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"Database cannot be started in this edition of SQL server" : Restore failed for Server Error in CRM 2011, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, MSCRM 2011
Hello Everyone,
Today while trying to restore the Org_MSCRM Database from production server to one of my testing server, I came across a new Error:
“Database ‘Org_MSCRM’ cannot be started in this edition of SQL Server because it contains a partition function ‘AuditPFN’. Only Enterprise edition of SQL Server supports partitioning. Database ‘Org_MSCRM’ cannot be started because some of the database functionality is not available in the current edition of SQL Server. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 905)”The error was very clear indeed as my production server was SQL Server Enterprise Edition and testing server was SQL Server Standard Edition.
- Basically while installing CRM 2011 in Enterprise edition, a partition is created for auditing functionality in AuditBase table. And since this functionality is missing in rest of the SQL Server editions, the restoration of the Database from Enterprise Edition to Standard Edition throws error. The only possible solutions are either to remove the Audit partitioning or install the Enterprise Edition.
I then came across a Fast Publish article from Microsoft here describing about the issue in detail along with the Script to delete the partition.
After successfully running the Script, try to restore the DB again.
Note: Please take a backup before running the script on the Org_MSCRM database.
Even though the Auditing feature is still functional on Standard Edition, the ability to delete the partition of Audit History will not be available.
Thanks.
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