User:Jcreer/SMS:Corrupt Project Data

Occassionally, files used in SMS become corrupted. This can happen for a few reasons:

• A file was blocked from saving correctly by system security
• The save process was terminated early
• Project files were copied incorrectly or without all necessary files
• An unknown error occured

When files become corrupted, contact Aquaveo technical support to report the issue.

Rebuilding a Corrupted Project

While the corrupted project file itself cannot be restored, the component pieces of the project can be reassembled in SMS and saved out as part of a new project file. Below is a list of the file types to reassemble:

• [project name].map: The Map Module coverages saved to the project. The model-specific boundary conditions will likely need to be entered again.
• [project name]_meshes.h5: These are the meshes that were in the project. Load this before loading any of the datasets saved in the [project name]_datasets folder. Although not pictured in the example screenshot below, you may have a similar file for scatter sets.
• Any GIS layers, such as rasters or shapefiles, will need to be loaded again.
• Similar to loading in the *.map file, reload SRH-2D simulations (including the coverages linked to them) by loading the SRHHYDRO file, found under the [project name]\SRH-2D\[simulation name] folder(s).
• To load solutions for SRH simulations that were already run, import the XMDF.h5 file from the same directory as the SRHHYDRO file.