Thanks! I found another page quite helpful:
http://myspexp.com/2011/04/28/user-profile-synchronization-servicehangs-on-starting-i-fixed-it/
I turned off profile sync configuration in the AutoSPInstaller XML file and let it finish running, then followed the above to get UPS working. Found that the Farm Admin service account wasn't a local admin which caused even my manual attempts to fail (albeit with very nondescript errors which took hours to diagnose). Now that I finally have SharePoint installed on this box, I'm not game to revert to my pre-AutoSPInstaller snapshot to try again but it's likely that it may have completed successfully if the account was an admin. Maybe another check worth adding in to the script?
Brett.
http://myspexp.com/2011/04/28/user-profile-synchronization-servicehangs-on-starting-i-fixed-it/
I turned off profile sync configuration in the AutoSPInstaller XML file and let it finish running, then followed the above to get UPS working. Found that the Farm Admin service account wasn't a local admin which caused even my manual attempts to fail (albeit with very nondescript errors which took hours to diagnose). Now that I finally have SharePoint installed on this box, I'm not game to revert to my pre-AutoSPInstaller snapshot to try again but it's likely that it may have completed successfully if the account was an admin. Maybe another check worth adding in to the script?
Brett.