How to: Connect a Different Application-Tier Server to the Data Tier
You can connect an application-tier server to an existing data-tier server by using the TFSAdminUtil command-line tool.
Required Permissions
To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators group on the Team Foundation application-tier server. For more information about permissions, see Team Foundation Server Permissions.
To connect an application-tier server to the data tier
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On the Team Foundation application-tier server, click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, and then click Command Prompt.
The Command Prompt window opens.
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Open the Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server\Tools folder using the command line. For example:
cd C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server\Tools
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Run the TFSAdminUtil tool with the RenameDT option to connect to the data tier, for example:
TFSAdminUtil RenameDT MyDataTierServer
In this example, MyDataTierServer represents the name of the data-tier server to which you want to connect.
