Microsoft Visual SourceSafe

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	Visual SourceSafe Admin & Maintenance Script

Key Features:

• VSS Database backups ( 5 latest copies)
• Auto Locking & folder sharing/unsharing
• Database analysis and repair
• Email Notification

Description:
Script performs routine maintenance and visual sourcesafe database backup.A log file listing the output of all actions taken in this script(vssmaintvssmaint-.log) is generated.If the script is run more than one in one day, the log file is appended.email the logfile to VSS administrator.

A) The VSS database is locked

B) The network drive is unshared and reshared after all task ate complated.

C) If optional argument -copy is provided, copy the data folder as data.bak before analyze utility is exectued.

D) Analyzing the data folder to look for signs of database corruption due to network or operating system problems and fixing the errors (using VSS Analyze utility). The Analyze utility is exextued up to three times (if any problem found) to correct problems. (Analyze utility generates its log info in databackupanalyze.log,which is also copied to a log file generated by this script)

E) Archiving the database (using SourceSafe achieve utility).
If Archive switch is active (file archive_on is present) do archive otherwise skip. Latest 5 copies of previous archive files are maintained on local drive. It would be wise to have weekly tape backup incase the local drive failure. The root folder where the backups are stored is ..archivebackups and each archive file is stored in a seperate folder named as backup.bak0... backup.bak5, where backup.bak0 folder contains the latest.

F) Cleaning the "Temp" folder (VSS usually places files in its Temp folder while running, and deletes them before quitting. Some circumstances, such as having to restart, can cause files to remain in the Temp folder a waste of disk space). Empty the temp folder (path specified in srcsafe.ini)

G) Send emails or Net Send Notification to Administrator and attach log files as body.