Layton ServiceDesk - Installation - Test Installation
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=Application & Copy of Live Database= | =Application & Copy of Live Database= | ||
==Use Case== | ==Use Case== | ||
| − | To test the application with your existing database without affecting the live system. | + | To test the application with your existing database without affecting the live system. You will be installing the application on a different server to your live installation. You can use a new database, or, if you are testing changes to your live system, you can test on a copy of your live database. |
==Procedure== | ==Procedure== | ||
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Application & Copy of Live Database
Use Case
To test the application with your existing database without affecting the live system. You will be installing the application on a different server to your live installation. You can use a new database, or, if you are testing changes to your live system, you can test on a copy of your live database.
Procedure
- If you will be testing email, create a new email account on your mail server for testing.
- Back up your SQL database.
- Restore the backup with a different name, on the same SQL server or a different one.
- Determine the application version installed on your live system.
- Contact Support to obtain the version installed on your live system.
- Install as per New Installation. When the Database Tool opens, connect to the database copy, not the live one.
- On first login, immediately change the Email Server Settings, or this installation of Layton ServiceDesk will compete with the live installation for control of mail. If you won't be testing email, delete the email server name in both Incoming and Outgoing sections.
- 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.
