Recover the SSP Admin Site

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If you accidentally delete the SSP Admin site collection and you don't have a backup, here are the steps to get it back.

The first step is to create a new site collection using the OSRV Site Template. This is the template used for the SSP admin site but it's not available in the central admin UI. So you have to create it from a command line. 

stsadm.exe -o createsite 
  -url http://<server>:<ssp_port>/ssp/admin 
  -owneremail <email address> 
  -ownerlogin <account> 
  -sitetemplate OSRV#0 
  -title "Shared Services Administration: <your ssp name>"

This might take a little while to complete, but it does eventually finish.

Next you need to tell SharePoint what site to use as the SSP Admin site. 

stsadm.exe -o editssp 
  -title "<your ssp name>" 
  -sspadminsite http://<server>:<ssp_port>/ssp/admin

That’s it. You should be back up and running.

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