Question

Need to recreate Content Database for Central Admin in WSS 3.0

Asked by: rockethobbit

The existing one got deleted from SQL server and there are no backups...

Content Database for Central Admin = Gone
Content Database For Site Data = Ok (The sharepoint site is up and running, I just can't manage it.)
Configuration Database for Farm = Ok

The admin console results in "The page cannot be found"

Ideas?

Using the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard will not help. Have disconnected from farm and rejoined, but it has to have the actual Central Admin DB available to display the console.

Tried this command with no luck:

psconfig -cmd configdb -create -server dBSERV -admincontentdatabase WSS_AdminContent -user DOMAIN\administrator -password xxxx

This Question has been solved and asker verified All Experts Exchange premium technology solutions are available to subscription members.

Subscribe now for full access to Experts Exchange and get

Instant Access to this Solution

  • Plus...
  • 30 Day FREE access, no risk, no obligation
  • Collaborate with the world's top tech experts
  • Unlimited access to our exclusive solution database
  • Never be left without tech help again

Subscribe Now

Asked On
2009-02-10 at 20:14:56ID24132140
Topic

MS SharePoint

Participating Experts
1
Points
0
Comments
11

Trusted by hundreds of thousands everyday for fast, accurate and reliable tech support.

  • "The time we save is the biggest benefit of Experts Exchange to Warner Bros. What could take multiple guys 2 hours or more each to find is accessed in around 15 minutes on Experts Exchange." Mike Kapnisakis, Warner Bros.
  • "Our team likes having a resource that is more secure than just using Google and most experts using this service really know their stuff. It's nice to look here first versus using Google." Dayna Sellner, Lockheed Martin
  • "Anytime that I've been stumped with a problem, 9 out of 10 times Experts Exchange has either the accepted solution or an open discussion of the potential solution to the problem." Kenny Red, eBay Inc.

See what Experts Exchange can do for you.

Got a question?

We've got the answer.

Experts Exchange has been collecting answers to technology questions since 1996…3 million and counting! If you have a question, chances are we already have your answer.

Screenshot of Experts Exchange Knowledgebase

Need individual assistance?

Our experts are ready to help.

If you can't find the exact answer you're looking for, ask our exclusive community of 50,000 experts. You’ll get a personalized answer from a trusted professional.

Screenshot of Experts Exchange Knowledgebase

Want to learn from the best?

Read articles from industry experts.

Thousands of free tech tips, tricks, how-to’s and tutorials are available in our peer reviewed articles section. See for yourself how smart our experts are, no login required.

Screenshot of an Article

Working on a long term project?

Store your work and research.

Save solutions to your questions, answers you’ve discovered through searching plus helpful articles in your personal knowledgebase for easy future access.

Screenshot of Experts Exchange Knowledgebase

Access the answers to your technology questions today.

Subscribe Now

30-day free trial. Register in 60 seconds.

What Makes Experts Exchange Unique?

Members of the expert community talk about why the experience at Experts Exchange is different than what you will find anywhere else.

Trusted by the world's most respected brands.

image of each brand's logo

Faithfully serving IT professionals since 1996.

Experts Exchange Logo

Try it out and discover for yourself.

Subscribe Now

30-day free trial. Register in 60 seconds.

Related Solutions

  1. Upgrade WSS 2.0 to WSS 3.0
    I have Project Server 2003 installed in a Farm Configuration: Database - Clustered SQL 2000 Front End - Load Balanced WSS 2.0 and Microsoft Project 2003 Views/Session Manager - Seperate W2K3 machine I am not going to 2007 yet but I want to upgrade to WSS 3.0. I have read a ...
  2. Problem with WSS Search
    Hi, I have a problem with WSS search 3.0. It has stopped working and giving me the following error: The update cannot be started because the content sources cannot be accessed. Fix the errors and try the update again. Set up is as follows: Two Windows 2008, 64bit servers. O...
  3. WSS 2.0 Upgrade to WSS 3.0
    Hi, I am in the process of upgrading wss 2.0 with portal 2003 to wss 3.0. is this possible if i do inplace upgrade on the same box, will protal 2003 work with wss 3.0? (i think not) if not then how do i upgrade wss 2.0 to wss 3.0 including portal 2003? cheers
  4. What is the function of WSS_WPG?
    Hi there Does anyone know what function the following local sharepoint groups have? WSS_Admin_WPG WSS_Restricted_WPG WSS_WPG Or does anyone know where I can find a description of them? Obviously there is only the administrator account in each of these groups.
  5. SharePoint WSS Farm ID
    I have Sharepoint WSS 3.0. Can someone tell me how to locate my Farm ID. I need it so I can get a free software license for Roxority. Thanks!
  6. How do I find out if the sharepoint Farm has WSS or MOSS …
    Hello Experts, Is there any way I can see if the Sharepoint portal running is WSS or MOSS 2007? I see the server does have Excel calculation service running , but I have to install Sharepoint designer 2007 which was not there on the Server to modify content. Still I can't fi...

Free Tech Articles

  1. WARNING: 5 Reasons why you should NEVER fix a computer for free.
    It is in our nature to love the puzzle. We are obsessed. The lot of us. We love puzzles. We love the challenge. We thrive on finding the answer. We hate disarray. It bothers us deep in our soul. W...
  2. SCCM OSD Basic troubleshooting
    SCCM 2007 OSD is a fantastic way to deploy operating systems, however, like most things SCCM issues can sometimes be difficult to resolve due to the sheer volume of logs to sift through and the dispe...
  3. Migrate Small Business Server 2003 to Exchange 2010 and Windows 2008 R2
    This guide is intended to provide step by step instructions on how to migrate from Small Business Server 2003 to Windows 2008 R2 with Exchange 2010. For this migration to work you will need the fo...
  4. Create a Win7 Gadget
    This article shows you how to create a simple "Gadget" -- a sort of mini-application supported by Windows 7 and Vista. Gadgets can be dropped anywhere on the desktop to provide instant information, ...
  5. Outlook continually prompting for username and password
    There have been a lot of questions recently regarding Outlook prompting for a username and password whilst using Exchange 2007. There are a few reasons why this would happen and I will try to cover t...
  6. Backup Exchange 2010 Information Store using Windows Backup
    There seems to be quite a lot of confusion around the ability to backup Exchange 2010 using the built in Windows Backup feature. This stems from the omission of this feature prior to Exchange 2007 s...

Cloud Class Webinars

  1. Avoiding Bugs in Microsoft Access
    Alison Balter takes and in-depth look at avoiding bugs in Access. In this webinar you will learn about using the immediate window to debug your applications, invoking the debugger, using breakpoints to troubleshoot, stepping through code, setting the next statement to execute, ...
  2. Top 10 Best New Features in Visio 2010
    Scott Helmers gives live demonstrations of the top 10 new features in Visio 2010. This webinar will teach you how to create compelling diagrams by adding shapes to the page with a single click, linking the shapes in a diagram to data in Excel (or SQL Server, or SharePoint), ...
  3. IT Consultant Business Secrets Revealed
    Michael Munger, Experts Exchange tech pro and IT consultant, pulls back the curtain on his very successful businesses and answers question on every IT consultant and business owner should know about. He shares secrets on what he did to solve the 5 most common problems in IT, ...
  4. Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
    Quest CTO, Mike Billon, gives an overview of the steps involved in building a dunamic disaster recovery plan. Through case studies and an examination of software/hardware tooles for monitoring and testing, you'll gain a better understandin of where you are, where you want ...
  5. Organize Your Visio Diagrams with Containers and Lists
    Scott Helmers uses cross functional flowcharts, wireframe diagrams, data graphic legends and seating charts to teach you: how to ustilize all three new structured diagram components in Visio 2010, the best practices for organizeing shapes in previous version of Visio, how to organize ...
  6. How to Us Objects, Properties, Events and Methods in Microsoft Access
    Alison Dalter gives an in-depbth look at objects, properties, events and methods in Microsoft Access. In this webinar you will learn about using the object browser, referring to objects, working with properties and methods, working with object variables, understanding the ...

Join the Community

Give a Little. Get a Lot.

Join the community of experts here and help other tech pros by answering question in your area of expertise. You can earn FREE access to all Experts Exchange's premium features and resources.

Join the Community

Answers

 

by: shailaja_kumarPosted on 2009-02-11 at 00:38:50ID: 23609191

Although I have never come across this situation before, please excuse me if you have executed the following command,
stsadm -o addcontentdb -url <Central Admin Url> -databasename <databasename>

Regards,
Shailaja

 

by: rockethobbitPosted on 2009-02-11 at 12:06:32ID: 23615481

Thanks. That creates the database, but I have found out that the original Content Database for Central Admin DB is not deleted and we have lots of backup's of it.

What happended is someone with a different Sharepoint site installed their site into the same SQL  instance as the existing site and somehow screwed up the assignments of the DB's.

So I am guess what may work not is just RE-CONNECTING to the old one.

I am trying to find the connect stsadm or psconfig command that would allow me to tell the system to re-connect to the old Content Database for Central Admin DB.

Any ideas?

 

by: rockethobbitPosted on 2009-02-11 at 12:08:13ID: 23615504

It's lame they don't let you edit posts...

This line above:

"So I am guess what may work not is just RE-CONNECTING to the old one."

Should have read:

"So I am guessing what may work is just RE-CONNECTING to the old one."

 

by: shailaja_kumarPosted on 2009-02-11 at 18:45:05ID: 23618740

You can reconnect to a content database that you have removed by adding it again. To reconnect to an existing content database, you need to use the same database server and database name, Can you follow the below link and check if it helped
http://www.ekegren.dk/blog/AddBlogComment.aspx?id=18022

Regards,
Shailaja

 

by: rockethobbitPosted on 2009-02-16 at 13:58:08ID: 23654279

Disregard my notes above about the admin content database being available. I do not have a copy of the DB the system is looking for when you goto Central Admin website. The Event log lists the name of the missing DB.

I need to find out how to re-create the Central Admin server generated DB. It is the Admin content database that has the server generated GUID attached.

I am trying to avoid having to blow away the farm and re-create it then attach the user content DB.

Does anyone know of a way of re-creating the CENTRAL ADMIN SERVER GENERATED DB?

 

by: shailaja_kumarPosted on 2009-02-16 at 19:17:24ID: 23656104

Please refer to the link provided in the previous link for your query.

Regards,
Shailaja

 

by: rockethobbitPosted on 2009-02-16 at 20:56:42ID: 23656453

That solutions requires that I have an existing content DB. I do not have one. I need to create one from scratch...

 

by: shailaja_kumarPosted on 2009-02-16 at 22:34:41ID: 23656766

did you have a look at the following document, its for sharepoint 2003, i am not exactly aware if it will work the same for 2007.
http://kiefter.members.winisp.net/blog/recreateconfig.doc

All the best,
Shailaja

 

by: rockethobbitPosted on 2009-02-16 at 22:47:00ID: 23656799

If I blow away the farm config and just create a new farm and attach the user content DB. What impact would that have on the farm. It's only a single server running all services.

 

by: rockethobbitPosted on 2009-03-02 at 18:26:19ID: 23780417

Still no answer to the question above.

 

by: rockethobbitPosted on 2009-03-09 at 12:54:55ID: 23840068

I fixed the problem myself by creating new farm and attaching user db to new farm.

20120131-EE-VQP-002

3 Ways to Join

30-Day Free Trial

The Experts

98% positive feedback on 31,087 answers since March 2000. angeliii is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for his work with MS SQL Server & Develoment.

He has also proven his knowledge of Visual Basic Programming, PHP Scripting and Oracle Databases.

The Experts

97% positive feedback on 10,752 answers since July 2000. lrmoore has more than 18 years experience in the networking industry.

The six-time Mircosoft MVPs specialties include firewalls, virtual private networking, and network management.

Testimonials

"...and excellent source for support... Kind of like having your very own IT dept." Electriciansnet

Testimonials

"I was apprehensive at signing up at first. However... it has already made my life as an IT administrator much easier." JaCrews

Testimonials

"WOW! You guys have great, active, and knowledgeable people on here." moore50

Business Clients

Business Clients

In the Press

"If you’ve got a question... Experts Exchange can supply an answer.”

In the Press

"...an invaluable aid for both IT professionals and those who require tech support."

In the Press

"where IT professionals provide quick answers on just about any topic"

Business Account Plans

Loading Advertisement...