Visual SourceSafe 6.0 (2002)

Install, configure and maintain a Visual SourceSafe installation. Presented at the Essential Fox Conference, Kansas City, 2002

Transcript

1. Visual SourceSafe Session Number Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com
2. Essential Fox 2002 Who Am I? • President of TR&A, LLC Consulting • Microsoft Certified Solution Developer, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer • Co-Author of Hacker’s Guide to VFP 6 • Author of Essential SourceSafe • Microsoft Support MVP
3. Essential Fox 2002 Outline • Installation • Configuration – Limitations of Integrated SCC • Maintenance – Preventative – Repair
4. Essential Fox 2002 Installation • Run Server Install once – Place on Network Share • Run Client Install on each PC • Then, run SP on each PC
5. Essential Fox 2002 Configuration • For Integrated SCC, multiple checkouts • Project Security • For each language, Tools/Options
6. Essential Fox 2002 Limitations of Integrated SCC • Project must be in tree structure • All PCs must be configured • PJM files get “confused” • Low-bandwidth connections slow
7. Essential Fox 2002 How many developers? • Integrated SCC for 1 to n users • Some people say n<=2 • Network configuration • Try out SourceOffSite
8. Essential Fox 2002 Maintenance • Structure of PJM file • Physical File List • Regular ANALYZE testing
9. Essential Fox 2002 Disaster Recovery • Make backups! • Run analyze and repair database regularly. Then analyze again. • Most recent source is always in . A or .B files • With Physical Files Lists, all can be recovered.
10. Essential Fox 2002 Summary • Configure carefully • Maintain regularly • Have backups ready
11. Essential Fox 2002 Essential Fox Web Update www.essentialfox.com This session will/will not have web updates.
12. Essential Fox 2002 Thank you! Please remember to fill out your evaluation.