Comments on: Connection errors when migrating from Visual SourceSafe (VSS) to Team Foundation Server (TFS) using VSSConverter (Error TF31002)

By: Anil Desai

Anil Desai — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:48:01 +0000

Andrew: From what you described, it does sound like you have everything configured properly for the migration. I have not run into this error before (I also have SQL and TFS running on the same Windows 7 machine), but doing a quick search on your error message seemed to turn up some potential troubleshooting steps to try. If you're unable to find a result, I suggest posting your isuse to the Microsoft TFS Administration Forum. It looks like there are a lot of experts available to help there. I hope this helps! - Anil

By: Andrew Werber

Andrew Werber — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:38:19 +0000

I have TFS 2010, the SQL server database (a SQl Server 2008 instance) and Team explorer, and Source Safe 2005 all on the same Windows 7 machine. My login is an administrator login, and I think my login has administrator and full rights to TFS, the SQL server database and Source Safe. I can run the Analyze option for the converter. But when I try to migrate, I get error TF60071: Your user account does not have permission to connect to the Team Foundation Server. THe URL for the server is correct and has the proper collection name (the name of my collection is not DefaultCollection). How do I fix this problem???

By: Anil Desai

Anil Desai — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:32:06 +0000

Swati: Did you try the above troubleshooting steps and did they not work? After adding the collection attribute to my command-line entries, I was able to get the migration to succeed. Please provide more information if you’re still having problems. – Anil

By: Swati

Swati — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 10:04:03 +0000

I am getting the same error and am really struggling to resolve it. can you please help?

Thanks
Swati

By: Stu

Stu — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:32:43 +0000

Derrick – did you ever solve this one?
I still only get the same message as you reported – “the collection attribute is not declared” – any ideas – link below is broken

By: Anil Desai

Anil Desai — Wed, 19 May 2010 16:17:36 +0000

Derrick: That sounds like it’s possibly a formatting error in the XML attribute you’re adding (unless something has changed with the RTM versions of Visual Studio / TFS 2010). I deleted my old migration batch files, so I don’t have a sample to post, but the syntax documented in the bug report (https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/500032/vssconverter-cannot-connect-to-the-team-foundation-server?wa=wsignin1.0) and in MSDN should be correct. If that doesn’t work, please post the relevant section of the XML file here, and I’ll see if I can figure out the problem.

- Anil

By: derrick

derrick — Wed, 19 May 2010 15:37:53 +0000

Hi!

I need this, but after adding the attrib in, am getting an xml validation error? Any suggestions?

TF60089: File settings.xml is in improper xml format. TF60095: Validation failed for file ‘settings.xml’. Line: 11, Col: 75, Error: The ‘collection’ attribute is not declared.

Thanks in advance!

By: James

James — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:59:05 +0000

Fantastic – i had exactly this problem, and there is no documentation anywhere for it. You are a lifesaver!