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--- server:database_location [2018/04/04 03:41] – Scott Cunliffe
+++ server:database_location [2025/01/21 22:07] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ====== Changing the Database Location ======
-The TapeTrack database location can be changed by specifying the ''-h argument'' when starting TapeTrack.
+The TapeTrack database location can be changed by specifying the ''-h'' argument when starting TapeTrack.
 <note important>It is recommended that the TapeTrack database not be stored on an SMB or NFS share.</note>
-===== Changing the Database Location On Windows  =====
+===== Changing The Database Location Via The Server Helper =====
-==== Changing The Database Via The Server Helper ====
 Double click the Server Helper icon, installed on your desktop by default, to start the **Server Helper**.
+{{:server:server_tmss10serverhelper_icon.png}}
+Alternatively, in your TapeTrack Install directory (\TapeTrack\TapeTrack Framework Server), double click the file TMSS10ServerHelper.exe.
 In the field **Home** insert the fully qualified directory location for the var/db directory.
+{{:server:server_tmss10serverhelper_set_db_directory.png}}
 Click ''Save Service Settings'' to update the server's database location.
-Click ''Stop'' under the **Control Service** until the *Status** reads **Stopped**, and then click ''Start'' to restart the service using the new settings.
+Click ''Stop'' under the **Control Service** until the **Status** reads **Stopped**, and then click ''Start'' to restart the service using the new settings.
 Login to TapeMaster to check the database redirection was successful.
-==== Changing The Database Location Manually ====
+===== Changing The Database Location Manually In Windows =====
+{{page>technote:registry_edit}}
 Open administrative command window and stop the TapeTrack service with the command **net stop TMSS10SVC**.
-Open regedit and  navigate to **HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\TMSS10SVC**.
+In regedit, navigate to **HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\TMSS10SVC**.
-Double click on ImagePath to open Edit String window.
+Double click on **ImagePath** to open the Edit String window.
-Add argument **–h** to end of current string and fully qualified path of db folder.
+Add ''-h'' argument to end of current String and fully qualified path of db folder.
 Click OK and exit out of registry.
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 Login to TapeMaster to check the database redirection was successful.
-===== Changing the Database Location On Linux  =====
 <- server:logging|Logging ^ server:advanced|Advanced Administration ^ server:reload|Reloading the database ->