AuditWizard - Test Installation
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Overview
A test installation can be created by doing a Clean Reinstallation with a copy of the database on a different server. It's important that you do your testing on a copy of the database and not the live database. This procedure assumes that you have migrated the built-in, SQL Compact, database that was created on first installation to a SQL Server.
Licensing
You may make copies of the software solely for testing, security, backup and archival purposes, provided that such a copy contains all of the original software copyright information and other proprietary notices. You may use your licence key as it appears in the License Information dialog to activate your test installation.
Procedure
Follow the steps for the type of server that is hosting your live installation.
Virtual Server
- Back up your SQL database.
- Restore the backup with a different name, on the same SQL server or a different one. This will be the test database to prevent damage to the live database.
- Take a snapshot of the server.
- Create a duplicate of the server. Change the server name.
- Launch the virtual server and launch AuditWizard.
- Run the Change Database Wizard to change the SQL Server database connection to the test database.
- If you are testing an upgrade to the latest version, download it from the Customer Portal and install it per the instructions in the latest Release Notes.
Standalone Server
- Back up your database to a .bak file.
- Restore the backup to the same or a different SQL Server. If the same server, restore it with a different name.
- Follow the Clean Reinstallation procedure.
