Essential Business Server Management Server Installation

If installation fails through configuration you will have to start the whole install process again. Theres no way to continue where it left off.. It sucks I know..

Could you please post more info about the error by checking out the following;
http://blogs.technet.com/asksbs/archive/2009/02/09/essential-business-server-2008-ebs-security-server-installation-fails-on-forefront-threat-management-gateway.aspx

Regards
Steve

OK, I've started installation all over again. Same thing is happening: installation goes fine up to the moment it installs "System Center Essentials". It looks like it's almost finished (blue bar is almost full) and then it just stops.... What am I doing wrong?
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You will need to open up the install logs as shown in the link in my previous post.

Can you please post the details relating to the error.

Regards
Steve

Thanks Steve,
I have opened the log as instructed.
It seems the setup is in a loop, this part is repeated over and over again:

[3672],"2009/05/06 06:45:43.072","TaskManagementDebug","Verbose","elapsedTimeInSeconds=200.0614"
[3672],"2009/05/06 06:45:43.072","TaskManagementDebug","Verbose","DEBUGPROGRESS: fNewCostPercentage=100,currentOverallProgressPercentage=98.11655,currentTaskProgressPercentage=3.219575,fTotalCostPercentage=98.11655,totalOverallExpectedCost=6212,currentTaskCost=200"
[3672],"2009/05/06 06:45:43.072","MMSSetup_UI","Information","SetupExecutor: progress change on worker thread Total - 98.12, Task - 100.00"
[3672],"2009/05/06 06:45:43.072","MMSSetup_UI","Information","SetupExecutor: setup event on worker thread"
[3500],"2009/05/06 06:45:43.072","MMSSetup_UI","Information","[SetupPresenter] sender Microsoft.MMS.Setup.Deployment.SetupPages.SetupExecutor,  args TmeProgressChange"
[3500],"2009/05/06 06:45:43.072","MMSSetup_UI","Information","Presenter_SetupEvent: e.Message = TmeProgressChange"
[3500],"2009/05/06 06:45:43.072","MMSSetup_UI","Information","OnProgressChange"
[3500],"2009/05/06 06:45:43.072","MMSSetup_UI","Information","Progress Change Event:"
[3500],"2009/05/06 06:45:43.072","MMSSetup_UI","Information","   Current Task ConfigureSCETask progress 100.00 "
[3500],"2009/05/06 06:45:43.072","MMSSetup_UI","Information","   Overall Progress = 98 (98.12)"
[3500],"2009/05/06 06:45:43.072","MMSSetup_UI","Information","   Task Cost = 200"
[3500],"2009/05/06 06:45:43.072","MMSSetup_UI","Information","Assigning group System Center Essentials progress 99"
[3500],"2009/05/06 06:45:43.072","MMSSetup_UI","Information","Task ConfigureSCETask has status = None"
[3500],"2009/05/06 06:45:43.072","MMSSetup_UI","Information","UpdateProgressItem: groupItem = System Center Essentials"

What can we tell from this?
Or do you need the entire log?

Could you please post more of the log, be sure to obscure any personal information.

Just an update: Microsoft Support is working on the case; I'll keep you posted

Glad to hear you got the issue resolved :-)