Description of a new command-line operation that is available for the Spsadm.exe command line tool that you can use to clean up orphaned items in the configuration database in SharePoint Portal Server 2003 (918742)

INTRODUCTION

This article describes a new functionality in Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 that lets you clean up orphaned items in the configuration database. In certain scenarios, the configuration database may contain orphaned items. This article describes a new repairorphans command-line operation that is available for use with the Spsadm.exe command-line tool. You can use with the Spsadm.exe command-line tool with the repairorphans operation to clean up orphaned items in the configuration database.

The repairorphans operation removes, and then re-adds the PortalSiteName_SITE content database. By doing this, orphaned items that may exist for the PortalSiteName_SITE content database are removed from the configuration database.

In scenarios where a content database in Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services becomes corrupted, you may have to use the Stsadm.exe command-line tool to detect, and then delete orphaned items. After you use the Stsadm.exe command-line tool to repair content databases in Windows SharePoint Services, use the procedure that is described in this article to clean up orphaned items that may be present in the configuration database in SharePoint Portal Server 2003.