RTC error when two instances of Visual Studio are open

Which version of visual studio are you using. I have seen similar ( not same ) defect in RTC VS client. I would suggest you to try 2.0.0.1 RC3 which should be out soon.

Meanwhile , to verify this at our end can you please open a work item and provide the following details.

Disk location of the two solutions.
The kind of second solution that you create in new visual studio.

Is the new solution, in second instance of visual studio, located in a sub-directory of the first solution. Can you please try to create the new solution in a unrelated location of disk compared to first solution location and then share, and let us know if you still see the same problem.

Sandeep
RTC Visual Studio Team

I am using Visual Studio 2008. I will definitely upgrade to RC3 when it comes out. I will also open up a work item but I'm not sure how to do that.

I think you figured out something that I neglected to mention. The second solution is not in a sub-directory of the first solution but they are related. Here's a simplification of my directory structure:


\Project
\Project\Master Solution 1
\Project\Master Solution 2
\Project\Component Solution 1
\Project\Component Solution 1\Component Project 1
\Project\Component Solution 1\Component Project 2
\Project\Component Solution 2
\Project\Component Solution 2\Component Project 3
\Project\Component Solution 2\Component Project 4

Each subfolder of the "Project" directory is bound to a seperate Jazz repository component. The "Project" directory is not bound to any component but it is my Eclipse workspace directory. The "Master Solution 1" solution file contains all of the component projects. I was trying to create the "Master Solution 2" solution file and would have eventually added in some component projects but I never got past adding the empty solution to Jazz. When I created "Master Solution 2" outside of the "Project" directory, I had no issues. However, I'd like to keep them all together. I'd rather be limited by how many instances of Visual Studio I have open.

Thanks for your help!

There should not be any limitation on the number of Visual Studio clients. While we try the scenario at our end, can you please try 2.0.0.1, which has been released and is available from Jazz.net

If the issue is still there, then please use the following link to open a defect or enhancement. It would be good to open a work-item so that you will know exactly when this issue is going to be fixed.

https://jazz.net/jazz/web/projects/Rational%20Team%20Concert#action=jazz.viewPage&id=com.ibm.team.workitem

In 2.0.0.1, one of the 2.0 issues that we fixed was the lack of support for multiple Visual Studio instances opened on different solutions in the same sandbox. We recommend the use of partitioned solutions while working with Jazz components - similar to the scenaio that you have described, Jonathan. So with 2.0.0.1, your component architecture, and the ability to wok simultaneously on multiple solutions, should work out-of-the-box.

Error message:
...
Exception message:
Starting the SCM daemon (C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\Rational Team Concert Client for Microsoft Visual Studio IDE\3rd Party\scmtools\eclipse\scm.exe) on C:\DEV\Fireball returned error: Sandbox(es) locked. Daemon ports and locked sandboxes:
56548 : C:\DEV\Fireball
Problem running 'daemon start':
Failed to lock all sandboxes.

It looks like VS is trying to start another daemon on the sandbox.

e

I installed the just released 2.0.0.1 client and it fixed the issue. Thanks for the help guys!

Cool :-)