Attendance
o Benefit Self Service
o Certification, License and Training Manager
i'm going to play around with it more but i'll open a case if i need to.