Server won't start

[PhilTheGeek 1]

I'm trying to install server version 3.0.5050.37565

It runs the installation but when it comes to start the following message appears:

"There was an error launching Media Browser: unable to open database file."

 

I've attached the log file.

 

Thanks

 

Phil

server-63519007025.log

[Luke 42077]

try deleting the library.db file

[PhilTheGeek 1]

I'm assuming that I should find the library.db file in AppData\Roaming\MediaBrowser-Server\data ?  It's not in there so I can't delete it.

[mboehler 94]

I'm assuming that I should find the library.db file in AppData\Roaming\MediaBrowser-Server\data ?  It's not in there so I can't delete it.

 

Yes.  Mine is located at: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\MediaBrowser-Server\data\library.db

[PhilTheGeek 1]

Please note this is a new install rather than an upgrade.

Edited November 2, 2013 by PhilTheGeek

[ebr 16169]

Are you trying to run the server under a user other than the one who installed it?

[PhilTheGeek 1]

Same user.

[mboehler 94]

Are you installing as a user with administrator access?  Try using the "Run as Administrator" option.

[PhilTheGeek 1]

Tried that. Same error.

[ebr 16169]

I just noticed your command line is a UNC path...

[Luke 42077]

Oh yea, interesting. In theory that should work, but we don't know because we really haven't tested it.

[ebr 16169]

My guess is that SQLite cannot find the database folder relative to that path.

[PhilTheGeek 1]

Having removed the GPO that was redirecting the roaming AppData folder it works.  Is there a particular reason it installs to Roaming rather than Local?

[ebr 16169]

Having removed the GPO that was redirecting the roaming AppData folder it works.  Is there a particular reason it installs to Roaming rather than Local?

 

Not really.  That is just the location suggested by MS.  You could make an argument for the server going into local but we use common routines for most of our installation so we just didn't do that.

[gordon1000 0]

I am getting the same error "unable to open database file" when launching because I use Windows roaming profile with folder redirection so my user's env APPDATA=\\server\users\username\AppData\Roaming

 

After some googling I found the cause is in SQLite, see ticket http://system.data.sqlite.org/index.html/info/bbdda6eae2

 

It would be great if MB server could implement workaround 1) or 3) mentioned in the ticket.