https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/advanced-server-error-upgrading-sam-databases/m-p/4887821#M48713 Jeff,<BR /><BR />try putting your server in a dummy workgroup and afterwards try to rejoin the correct domain.<BR /><BR />As an alternative, you may make backups of the DOMAINS and DATAFILES subdirs under PWRK$LANMAN and empty those directories and rerun PWRK$CONFIG.<BR /><BR />Pls. note, that both ways remove all your sharedefinitions.<BR /><BR />mfk Kalle Fri, 25 Feb 2005 01:09:47 GMT Karl Rohwedder 2005-02-25T01:09:47Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/advanced-server-error-upgrading-sam-databases/m-p/4887820#M48712 I receive the following errors when running PWrk$SetIni:<BR /><BR /> Reading current configuration parameters ...<BR /><BR /> Upgrading SAM databases...<BR /><BR /> %PWRK-F-SAMCHECK, error upgrading SAM databases<BR /><BR /> PWRK-F-CONFIGERR, severe error during configuration.<BR /><BR /> Error getting this server's role from the existing databases.<BR /> Make sure the file server or another utility is not running<BR /> You must execute @SYS$UPDATE:PWRK$CONFIG again.<BR /> The Advanced Server configuration is incomplete and cannot continue.<BR /><BR />The environment:<BR /> OpenVMS v7.3-1<BR /> Advanced Server v7.3Aeco4<BR /><BR />This happened immediately after installing ECO4. I can recreated the shares and rejoin the domain if needed. But I can not remember what files to delete in order for Pwrk$SetIni to run.<BR /><BR />Please advise,<BR /><BR />--Jeff Thu, 24 Feb 2005 12:20:32 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/advanced-server-error-upgrading-sam-databases/m-p/4887820#M48712 Jeffery D. Urmann 2005-02-24T12:20:32Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/advanced-server-error-upgrading-sam-databases/m-p/4887821#M48713 Jeff,<BR /><BR />try putting your server in a dummy workgroup and afterwards try to rejoin the correct domain.<BR /><BR />As an alternative, you may make backups of the DOMAINS and DATAFILES subdirs under PWRK$LANMAN and empty those directories and rerun PWRK$CONFIG.<BR /><BR />Pls. note, that both ways remove all your sharedefinitions.<BR /><BR />mfk Kalle Fri, 25 Feb 2005 01:09:47 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/advanced-server-error-upgrading-sam-databases/m-p/4887821#M48713 Karl Rohwedder 2005-02-25T01:09:47Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/advanced-server-error-upgrading-sam-databases/m-p/4887822#M48714 You must delete files in pwrk$lmdomains and PWRK$LMDATAFILES:ACL.;1,BUILTIN.;1,LSA.;1,SHAREDB.;1. Fri, 25 Feb 2005 01:24:45 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/advanced-server-error-upgrading-sam-databases/m-p/4887822#M48714 Jiri_5 2005-02-25T01:24:45Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/advanced-server-error-upgrading-sam-databases/m-p/4887823#M48715 Thanks for the info Karl, but I can`t run Setini to change the domain name.<BR /><BR />I will backup then remove the files as you suggest and see what happens.<BR /><BR />Thanx again.<BR /><BR />Enjoy,<BR /><BR />--Jeff Fri, 25 Feb 2005 10:42:32 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/advanced-server-error-upgrading-sam-databases/m-p/4887823#M48715 Jeffery D. Urmann 2005-02-25T10:42:32Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/advanced-server-error-upgrading-sam-databases/m-p/4887824#M48716 Thanx Karl and Jiri,<BR /><BR />That did it!<BR /><BR />I deleted PWrk$Root:[LANMan.DataFiles...]*.*.* and PWrk$Root:[LANMan.Domains..]*.*.*; then ran PWrk$Config. Then re-added shares.<BR /><BR />All is good now.<BR /><BR />Enjoy,<BR /><BR />--Jeff Fri, 25 Feb 2005 16:39:04 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/advanced-server-error-upgrading-sam-databases/m-p/4887824#M48716 Jeffery D. Urmann 2005-02-25T16:39:04Z