Question RE: virtual server Not Installed

[jbarnes1]

I posted this question in microsoft.public.sharepoint.portalserver. Any suggestions?


I just came on board in a company with SPS2003 installed on a single server with SQL. The portal is up and running and in production.


The first thing I did was run Sharepoint configuration analyzer. I received "Error detected: Windows Sharepoint Services is not installed on

http://servername".

In SP2003AdminTools: <Error>The virtual server that is referenced here
is not in the config database.</Error>

From the browser,

http://localhost,

I receive "HTTP Error 403 - Forbidden"

In SP Central Admin, Virtual Servers
URL Version

http://servername/

Not Installed Extend


Questions:
Should I "Extend and create a content database" using the same username admin acct that created the existing application pool?

If so, what are the risks, if any to production?

Is there something else I should do to correct this?

Thanks in advance.