Hello,
How to replicate a production environment (Business Central v.14 On-premise with customization in C/SIDE) as a development/staging env. I have the sql database backup, and could get any details needed (BC export as fob?). Can anyone please point to a resource, or briefly outline steps I need to take. What all data I need and the order of populating them to create an exact replica of the customized v.14 env.
Thanks
bsr.
You can just restore your backup as the Dev. Environment. Depending on Database Size you may want to clear some history out of the new dev. environment, but hard drive space is cheap if you’re on-premise.
You’ll also need to setup a Service Tier that points to the test environment. It is a good idea to make it abundantly clear which is the Dev environment and which is test. Naming of the database, the company badge, those sort of things help ensure people aren’t working in the wrong database.
Best Regards,
Ben Baxter
Accent Software Inc
Hi Ben,
Thank you for the response. Isn’t sql backup just for the data, and how to import all the customization done in C/SIDE. May be things are simpler than I imagine, but I am just starting with BC development and would give me the confidence knowing how its typically done.
Thanks again for your time,
bsr.
A full SQL backup will be of the entire database, objects and data. You should be able to backup production and restore it as a dev./testing environment. You just have to make sure you have a Service Tier pointing to it to be able to use it.
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Thanks Ben. I will try it out.