Re: WSUS and WSS 3.0 broken

I'm assuming you have data in your companyweb site that you don't want to lose. In that case, I'd recommend calling CSS (Microsoft support) and letting them walk you through the restore procedure.

If you don't have data at risk, you could just reinstall companyweb and WSUS. Please post back if you need help going that route.

By the way, you might be able to get those database files back from shadow copies if they're enabled on the drive where the database was installed.

"Hugh" <Hugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1F289A62-C152-40DA-9091-9CF42BB90B6F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Nick,

Unfortunately the documentation just gave me the command line string but did
not provide the files and paths to the uninstalled db.

I appreciate your input and will post the solution when I find one.

Regards.
--
Hugh


"Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" wrote:

Sorry, I don't know the path offhand. My own server has a custom WSUS
install to its own drive, and it was upgraded from WSUS 2, so I can't say
for sure where they belong. Can you tell from the document that recommended
deleting the database?

"Hugh" <Hugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:7A7AE7B7-5C01-44EE-A59F-EDE2BBE80519@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Dave,
>
> Thanks for the prompt reply. I run a full daily backup but am unsure as > to
> the correct path that I need to restore to. I did not want to restore > the
> incorrect files.
>
> Any ideas as to what the correct path might be?
>
> Thanks again for your assistance.
> -- > Hugh
>
>
> "Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Can you restore a backup of that database? That database is shared by
>> things other than WSUS, which I believe is what you're running into
>> here -
>> WSS uses that database in addition to WSUS, so you're going to have to
>> restore it in order to get WSS working again.
>>
>>
>> "Hugh" <Hugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:513C1BE1-BA8C-450E-9F81-FEAD8AB52325@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > In trying to troubleshoot WSUS 3.0, I saw a post that directed me to
>> > remove
>> > the Windows Internal Database and reinstall WSUS. Now my WSS 3.0 and
>> > WSUS
>> > applications are broken. I have tried reinstalling both WSS and WSUS
>> > but I
>> > get a message that "failed to start the database service
>> > MSSQL$Microsoft##SSEE".
>> >
>> > Also, my event log is a sea of red - Windows Server Update Services
>> > Event
>> > 421: Connection to database failed. Reason=SQL Server does not exist >> > or
>> > access denied...:
>> >
>> > Any suggestions or assistance as how to fix these applications is
>> > greatly
>> > appreciated.
>> >
>> > -- >> > Hugh
>>
>>



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