Layton ServiceDesk - Procedures - General - Sending your Database to Support

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#The '''[[Layton ServiceDesk - Procedures - General - How to Find the Version Number|application version]]''' of your installation of Layton ServiceDesk.
 
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==Create Database Backup==
 
==Create Database Backup==

Revision as of 23:25, 6 December 2016

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Overview

On occasion, Support may need to examine your database to understand the cause of an issue or to repair your database. There is a preparatory procedure, and two different procedures depending on whether you will be sending the whole database or the database without Requests.

Preparatory Steps

Gather Information About the Database

Collect the following information for later use:

  1. The application version of your installation of Layton ServiceDesk.
  2. The version of SQL Server you are using.
  3. The password for the built-in admin account. If you have security concerns about sending the database with the admin password, change it prior to backup and sending.

Create Database Backup

  1. Use SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to back up the SQL database to a .bak file. Note the following settings:

    Lsd db backup01.png

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Preparing the Database for Sending

Complete Database

In most instances, you will be sending the complete database. In this case, you can skip to step Prepare File for Upload.

Database Without Requests

If there is a security concern regarding the contents of the database, you can strip out all the Requests prior to sending.

1. In Management Studio, restore the database backup you just made, with a different name, in order to produce a copy.

2. In Management Studio, on the database copy, run this query to set the status of every Request to Closed:

   UPDATE  request
   SET     sys_requeststatus = 0

3. Preferably, in your test Layton ServiceDesk installation, or if you don't have one, your live installation (this will be disruptive to anyone using the system, so do it when users are offline), launch DBTool to Connect to Existing Database. This will connect Layton ServiceDesk to the database copy.

4. Launch Layton ServiceDesk and purge all closed Requests per this procedure.

5. In Layton ServiceDesk, check that there are no Requests. If you want to do this in Management Studio, use this query. The result should be 0:

   SELECT  COUNT(sys_request_id)
   FROM    request

Prepare File for Upload

Rename the Backup File

Please use this naming convention for the backup file:

   lsd_VERSION_sqlVERSION_YEARMONTHDAY.bak

For example, if you were backing up a version 6.5.9 database running on SQL Server 2008 R2 on 25 Jan. 2016, the resultant filename would be:

   lsd_659_sql2008r2_20160125.bak

Zip the Backup File

Important! You must zip the file before sending to greatly reduce its size.

Send the Database

Send the .zip file to Support via our secure upload service.

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