How to Create a new VSS Database? UM.dat not found?

[stevenang]

Thanks in advance for reading this and any help offered.

We have a single VSS database, which is growing too large, I have identified the data I want to move out of the old db, however I am having a problem creating the new database.

I have a blank directory (mapped from a NAS Server) and I am logging into the sourcesafe admin tool to the current database and then selecting the tools menu and create a database, pointing to the the new location and clicking OK.

The new database files for data, users, temp and the srcsafe.ini file are all created in the correct location, however when I tried to log into the database, I get an error saying the UM.dat file is missing.

What do I need to do to get the new database working so I can log in and start moving data?

Thanks

 

[microcog]

Hi,
There should be an um.dat in your data folder... Um.dat stores database users. Unfortunately, it also stores a unique identifier for the database which means that you can't just copy and paste the Um.dat file from your existing database into the new one. Try to create a new um.dat file for your new database using the instructions in

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320319.

If that doesn't work for you, let us know.

microcog