I just got a question from a client;
Gunnar,
Do you have a “King Kong” license that will allow you to delete any object? It appears our development license does not have the rights to some of the newer LS Retail objects and I need to create a CRONUS database with just our stuff.
Well, I don’t have a “King Kong” license. That is only for Microsoft.
There is a way to solve this dilemma. It will take a few steps.
Start with we have two databases, one with the data we need (LSRetail), another with the application we need (CRONUS).
After the process is completed the LSRetail database will not be usable as a standalone database, so make a copy if you need one. A new database will be created, CRONUS_APP. To clean up it is safe to delete both these databases.
The following powershell script has two options. Option 1 is to have the company data imported into the CRONUS database in the end. This option requires a server instance running on the CRONUS database. Option 2 is to create a new database with SQL Management Studio and merge the CRONUS application and the LSRetail data into that one.
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$CronusDatabaseName = "CRONUS" # Database with destination Application
$CRONUSServerInstance = "DynamicsNAV80" # Instance for destination Application if using option 1
$LSRetailDatabaseName = "LSRETAIL" # LS Retail Demo Database, database with company data
$EmptyDatabaseName = "CRONUS WITH COMPANYDATA" # Create a new empty database using SQL Management Studio if using option 2
$SQLServerName = "SQL2014"
$SQLServerInstance = "NAVDEMO" # Set blank for default instance
$AppDatabaseName = $CronusDatabaseName + "_APP"
$ServiceAccount = $env:USERDOMAIN + "\" + $env:USERNAME
$ServerInstance = "UPGRADE"
$NavDataFile = (Join-Path $env:TEMP "NAVmerge.navdata")
$SelectOption = "2"
#Export Application from CRONUS Database to Application Database
Export-NAVApplication -DatabaseServer $SQLServerName -DatabaseInstance $SQLServerInstance -DatabaseName $CronusDatabaseName -DestinationDatabaseName $AppDatabaseName -ServiceAccount $ServiceAccount -Force
#Setup a temporary Server Instance for the new database
Get-Credential | New-NAVServerInstance -ServerInstance $ServerInstance -ManagementServicesPort 33555 -ClientServicesPort 33556 -SOAPServicesPort 33557 -ODataServicesPort 33558 -DatabaseInstance $SQLServerInstance -DatabaseServer $SQLServerName -DatabaseName $AppDatabaseName -ServiceAccount User -Force
Set-NAVServerConfiguration -ServerInstance $ServerInstance -KeyName "Multitenant" -KeyValue "true" -Force
Set-NAVServerInstance -ServerInstance $ServerInstance -Start -Force
#Prepare LSRetailDatabase for new configuration
Remove-NAVApplication -DatabaseInstance $SQLServerInstance -DatabaseServer $SQLServerName -DatabaseName $LSRetailDatabaseName -Force
#Mount and Sync LSRetailDatabase as a tenant
Mount-NAVTenant -ServerInstance $ServerInstance -DatabaseInstance $SQLServerInstance -DatabaseServer $SQLServerName -DatabaseName $LSRetailDatabaseName -Id DEFAULT -OverwriteTenantIdInDatabase -AllowAppDatabaseWrite -Force
Sync-NAVTenant -ServerInstance $ServerInstance -Tenant DEFAULT -Mode ForceSync -Force
if (Test-Path $NavDataFile)
{
Remove-Item -Path $NavDataFile -Force
}
#Option 1, Copy Company data to the original CRONUS database. Requies a service running on the CRONUS database
if ($SelectOption -eq "1")
{
Export-NAVData -ServerInstance $ServerInstance -Tenant DEFAULT -AllCompanies -FilePath $NavDataFile -Force
Import-NAVData -ServerInstance $CRONUSServerInstance -FilePath $NavDataFile -AllCompanies -Force
}
#Option 2, Import into the new empty database created by SQL Management Studio
if ($SelectOption -eq "2")
{
Export-NAVData -ServerInstance $ServerInstance -Tenant DEFAULT -AllCompanies -FilePath $NavDataFile -IncludeApplication -IncludeApplicationData -IncludeGlobalData -Force
if ($SQLServerInstance -eq "")
{
Import-NAVData -DatabaseServer $SQLServerName -DatabaseName $EmptyDatabaseName -FilePath $NavDataFile -AllCompanies -IncludeApplicationData -IncludeGlobalData -IncludeApplication
}
else
{
Import-NAVData -DatabaseServer ($SQLServerName + "\" + $SQLServerInstance) -DatabaseName $EmptyDatabaseName -FilePath $NavDataFile -AllCompanies -IncludeApplicationData -IncludeGlobalData -IncludeApplication
}
}
Set-NAVServerInstance -ServerInstance $ServerInstance -Stop -Force
Remove-NAVServerInstance -ServerInstance $ServerInstance -Force
if (Test-Path $NavDataFile)
{
Remove-Item -Path $NavDataFile -Force
}
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To walk you through what happens;
- Application from CRONUS is exported into CRONUS_APP database
- New Service Instance is created for CRONUS_APP database
- Service Instance is changed to Multi Tenant and started
- Application is removed from LSRetail database
- LSRetail database is mounted as a tenant for CRONUS_APP database
- LSRetail database structure is force-synched to CRONUS_APP application
- Data from CRONUS_APP and LSRetail tenant is exported to NAVData file
- NAVData file is imported into an empty database or the existing CRONUS database