I've installed TFS 2017 in Windows server 2016. I just want to know the following
where are the installation logs stored in server?
Where are the transaction/history logs stored in server?
Correct me if am wrong, is it possible to backup history of logs and attach to TFS upgrade [in case of TFS version upgrade]?
The installation log file generally store in temp folder.
Typically this folder is : C:\Users\{name}\AppData\Local\Temp
And the Configuration logs stored in:
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Team Foundation\Server Configuration\Logs
The logs should be stored accordingly in case of TFS version upgrade.
Please refer to below articles for details(Even documented with old version of TFS and it's still apply for the new versions):
Where to find the TFS installation log?
I’m having problems with TFS install/upgrade/repair/uninstall –
where are the log files?
Trace/logging configuration in Team Foundation Server 11
Related
I setup a 3 tier TFS preprod environment that includes: an application server, a build server and one database server (SQL Server 2016).
I restored SQL Server databases from the production environment to the preprod environment, installed TFS 2017 on the app server, attached the database and tested successfully.
I then upgraded TFS 2017 to TFS2018 and tested successfully. I restored the databases from SQL Server 2016 to SQL Server 2017, updated compatibility mode on the databases to SQL Server 2017, stopped the collection in preprod environment, edited settings to point to the new SQL Server 2017 instance, clicked Test (which was successful), saved, clicked Start Collection and got an error
TF400787: The host 'DefaultCollection' cannot be started. The servicing needs to be scheduled and completed before the host can be started.
The TFS account I'm using to run TFS Admin Console is a sysadmin on all databases: TFS_Configuration, TFS_DefaultCollection and TFS_Warehouse.
How can I resolve this error and attach "DefaultCollection?"
How can I resolve this error and attach "DefaultCollection?"
The cause of this problem seems to be the loss of data in the database.
Generally, there will be backup database when using tfs or before tfs upgrade. You could use the backup of the databases to restore the database.
Here are the steps to re-configure the TFS:
Step1: Unconfigure the TFSfeature. You could use the "Remove feature" option in Administration console to remove feature or use the TfsConfig setup / uninstall：All
Step2: Restore the database from the backup.
Step3: Configure the TFS again in Administration Console.
In addition, you could go to TFS Administration Console -> the target collection -> Status tab. Then you could find the job that is failed, try to click the Rerun Job button and check the result.
Here is the ticket with a similar issue, you can refer to it
I'm not sure that TFS-aggregator will work in Tfs2018.Update1.RC1
But as per the below image, it should work(I hope)
I'm trying to do some POC by creating a rule using TFS aggregator
All works fine when I tested my rules using TFSAggregator2.ConsoleApp.exe
Now I want to deploy this rule to my original TFS (which will automatically trigger for every save on the WIT)
I've followed the instruction from here
As per that the Step 5 is,
Copy TFSAggregator2.ServerPlugin.dll, TFSAggregator2.Core.dll and
TFSAggregator2.ServerPlugin.policies to the plugin location on the
Application Tier of your TFS Servers:
The plugin folder is usually at this path for TFS 2017: C:\Program
Files\Microsoft Team Foundation Server 15.0\Application Tier\Web
Services\bin\Plugins; You must copy the exact same files on all TFS
Application Tier servers. TFS detects automatically that a file was
copied in and will load it in.
You can verify if assembly version matches TFS version using this
Powershell code
My Problem
I couldn't able to find the TFSAggregator2.ServerPlugin.dll, TFSAggregator2.Core.dll in my current directory which looks like this
The two dlls were already in the destination folder!
So I just copy and paste my TFSAggregator2.ServerPlugin.policies from C:\Program Files\TFS Aggregator\samples to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2018\Application Tier\Web Services\bin\Plugins
I thought this will work but it's not working
Solutions so far which I tried
Restarted the tfsjobagent net stop tfsjobagent , net start tfsjobagent
My customer is installing Team Foundation Server Office® Integration 2017 tools on their isolated environment. for the similar environment, which is windows 7 sp1 64bit, some succeed, some failed. for the failed, An install window just flash before it disappears. how to check it? is there any place we can find the installation log file? thanks.
and where can I find the requirement document for Team Foundation Server Office® Integration 2017? does it require the similar environment as Visual studio 2017.
Try to log on to the TFS server with the setup user’s account and open the user’s temp folder. Typically this folder is C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Temp. And find TFS installation log file name should resemble “dd_tfs_{}_{}.log”.
In addition, you need to check Requirements and compatibility for TFS installation at website below:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/vsts/tfs-server/requirements?view=vsts
Now we plan to move our running Tfs server to another machine in data center.
Running tfs server specifications:
1.Having several tiers: two app tiers and two data tiers
Data center tfs server specifications:
1.Single box topology: the data base and the tfs server in the same virtual machine
We have done the following steps to do backup:
Run tfsbackup.exe (C:\Program Files\Microsoft Team Foundation Server 11.0\Tools) to backup the tfs from running tfs
Backup all data bases including the report servers (the data bases are selected default by tfsbackup.exe tool)
Backup the encryption key for reporting services (followed steps in here)
After backup, we do the following to restore the tfs:
Log to data center tfs server as tfs service account (the tfs service account should be in local administrator group)
Run the TfsRestore.exe (C:\Program Files\Microsoft Team Foundation Server 11.0\Tools) to restore data base backup
After restore, open the tfs console to attach the collection from the restored data base
Issue:
When we try to attach the collection, we are blocked at the step to list the available data base: the restored data base can't be listed out.
Could anyone give some suggestion?
Thank you very much.
After some investigation, we found out the way to store the tfs is wrong.
Actually we are doing tfs transfer. So we should do the following steps to do tfs transfer and it works:
Logon tfs server in data center as tfs service account, and the tfs service account should be in local administrator group
Open tfs console and remove tfs feature : remove the current installed tfs instance
Manually delete all tfs related data bases in data base server
Be sure the related tfs service is running including www service
Run the TfsRestore.exe (C:\Program Files\Microsoft Team Foundation Server 11.0\Tools) to restore data base backup
Run TFS installer and follow the Application-Tier Only wizard to do tfs transfer configuration
At the data base step, click list available data base to list the restored data base
Restart the tfs server
Check the tfs configuration in the tfs console and update some links
10.
Thanks.
I have TFS 2015 in Windows server 2008r2, for the disaster recovery and some precautions I would like to do the existing TFS backup and restoring them to another server, what is the best way to do this ?
TFS version is 2015 update 4 and SQL server 2014.
Please suggest me something.
It is a well documented process that is pretty prevalent online.
The official documentation is here
You will backup databases (config and collection)
Restore
Install and configure TFS app tier only and point it to the restored databases.