faild connection to a VSS Database on mapped drive

dragonboat · Post by **dragonboat** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 4:26 am

Hi, everyone,
I've got a problem with my SOS 4.1 + VSS 6.0, the Database is on a mapped drive. But if I try to start the server, the server wouldn't start

("The SourceOffSite Server 4 service on Local Computer started and stopped. Some services stop automatically if they have no work to do, for

example, the Performance Logs and Alerts service").

The Logfile says:

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24.03.2005 10:21:46 - ****************************************************
24.03.2005 10:21:46 - SourceOffSite Server 4.1 Professional - With Cryptography

24.03.2005 10:21:46 - CurrentCulture is de-CH.

24.03.2005 10:21:47 - Server Information
24.03.2005 10:21:47 -     Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional
24.03.2005 10:21:47 -     Service Pack: 1.0
24.03.2005 10:21:47 -     OS Version: 5.1.2600
24.03.2005 10:21:47 -     Locale: Ox0807
24.03.2005 10:21:47 -     OSLanguage: 1033
24.03.2005 10:21:47 -     Total Physical Memory: 503.48 MB
24.03.2005 10:21:47 -     Time Zone: (GMT+01:00) Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna
24.03.2005 10:21:47 - 
24.03.2005 10:21:47 - SSAPI.dll Information:
24.03.2005 10:21:47 -     Location: file:///C:/Program Files/SourceOffSite Server/Interop.SourceSafeTypeLib.DLL
24.03.2005 10:21:47 -     DisplayName: Interop.SourceSafeTypeLib, Version=5.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null
24.03.2005 10:21:47 -     
24.03.2005 10:21:47 - Started at 24.03.2005 10:21:47

24.03.2005 10:21:47 - General logging level is Error.	Method logging is Disabled.

24.03.2005 10:21:47 - Number of licenses configured: 10
24.03.2005 10:21:47 - P:\\UOL\\VSS\\srcsafe.ini does not exist!
24.03.2005 10:21:47 - Invalid or no databases to support.
24.03.2005 10:21:47 - Error starting up server. Stopping now....

But if I copy the database on my workstation, it works:

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24.03.2005 10:19:34 - ****************************************************
24.03.2005 10:19:34 - SourceOffSite Server 4.1 Professional - With Cryptography

24.03.2005 10:19:34 - CurrentCulture is de-CH.

24.03.2005 10:19:34 - Server Information
24.03.2005 10:19:34 -     Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional
24.03.2005 10:19:34 -     Service Pack: 1.0
24.03.2005 10:19:34 -     OS Version: 5.1.2600
24.03.2005 10:19:34 -     Locale: Ox0807
24.03.2005 10:19:34 -     OSLanguage: 1033
24.03.2005 10:19:34 -     Total Physical Memory: 503.48 MB
24.03.2005 10:19:34 -     Time Zone: (GMT+01:00) Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna
24.03.2005 10:19:34 - 
24.03.2005 10:19:34 - SSAPI.dll Information:
24.03.2005 10:19:34 -     Location: file:///C:/Program Files/SourceOffSite Server/Interop.SourceSafeTypeLib.DLL
24.03.2005 10:19:34 -     DisplayName: Interop.SourceSafeTypeLib, Version=5.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null
24.03.2005 10:19:34 -     
24.03.2005 10:19:34 - Started at 24.03.2005 10:19:34

24.03.2005 10:19:34 - General logging level is Error.	Method logging is Disabled.

24.03.2005 10:19:34 - Number of licenses configured: 10
24.03.2005 10:19:34 - SourceSafe Initialization file(s) located at:
24.03.2005 10:19:34 - \\utchws300\temp\vss\srcsafe.ini

24.03.2005 10:19:34 - utchws300 is attempting to listen for connections on unsecure port 8080

24.03.2005 10:19:34 - Waiting for a connection....secure = False
24.03.2005 10:21:21 - Stopping the service.

Can anyone help me?

lbauer · Post by **lbauer** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 10:52 am

We don't recommend using mapped drives, since the mapping is determined by who's logged into the server machine at a particular time.

However, it could be that the account running the SOS Server service does not have access to that path.

See this KB article for more information:
http://support.sourcegear.com/viewtopic.php?t=771