Re: SharePoint Server woes - Please help!

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From: Bill English [MVP] (bill_at_mindsharp.com)
Date: 01/13/05 

Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 14:02:30 -0600

Ugh. Post this to the WSS group then, not the portal group. 

-- 
Bill English
www.mindsharp.com
www.mindsharpblogs.com
sharepointdiscussions@yahoogroups.com
"Blake" <Blake@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:B1E8C036-CBAA-4BB6-9429-834DE5E81E15@microsoft.com...
> Bill, thank you for your response.  I am using Windows SharePoint Server, 
> not
> SharePoint Portal Server, therefore I don not have the restore a portal
> option.  From the SharePoint Central Administration page, my Content 
> Database
> Server and Configuration Database are set up to the correct DBs.
>
> Any more ideas?
> Thank you!
>
> "Bill English [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> If the config DB was deleted, then you need to do the following:
>>
>> 1.  Reinstall the binaries
>> 2.  Like a new installation, create a new config DB.
>> 3.  Use the Restore a Portal option in the Create a Portal link in 
>> Central
>> Administration to re-attach your databases to your new farm
>>
>>
>> Does this help?
>>
>> -- 
>>
>> Bill English
>> www.mindsharp.com
>> www.mindsharpblogs.com
>> sharepointdiscussions@yahoogroups.com
>>
>>
>> "Blake" <Blake@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:2BA13DF3-2AC8-4634-B97B-0D2F6A4654F9@microsoft.com...
>> > Just got SharePoint Server 2.0 reinstalled from an accidentle deletion 
>> > of
>> > the
>> > Config database.  Recreated the Config database "SharePoint" and 
>> > pointed
>> > it
>> > to the existing Content database "STS_CSTORESERVER_1".  I now get the
>> > following error from my client browers:
>> > Error
>> > Cannot complete this action.
>> > Please try again.
>> > Troubleshoot issues with Windows SharePoint Services.
>> >
>> > From the Server's App log, the follow event keeps showing up:
>> > #50070: Unable to connect to the database SharePoint on CSTORESERVER.
>> > Check
>> > the database connection information and make sure that the database 
>> > server
>> > is
>> > running. Event ID 1000.
>> >
>> > Can anyone help me fix this PLEASE????
>> > Thank you in advance
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>

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