Renaming TFS 2008 - sharepoint problem

Question

Hi

I've gone through the procedures to rename a TFS server (single server deployment) per this url
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms253106.aspx

Everything worked ok except for  sharepoint (3.0), when following the steps listed here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc668750.aspx

I try to detach the content database, by ticking the "Remove content database" box. When I click OK, the page just rereshes and nothing happens.

This is the last thing holding up my rename, but have been stuck on it for hours. Any suggestions would be appreciated?

av

Answer 1

Ok finally fixed the problem:

I restored the wss_content database into sql server as wss_content2.

I then tried to attach the newly restored content db using sstsadm -o addcontentdb where I got this error:

An update conflict has occurred, and you must re-try this action. The object SPW
ebApplication Name=Default Web Site Parent=SPWebService is being updated by DEV\
Administrator, in the w3wp process, on machine XXXX.  View the tracing lo
g for more information about the conflict.

I then found this article about clearing wss 3 cache which fixed that problem:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/939308


Once the new db was attached, I could then detach it  and reattached the original.


Btw. I believe most of this arose from the machine originally having a duplicate name on the domain, as it was a virtualised copy of another TFS machine. So make sure you rename your machine before adding to the domain.