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Overlordchin
Overlordchin

Reputation: 185

TFS 2015 build server ignoring agent working dir

I recently setup a new build server for TFS 2015. ON the build agent properties the working dir was originally set to $(SystemDrive)\$(buildnum)\etc I changed it to be hard coded to E:\ for all the build agents.

But it still attempts to check out the code under C:\

I have looked in the build definition, the build template and the config.xml and see no reference to c:\ or $(SystemDrive) anywhere.

Why is it ignoring the working directory and how can I get it to build under E:\

EDIT ------

Ok now that I have looked at it a little more what I think is happening is that it is copying the source to C: first and then moving it to E: to actually run the build. Based on $(SourceDir) and the BuildAgent Working directory. That being said I do not know how to configure the $(SourceDir) value to point it to E:\

We dont have enough space on the C: to be able to pull down multiple project folders before copying them to E:

Upvotes: 1

Views: 539

Answers (2)

Overlordchin
Overlordchin

Reputation: 185

Alright I figured it out. The build logs said they were getting the workspace. When I compared the time it was taking to previous successful builds I noticed that there was a large discrepancy in the time taken. At this point I started looking for files that should have been pulled down and couldnt find any. So I started looking for where all the space was going. What was actually happening is the database was rejecting the connections and filling the drive with sql dumps.

Thanks for all the suggestions guys.

EDIT - After running the service pack and cumulative updates for SQL Server the errors went away. TFS now builds on the appropriate drive and the main system drive no longer fills with SQL dump files.

Upvotes: 1

Cece Dong - MSFT
Cece Dong - MSFT

Reputation: 31003

Just changed my build agent Working Directory from $(SystemDrive)\Builds\$(BuildAgentId)\$(BuildDefinitionPath) to E:\Builds\$(BuildAgentId)\$(BuildDefinitionPath), then queued a build, the build agent get sources from TFS to my E: driver. No issue occurred.

You can try to clean the cache file on your TFS AT machine: C:\TfsData\ApplicationTier\_fileCache

Upvotes: 0

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