Alex,

Once you restore the database to the new server, all you need to do is run VSS Explorer, select File-Open-Browse, select the database location. Make sure to check the "Open this database next time I run Visual Source Safe".

HTH,
Kurt

>I am replacing an old NT4 box with new hardware and Win2K Server.
>All backups are being done to tape today. We will rename the old box in the LAN and keep the old name for the new replacement box so everything should be transparent.
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>We will reinstall apps and restore data from tape in the new server.
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>What I'm unsure of - never having done it before - is how to, once installing VSS in the new box, to import or restore the previous VSS database. I guess it should be simple, but I thought I asked before wasting time and resources on this. Yeah, I know, I should get Ted's book <g>