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Topic Title: DOORS database location move
Topic Summary: how to move the location of the database from the c: drive to a different letter
Created On: 15-Jun-2006 11:26
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 15-Jun-2006 11:26
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Friso Vandenbussche

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Hello all, We have been evaluating Doors 7.1 for a while now and in order to do so prepared a simple server with 1 big partition (c in which both Windows Server 2003, the doors server installation, the client and the database is stored. The users work from their workstations with the client. The general idea was to use this setup, evaluate, format when finished and cleanly install on a server splitting the data from the OS and the server/client installation. A clean start for a new deployment of software in the production environment. However, our engineers have been evaluating with production data and of course do not want to perform the work again... A second installation on a test server (not accessible to them for obvious reasons) has shown that during and after the installation there is only 1 reference for a drive letter to access the data: \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Telelogic\DOORS_Server\7.1\Config ==> ServerData So, can I copy the data from c: to d:, update the registry key to point to a d: drive + path and reboot the machine? Does this have a chance? FYI, the server remains the same (IP, name, license, etc), I will be simply adding a d: drive to it... Thanks!
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 15-Jun-2006 13:16
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David Rose

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I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work. I know that you can point a client to different directories by just changing the registry entry. I know of no reason why that wouldn't work with the server as well.

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 15-Jun-2006 14:57
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Hazel Woodcock

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If you don't want to poke about in the registry, you can just re-install DOORS pointing at the new location and then copy the files over.

Hazel
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 19-Jun-2006 07:23
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Friso Vandenbussche

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Hello, I tried the registry setting just now but after a reboot I get an error from the license file: feature removed or wrong server name... Strange, I only changed the path in the registry from C to D... Another strange detail in the license file: my hostid has completely changed! Just out of curiosty, is it possible that adding a second physical hard disk causes the doors license to become corrupt or recalculated based on the hardware?
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 19-Jun-2006 09:11
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Reik Schroeder

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Hi Frisco,

I know from other tools, that Flex LM is able to handle different methods to bind on hardware.
It can use network controller's MAC address or harddisk Id or ....

So it might be very conceivable that this is the problem ...

Greetings
Reik Schröder

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Evosoft GmbH
for Siemens Industry Sector


Berlin, Germany
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 19-Jun-2006 09:52
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Friso Vandenbussche

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What happened in the mean time is that after some investigation it would seem that adding a second harddrive has changed our ethernet address... Don't ask me why, I have only added an additional harddisk... To make things even more strange, this machine only has 1 single ethernet card and no Wifi or other connection possibilities. During the past few months we have rebooted multiple times and absolutely no problems. I have been in contact with the support of Doors and they will recalculate a license based on the new ethernet address. I will keep this thread updated.
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