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Truly Multi-User? Rich Morey 11-13-2007
Posted by Rich Morey on November 14, 2007, 11:34 am
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 Hi --

I will check this all out. What happens often currently is the user gets an
error message stating the path may be invalid and an error number "-6177,0"

When this happens I have to stop and restart the Database Server Manager and
re-scan the QuickBooks file.

Rich


>
>> Hi..
>>
>> I don't have the exact message and its not an error message. It is a
>> notification that the file has been opened in multi-user mode and info
>> about how to switch to single user mode.
>
> The message you are getting appears to be a notification to the user that
> the file they opened is being hosted by their workstation and not the
> server. If data files are located on a dedicated server then hosting must
> be turned off on the client machines. The manual states the following:
>
> The server must be the only host for the company files. The server serves
>
> data to other computers (clients) on the network.
>
> Verify that only the server has multi-user hosting enabled. All clients
> must
>
> have multi-user hosting disabled.
>
> Note If you installed the Database Server only on a file server, you do
> not need to
>
> enable multi-user hosting on the server. However, you must make sure that
>
> all clients have multi-user hosting disabled.
>
> ?? To verify that multi-user hosting is enabled on the server:
>
> 1 Start Enterprise Solutions on the server (the computer where the
>
> company files are located).
>
> 2 Go to the File menu and click Utilities.
>
> 3 Verify that Stop Hosting Multi-User Access is displayed in the Utilities
>
> menu.
>
> If Host Multi-User Access is displayed in the Utilities menu, the
>
> computer is not currently the host for the company files. Follow the
>
> steps below.
>
> a Click Host Multi-User Access.
>
> b Click Yes when prompted to start multi-user access.
>
> c Click Yes when prompted to close and reopen the company file.
>
> To make sure that your clients have multi-user hosting turned off, follow
>
> the procedure above on each client. Host Multi-User Access must be
>
> displayed in the Utilities menu on each client.
>
>
>
>>
>> Rich
>>
>>
>>>
>>>> We are evaluating QuickBooks 2008 Enterprise and I am concerned about
>>>> (so far) our inability to open a data file in multi-user mode by
>>>> default, the message that additional users recieve when they open a
>>>> data file about "multi-user" mode, and, most of all, the apparent
>>>> constant need to start (or re-start) the "Database Server" software on
>>>> our network server (Windows 2003) even though the DB Service is started
>>>> by default.
>>>
>>> Care to share with us the message your users get?
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone tell me about their experience -- good or bad -- using
>>>> QuickBooks in a true multi-user enviornment?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Rich
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>



Posted by HeyBub on November 14, 2007, 6:16 pm
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 Rich Morey wrote:
> Hi --
>
> I will check this all out. What happens often currently is the user
> gets an error message stating the path may be invalid and an error
> number "-6177,0"
> When this happens I have to stop and restart the Database Server
> Manager and re-scan the QuickBooks file.
>
> Rich

Googling for "-6177,0" yielded the following results:

http://support.quickbooks.intuit.com/archive/faqs/qb2006/192a1556.html

It was, as I suspected, caused by NOT installing/running QB on the server.



Posted by Richard Morey on November 15, 2007, 10:32 am
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Hi --

Does this mean I have to install QB on the server? I thought the deal with
the latest version is that you could run the QB database server on Linuc
which would not, of course, be able to run QuickBooks itself.

Also the article mentions the file scanning utiltiy.. QuickBooks 2006 Data
File Scanning Utility. Although we are using Enterprise version 2008 and
there does seem to be a file scanning portion of the server installed. Is
this what they are referring too? The issue I have with this utility is that
it seems to need to always be running, as when you stop and start it it does
not remember the file(s) that it scanned.

Rich
> Rich Morey wrote:
>> Hi --
>>
>> I will check this all out. What happens often currently is the user
>> gets an error message stating the path may be invalid and an error
>> number "-6177,0"
>> When this happens I have to stop and restart the Database Server
>> Manager and re-scan the QuickBooks file.
>>
>> Rich
>
> Googling for "-6177,0" yielded the following results:
>
> http://support.quickbooks.intuit.com/archive/faqs/qb2006/192a1556.html
>
> It was, as I suspected, caused by NOT installing/running QB on the server.
>



Posted by Allan Martin on November 15, 2007, 1:58 pm
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> Hi --
>
> Does this mean I have to install QB on the server? I thought the deal with
> the latest version is that you could run the QB database server on Linuc
> which would not, of course, be able to run QuickBooks itself.

That's it, I'm out of this thread. Now you tell us your running Linux!


>
> Also the article mentions the file scanning utiltiy.. QuickBooks 2006 Data
> File Scanning Utility. Although we are using Enterprise version 2008 and
> there does seem to be a file scanning portion of the server installed. Is
> this what they are referring too? The issue I have with this utility is
> that it seems to need to always be running, as when you stop and start it
> it does not remember the file(s) that it scanned.
>
> Rich
>> Rich Morey wrote:
>>> Hi --
>>>
>>> I will check this all out. What happens often currently is the user
>>> gets an error message stating the path may be invalid and an error
>>> number "-6177,0"
>>> When this happens I have to stop and restart the Database Server
>>> Manager and re-scan the QuickBooks file.
>>>
>>> Rich
>>
>> Googling for "-6177,0" yielded the following results:
>>
>> http://support.quickbooks.intuit.com/archive/faqs/qb2006/192a1556.html
>>
>> It was, as I suspected, caused by NOT installing/running QB on the
>> server.
>>
>
>


Posted by Rich Morey on November 16, 2007, 9:28 am
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Hi --

I'm not actually running Linux.. but I thought I would mention the "what if"
factor.

Rich

>
>> Hi --
>>
>> Does this mean I have to install QB on the server? I thought the deal
>> with the latest version is that you could run the QB database server on
>> Linuc which would not, of course, be able to run QuickBooks itself.
>
> That's it, I'm out of this thread. Now you tell us your running Linux!
>
>
>>
>> Also the article mentions the file scanning utiltiy.. QuickBooks 2006
>> Data File Scanning Utility. Although we are using Enterprise version 2008
>> and there does seem to be a file scanning portion of the server
>> installed. Is this what they are referring too? The issue I have with
>> this utility is that it seems to need to always be running, as when you
>> stop and start it it does not remember the file(s) that it scanned.
>>
>> Rich
>>> Rich Morey wrote:
>>>> Hi --
>>>>
>>>> I will check this all out. What happens often currently is the user
>>>> gets an error message stating the path may be invalid and an error
>>>> number "-6177,0"
>>>> When this happens I have to stop and restart the Database Server
>>>> Manager and re-scan the QuickBooks file.
>>>>
>>>> Rich
>>>
>>> Googling for "-6177,0" yielded the following results:
>>>
>>> http://support.quickbooks.intuit.com/archive/faqs/qb2006/192a1556.html
>>>
>>> It was, as I suspected, caused by NOT installing/running QB on the
>>> server.
>>>
>>
>>
>



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