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6/21/2006 12:05 AM
 
Jon Morrissette

Joined: 3/26/2006
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The server hosting all of my websites has crashed.  The hard drives began failing slowly over a period of a month, resulting in the corruption of all of my portal files (including web.config) and even my backup files.  Then my data hosting company mishandled the damaged drives and formatted them--addnig insult to injury.  The end result is that after spending hundreds of dollars I was only able to recover the SQL database files.

Is there a procedure for rebuilding my websites with only the database file?  The database files contain over a thousand pages representing hundreds of hours of work by clients.  Please advise if you have ideas...  

 
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6/21/2006 8:04 AM
 
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ok, I will tr from memory:

First check the database for the highest DNN version number and modules installed.

Second install the same DNN version with a new database (be sure, you have the same object qualifier to preceed any table and sproc as in the old one, if there has been any) and the same list of modules. Create the same number and type of portals in the same order (see previous portals table)

Third get from the files table in the old database all installed files. Rebuild the file structure as it has been before the crash.

Fourth save the database and put a restore of the old one in place. You will not be able to login due to changed encryption keys.

Fifth register as a new user (if necessary set registration mode in portal settings to value 2) and go directly into the database, in table aspnet_membership copy the password and password salt from new user to host user. You shall now be able to login and reset passwords for other users.

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6/21/2006 11:38 PM
 
Jon Morrissette

Joined: 3/26/2006
Posts: 115

I am so at the mercy of someone helping me.  I believe I have followed all the steps above but I got the following error message...

 

Server Error in '/' Application.

The root element is missing.

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.Xml.XmlException: The root element is missing.

Source Error:

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.

Stack Trace: 

[XmlException: The root element is missing.]
   System.Xml.XmlTextReader.Read() +876
   System.Xml.XmlReader.MoveToContent() +75
   Microsoft.Xml.Serialization.GeneratedAssembly.XmlSerializationReaderRewriterConfiguration.Read5_RewriterConfig() +16

[InvalidOperationException: There is an error in XML document (0, 0).]
   System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.Deserialize(XmlReader xmlReader, String encodingStyle, XmlDeserializationEvents events) +424
   System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.Deserialize(XmlReader xmlReader, XmlDeserializationEvents events) +25
   System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.Deserialize(TextReader textReader) +164
   DotNetNuke.HttpModules.Config.RewriterConfiguration.GetConfig() +227
   DotNetNuke.HttpModules.UrlRewriteModule.OnBeginRequest(Object s, EventArgs e) +703
   System.Web.SyncEventExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication+IExecutionStep.Execute() +60
   System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +87

 
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6/22/2006 12:04 AM
 
Jon Morrissette

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Okay, there was a xml file called "siturls.config" of size 0kb in the root directory.  I copied this same file from another portal and fixed the issue.

 
 
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6/22/2006 12:06 AM
 
Jon Morrissette

Joined: 3/26/2006
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I have not been able to login as host after following step #5.  Is there anything else I should do?
 
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