Problems attemtpting Comparison Deployment in OD

My goal is simply to deploy the latest edition of a branch to a target server. I am trying to use a comparision deployment where the latest edition is compared against the previous edition. However, the log reports an error that my vPath is bad and that it cannot be parsed.

Here are three attempts at setting the <sourceTeamsite> attribute.
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<sourceTeamsite area="\\IWSERVER\default\main\CorporateWebSite\EDITION"
previousArea="\\IWSERVER\default\main\CorporateWebSite\EDITION\IW_PREV" >
<pathSpecification >
<path name="." >
</path>
<filters >
<excludePath subPath="templatedata" >
</excludePath>
</filters>
</pathSpecification>
</sourceTeamsite>
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<sourceTeamsite area="//IWSERVER/default/main/CorporateWebSite/EDITION"
previousArea="//IWSERVER/default/main/CorporateWebSite/EDITION\IW_PREV" >
<pathSpecification >
<path name="." >
</path>
<filters >
<excludePath subPath="templatedata" >
</excludePath>
</filters>
</pathSpecification>
</sourceTeamsite>
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<sourceTeamsite area="Y:\default\main\CorporateWebSite\EDITION"
previousArea="Y:\default\main\CorporateWebSite\EDITION\IW_PREV" >
<pathSpecification >
<path name="." >
</path>
<filters >
<excludePath subPath="templatedata" >
</excludePath>
</filters>
</pathSpecification>
</sourceTeamsite>

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For each one of these I get errors in the log similar to this.

ERROR: Could not parse vPath[\\IWSERVER\default\main\CorporateWebSite]
ERROR: Bad VPATH(\\IWSERVER\default\main\CorporateWebSite\EDITION) specified for area.
ERROR: Failed converting area(\\IWSERVER\default\main\CorporateWebSite\EDITION) to VPATH
ERROR: Could not parse vPath[\\IWSERVER\default\main\CorporateWebSite]
ERROR: Bad VPATH(\\IWSERVER\default\main\CorporateWebSite\EDITION\IW_PREV) specified for area.
ERROR: Failed converting area(\\IWSERVER\default\main\CorporateWebSite\EDITION\IW_PREV) to VPATH
client: Interwoven OpenDeploy(5.5.1 Build 6054 Interwoven 20020127)
ERROR: Could not parse vPath[\\IWSERVER\default\main\CorporateWebSite]
ERROR: Bad VPATH(\\IWSERVER\default\main\CorporateWebSite\EDITION) specified for area.
ERROR: Failed converting area(\\IWSERVER\default\main\CorporateWebSite\EDITION) to VPATH
ERROR: Could not parse vPath[\\IWSERVER\default\main\CorporateWebSite]
ERROR: Bad VPATH(\\IWSERVER\default\main\CorporateWebSite\EDITION\IW_PREV) specified for area.
ERROR: Failed converting area(\\IWSERVER\default\main\CorporateWebSite\EDITION\IW_PREV) to VPATH
client: Buffer Size (8000)
ERROR: Could not parse vPath[\\IWSERVER\default\main\CorporateWebSite]
ERROR: Bad VPATH(\\IWSERVER\default\main\CorporateWebSite\EDITION) specified for area.
ERROR: Failed converting area(\\IWSERVER\default\main\CorporateWebSite\EDITION) to VPATH
ERROR: Could not process area path

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I'm running TeamSite 5.0 and OpenDeploy 5.5.1 on Windows2000 server.

I am trying to follow the instructions in the OpenDeploy manual pages 214 - 219.

Can anyone help me figure out what I am doing wrong.

Thanks

Jonathan

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iwovGraduate

Have you installed OD 5.5.1 SP 1 ?
From the OD SP1 release notes:
--------fixes: ------------
# 22860 The terms "EDITION" and "IW_PREV" do not work as source file area values for filesystem comparison deployments.
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sajiddc

Or if you can not install SP#1 for some reason then you will have to use sourceFilesystem tag instead of the sourceTeamsite tag. If you are using sourceFilesystem tag, then you will have to use y:\\ instead of //IWSERVER.

Now comes the million dollar question, can you still do comparison based edition deployment if you use sourceFilesystem tag? hmm.. I do not seem to remember the answer. So I guess I just lost a million $$.

Who wants to be the next millionaire?

fallinj

Still no luck

I downloaded and installed SP1. When I run iwodservergetversion I get this
Interwoven OpenDeploy(5.5.1 Build 8687 Interwoven 20020523)

I'm still getting the same errors. I try //IWSERVER and Y:// in various combinations of /'s and \'s using both <sourceTeamsite> where I have both and area and a previous area as well as <sourceFilesystem> where I just have an area.

Following the previous suggestion I tried this.
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<source >
<sourceFilesystem
area="y:\\default/main/CorporateWebSite/EDITION">
<pathSpecification >
<path name="." >
</path>
<filters >
<excludePath subPath="templatedata" >
</excludePath>
</filters>
</pathSpecification>
</sourceFilesystem>
</source>

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And I still get this Error.

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ERROR: Could not parse vPath[Y:\\default\main\CorporateWebSite]
ERROR: Bad VPATH(Y:\\default\main\CorporateWebSite\EDITION) specified for area.
ERROR: Failed converting area(y:\\default/main/CorporateWebSite/EDITION) to VPATH
client: Interwoven OpenDeploy(5.5.1 Build 8687 Interwoven 20020523)
ERROR: Could not parse vPath[Y:\\default\main\CorporateWebSite]
ERROR: Bad VPATH(Y:\\default\main\CorporateWebSite\EDITION) specified for area.
ERROR: Failed converting area(y:\\default/main/CorporateWebSite/EDITION) to VPATH
client: Buffer Size (8000)
ERROR: Could not parse vPath[Y:\\default\main\CorporateWebSite]
ERROR: Bad VPATH(Y:\\default\main\CorporateWebSite\EDITION) specified for area.
ERROR: Failed converting area(y:\\default/main/CorporateWebSite/EDITION) to VPATH
ERROR: Could not process area path

Help

sajiddc

Here is an example from OD 5.0.1 Buid 6348.
<source>
<sourceTeamsite
area = "//IWSERVER/default/main/brTest/EDITION/"
previousArea="//IWSERVER/default/main/brTest/EDITION/IW_PREV" >
<pathSpecification>
<path name = "." />
</pathSpecification>
</sourceTeamsite>
</source>

Hope that helps.

Adam Stoller

Have you configured OpenDeploy's Base Server to know that you are trying to integrate with a *5.0.1* version of TeamSite ?

In the odbase.xml file you need to specify the following:

<teamsiteProperties version="5.0.*"/>

Then stop/start the Base Server:

net stop iwod
net start iwod

Then count to 5 (the net start command will return before the server has fully initialized) - then try running your original deployment again (with the sourceTeamSite and the //IWSERVER/... data)

Hope that helps,

--fish
(Interwoven, Curriculum Development)

fallinj

It worked!

Looks like I had <teamsiteProperties version="5.0."/> without the * in my odbase.xml configuration.

I was able to deploy using //IWSERVER/...data format.

Thanks everyone

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