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Last update: . Author: Alan Carson .

Changing the Directory of an Existing GSX Server Guard Installation Causes File Missing Error

Moving GSX Server Guard to a new drive or directory after it has been installed can cause an error about a missing file when trying to start the GSX Server Guard service from the new location.

This article describes the steps needed to successfully run GSX Server Guard from a different location than it was originally installed on.

GSX Server Guard 7.1 and above...

Symptoms

  • Existing GSX Server Guard is no longer able to run after moving to a new location.
  • Cannot find .V_T-File. 

How to Solve the Issue

First, we need to copy some configuration files from the old GSX Server Guard location on to the new installation:

  1. Navigate to the GSX Server Guard folder was originally installed in.
  2. Locate the following files in the old GSX Server Guard Data folder:
    • GSXMain0.bat, GSXMain1.bat, GSXMain2.bat
    • GSX_SG_DATA_IN.ini
    • GSX_SG_DATA_OUT.ini
    • GSX_SG_CFG_SERVER.ini
    • TASK_CFG.ini, TASK_RES.ini, TaskCfg.TXT, TaskRes.TXT
  3. Copy these files to the new GSX Server Guard Data folder.

Depending on the GSX Server Guard version you are running the targeted Data directory can also be named ...\Data\<servername>\ where <servername> is your Domino Server Abbreviated Name.

Then we create additional required initialization files by partially configuring (do not install as a Service yet) GSX Server Guard:

  1. From the new directory, launch the GSX Server Guard UI:
  2. Update the Lotus Domino directory field with a valid Domino path.
  3. Update the Notes.ini Configuration field with a valid path to your Domino server notes.ini file.
  4. Do not install GSX Server Guard as a Service yet.
  5. Click on Save Changes.

This creates configuration files that we can then modify using a text editor to reflect the new GSX Server Guard installation configuration path, in our example E:\GSX Server Guard:

  1. Navigate to the new GSX Server Guard installation location.
  2. Edit GSX_SG_CFG_Server.ini file.
  3. Update the directory variable with the new GSX Server Guard location path:
    • [CONFIG]
      Directory=E:\GSX Server Guard
  4. Save GSX_SG_CFG_Server.ini file.
  5. Edit GSX_SG_DATA_IN.ini file.
  6. Update the directory variable to the new location path:
    • [CONFIG]
      Directory=E:\GSX Server Guard
  7. Save GSX_SG_DATA_IN.ini file.

You can launch GSX Server Guard again, and install the service. Everything should be working as intended now.


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