CSA 4.5, MSDE DB full - MC won't start

[astroman]

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We have a 4.5 MC in place, MSDE is failing to start, thus the 4.5 MC isn't starting, because the database is full. Recommendations?

I've read that you can try connecting to the database via SQL 7.0 Enterprise Manager, and also possibly using 'sqlmaint.exe' to shrink the DB. Any help is appreciated...

[tsteger1]

I did an emergency conversion from MSDE to SQL 2000 last year when testing 5.0 but MSDE could still start.

See if anything on this link is helpful (I've never used it). Might be worth the $22 though.

http://www.msde.biz/msdeadmin/help/Help.htm#_Toc39128813

[astroman]

Got a great TAC engineer on the phone and he walked me through the CSA recovery process, and also through the manual process of shrinking the MSDE database using the OSQL utility. We're back online....thanks for the response Tom.

If anyone is interested in the steps taken above, e-mail me @ jasonisnow-at-gmail-dot-com.