Hey guys, We have an implemetation of VSS 6.0 on on old box which is on it's last legs... I need to move VSS off this box and on to a new box... Does anyone have a link to a document on how to do this? Or can anyone list the procedure here? Also, is VSS capable of running on a VM? Thanks!
Note the permissions on the share where the VSS database is located (you DO have it behind it's own share, right?.. not shared with other databases or files ...) In Windows Explorer drag it from the old server to the new server. Add a share on the new server with the same permissions as the one on the old server. Remove the old share. presto - it's moved! Just have the users select the new location when the system complains about the old one no longer being available. "William" wrote in message news:4E29505A-4065-4425-93BB-63608EB8BC0B@microsoft.com... > Hey guys, > > We have an implemetation of VSS 6.0 on on old box which is on it's last > legs... I need to move VSS off this box and on to a new box... > > Does anyone have a link to a document on how to do this? Or can anyone > list > the procedure here? > > Also, is VSS capable of running on a VM? > > Thanks! >
Hey Brian, Thanks for the quick reply... Ok, The VSS directory is shared and i have made note of the permissions on the share... I have moved the VSS directory to the new location and created the new share. Now, when the users try to access the data at the new location they are being prompted for a user name and password... It doesn't seem to know who they are any more... When trying to log in as Admin we receive the error: Unable to open user login file \\server\vss\data\loggedin\Admin.log When I check that location on both the new and old location there is no such file... Any ideas? "bryan" wrote: > Note the permissions on the share where the VSS database is located (you DO > have it behind it's own share, right?.. not shared with other databases or > files ...) > > In Windows Explorer drag it from the old server to the new server. > > Add a share on the new server with the same permissions as the one on the > old server. > > Remove the old share. > > presto - it's moved! Just have the users select the new location when the > system complains about the old one no longer being available. > > "William" wrote in message > news:4E29505A-4065-4425-93BB-63608EB8BC0B@microsoft.com... > > Hey guys, > > > > We have an implemetation of VSS 6.0 on on old box which is on it's last > > legs... I need to move VSS off this box and on to a new box... > > > > Does anyone have a link to a document on how to do this? Or can anyone > > list > > the procedure here? > > > > Also, is VSS capable of running on a VM? > > > > Thanks! > > > > >
If you're being prompted for username and password, I suspect it's a file permission issue. Make sure the underlying file permissions are set the same as well - not just the share permissions. If they cannot browse to the new share and open their SS.INI file in explorer the permissions are not set to allow them access. "William" wrote in message news:8F1875FA-1B88-4914-A670-0BAF90506604@microsoft.com... > Hey Brian, Thanks for the quick reply... > > Ok, The VSS directory is shared and i have made note of the permissions on > the share... > I have moved the VSS directory to the new location and created the new > share. Now, when the users try to access the data at the new location they > are being prompted for a user name and password... It doesn't seem to know > who they are any more... > When trying to log in as Admin we receive the error: Unable to open user > login file \\server\vss\data\loggedin\Admin.log > When I check that location on both the new and old location there is no > such > file... > > Any ideas? > > > "bryan" wrote: > >> Note the permissions on the share where the VSS database is located (you >> DO >> have it behind it's own share, right?.. not shared with other databases >> or >> files ...) >> >> In Windows Explorer drag it from the old server to the new server. >> >> Add a share on the new server with the same permissions as the one on the >> old server. >> >> Remove the old share. >> >> presto - it's moved! Just have the users select the new location when >> the >> system complains about the old one no longer being available. >> >> "William" wrote in message >> news:4E29505A-4065-4425-93BB-63608EB8BC0B@microsoft.com... >> > Hey guys, >> > >> > We have an implemetation of VSS 6.0 on on old box which is on it's last >> > legs... I need to move VSS off this box and on to a new box... >> > >> > Does anyone have a link to a document on how to do this? Or can anyone >> > list >> > the procedure here? >> > >> > Also, is VSS capable of running on a VM? >> > >> > Thanks! >> > >> >> >>
I copied a 3.5GB Visual SourceSafe file to DVD. I then tried to access the copied SourceSafe in the DVD, but can't. When I tried to access it, I get "Unable to open user login file E:\EE4.9\data\loggedin\admin.log" Just like William, I can't find that file in the original SourceSafe. What is it trying to tell me? Any info would be greatly appreciated! Sam url:http://www.ureader.com/msg/15491050.aspx
