Introduction
This article describes a hotfix rollup for Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2010. This hotfix rollup includes the previously released hotfix that is described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) article:
2655761 FIX: Time out occurs when Team Foundation builds are waiting for build agent reservations in Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010 Additionally, this hotfix rollup resolves several issues that are described in the "More Information" section.
More Information
Issue 1
It takes longer than expected to check in lots of files to a TFS source control if the size of the TFS database is very big.
Cause
This issue occurs because of a performance problem in the prc_PendAdd Transact-SQL stored procedure in TFS 2010.
Issue 2
When a TFS server is processing a merge operation, there may be connectivity issues.
Cause
This issue occurs because of a performance problem in the prc_PendMerge Transact-SQL stored procedure. The stored procedure locks a table until a time-out occurs on the TFS server.
Issue 3
Consider the following scenario:
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You map a source-controlled folder in TFS 2010 to a local folder.
Note The local folder has the same folder name as the source-controlled folder. However, the two folders' names differ only by case. -
The source-controlled folder contains shelveset files of a shelveset, and the folder is not mapped to a build agent folder in the build definition.
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You queue a build that uses the shelveset.
In this scenario, the build operation fails, and you receive an error message that resembles the following:
TF10122: The path 'shelveset file path' contains a '$' at the beginning of a path component. Remove the '$' and try again.
Workaround
To work around this issue, map the source-controlled folder to a build agent folder in the Workspace tab in the build definition.
Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, it is intended to correct only the problem that this article describes. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.
To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Customer Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft website:
http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=supportNote In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.
Prerequisites
To apply this hotfix rollup, you must have Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1) installed.
Restart requirement
You may have to restart the computer after you install the hotfix rollup if the affected files are not being used. We recommend that you close all Visual Studio 2010-related components before you install the hotfix rollup.
File information
The global version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.
