how to recover sharepoint site from existing database after computer is renamed

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I have windows sharepoint service set up in a Virtual PC NAME1 and created a
sharepoint site http://localhost.

Next, I changed the computer name of this vpc to NAME2 and went to the same
site, it becomes unavailable, the error it reported is "Unable to connect to
database. Check database connection information and make sure the database
server is running. For tips on troubleshooting this error, search for
article 823287 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base at
http://support.microsoft.com."

This VPC is configured with SQL Server Desktop Engine (SharePoint), do you
know how to resolve this issue?

Thx,

TomC
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Re: how to recover sharepoint site from existing database after computer is renamed by Shane

Shane
Fri Jun 02 16:11:49 CDT 2006

You need to go back into central admin and point it at the new database
server. When you did the install you said the database server was NAME1.
NAME1 doesn't exist anymore so it can't find the database.

How to rename a computer that is running SharePoint
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=830970


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SharePoint911 - http://www.SharePoint911.com
Blog - http://msmvps.com/shane/



"TomC" <tchmiel@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
news:OWfF1XohGHA.4848@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>I have windows sharepoint service set up in a Virtual PC NAME1 and created
>a sharepoint site http://localhost.
>
> Next, I changed the computer name of this vpc to NAME2 and went to the
> same site, it becomes unavailable, the error it reported is "Unable to
> connect to database. Check database connection information and make sure
> the database server is running. For tips on troubleshooting this error,
> search for article 823287 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base at
> http://support.microsoft.com."
>
> This VPC is configured with SQL Server Desktop Engine (SharePoint), do you
> know how to resolve this issue?
>
> Thx,
>
> TomC
>
>


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Re: how to recover sharepoint site from existing database after computer is renamed by TomC

TomC
Wed Jun 07 09:27:47 CDT 2006

Thank you.

"Shane Young [SPS MVP]" <Shane @ SharePoint911 dot com> wrote in message
news:eTGUvkohGHA.3860@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> You need to go back into central admin and point it at the new database
> server. When you did the install you said the database server was NAME1.
> NAME1 doesn't exist anymore so it can't find the database.
>
> How to rename a computer that is running SharePoint
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=830970
>
>
> --
> Shane Young - SPS MVP
> SharePoint911 - http://www.SharePoint911.com
> Blog - http://msmvps.com/shane/
>
>
>
> "TomC" <tchmiel@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
> news:OWfF1XohGHA.4848@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>I have windows sharepoint service set up in a Virtual PC NAME1 and created
>>a sharepoint site http://localhost.
>>
>> Next, I changed the computer name of this vpc to NAME2 and went to the
>> same site, it becomes unavailable, the error it reported is "Unable to
>> connect to database. Check database connection information and make sure
>> the database server is running. For tips on troubleshooting this error,
>> search for article 823287 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base at
>> http://support.microsoft.com."
>>
>> This VPC is configured with SQL Server Desktop Engine (SharePoint), do
>> you know how to resolve this issue?
>>
>> Thx,
>>
>> TomC
>>
>>
>
>


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