Hi all,
We're trying to use VSS with PowerBuilder 9. We managed to
create a working environment that seems to work correctly,
though we have some serious performance issues.
First, I must say I'm positive the problems are not with
VSS itself, but rather in the environment configuration.
Having that said, the most important detail is that we use
a Novell NetWare network rather than Microsoft's. We do
connect to our file server through the MS path
(\\server\... rather than T:\...), but our system guy told
me this would definitely make work slower.
I was wondering if anyone here has some experience with
using VSS (6) over a Netware network, or a possible
workaround to offer (given that the company uses NetWare,
and only the developers use VSS).
TIA,
Eran
BTW, is there a reason the word "netware" cannot be found
in any of the newsgroups? Am I the first one to come
across a problem that involves the use of a Microsoft tool
in a Novell environment?
anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com - 24 Dec 2003 12:36 GMT
I've found a surprising (partial) solution:
When selecting a VSS database, even if we chose the
srcsafe.ini file through the novell path (T:\...), it
would be translated to an NT path (\\server\...). BTW, the
translation was erroneous, so eventually we had to select
the file via "network places".
The workaround is simple: I've modified the registry entry
to the right novell path. Turns out VSS has no problem
working with a novell path - it's just impossible to
define one in a straightforward manner.
I'm neither a VSS nor a NetWare expert, but this looks to
me like one hell of a bug in VSS. Is there any MS person
around who'd like to comment on that?
Eran
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