Re: Installing WSS with the WMSDE installed to D: instead of C:
From: Margaret Wilson (twokatmew_at_nospam.msn.com)
Date: 05/18/04
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Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 12:37:39 -0400
OK, I've tested this, and here's how it works:
Even though you might specify the data dir as "d:\spoint\" for example,
setup still creates a subdirectory within your data dir called
"MSSQL$SHAREPOINT" and then creates its various subdirectories within that.
*All* databases are in this data directory, including master, tempdb, etc.
If, when you specify your data directory, you leave off the second
backslash, setup creates a directory named d:\spointMSSQL$SHAREPOINT (using
my previous example). If you specify "d:\\" as the data directory, all
WMSDE data gets created in d:\MSSQL$SHAREPOINT.
You can find the "setupsts.exe" file by manually extracting the files from
the sharepoint install exe, STSV2.EXE. To do this, you'll need to run STSV2
with the /t and /c switches. For more information run STSV2 with the /?
switch.
Once the files are extracted, you can run SETUPSTS.EXE with /?, but the
/datadir switch is not documented. There are two *.htm files that also get
extracted, setup.htm and stsread.htm. Neither of these files document the
/datadir switch either.
Hope this info helps,
Regards,
Margaret
-- Margaret Wilson, MCSE Health Information Technology Michigan State University "Mike Walsh" <englantilainen@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:%23tEbGyzOEHA.736@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... > There was a recent thread that I can no longer find where we (mainly me) > went in circles about how to install WSS so that the default database is > installed on D:. It was a case where my experience with STS proved > completely wrong and all we ended up with was install to C: and then use a > KB article to move the database. > > Well there's a better way and it's very clearly spelt out in the WSS User > Guide. > > ********* > Install Windows SharePoint Services specifying the location of the WMSDE > database > > If you want to specify the location to install the WMSDE database, use the > /datadir= option with the setupsts.exe command line tool. > The syntax is as follows: > setupsts.exe /datadir="path\\" > > For example, to install the WMSDE database to the d:\program > files\wmsdedata\ directory, type the command: > setupsts.exe /datadir="d:\program files\wmsdedata\\" > ******** > (The next longer paragraph gives even more information) > > > Apologies for the mess-up in the first post! > > Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland > WSS FAQ at wss.collutions.com > Please post questions to the newsgroup only. > >
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