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Hi Experts,

I have following two questions related to Business Central Demonstration on premises versions. These questions are for academic purposes only.

Question1:- I have downloaded and installed Business Central Demonstration version 19 and 21 on a single server. Can I start both services simultaneously and use side by side?

Question2:- I have a running Business Central Demonstration version 18 on premises, Can I upgrade this instance to Business Central Version 21 in the demonstration version? I have seen that it is mentioned about importing license in the upgrade documentation, since, I am using the demonstration version is it applicable to import license? If the upgrade is possible in demonstration versions.

Thanks in advance for sharing your thoughts.

Best Regards,

Ranjith E S

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RE: Business Central Demonstration Version On-premises

See below details from Event viewer.

Could you please advice?

Log Name:      Application

Source:        Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Management.dll

Date:          16-03-2023 12:31:22

Event ID:      0

Task Category: None

Level:         Warning

Keywords:      Classic

User:          N/A

Computer:      NTP-LAP-310.chn.nestgroup.net

Description:

Type: Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Management.Exceptions.NavServerInstanceException

ErrorCode: -1

SuppressMessage: False

ContainsPersonalOrRestrictedInformation: True

DiagnosticsSuppress: False

DiagnosticsMessage: Message not shown because the NavBaseException constructor was used without privacy classification

MessageWithoutPrivateInformation: Message not shown because the NavBaseException constructor was used without privacy classification

SuppressExceptionCreatedEvent: False

FatalityScope: None

ErrorLevel: Error

Message: ServerInstance 'MicrosoftDynamicsNavServer$BC210' failed to reach status 'Running' on this server due to the following error: 'Cannot start the service.'. Additional information may be in the event log of the server.

StackTrace:

     at Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Management.NavServerInstanceBase.WaitForStatus(ServiceController sc, ServiceControllerStatus status)

     at Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Management.NavServerInstanceBase.StartService(String serverInstanceName)

     at Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Management.Cmdlets.StartNavServerInstance.InternalProcessRecord()

     at Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Management.NavCommand.ProcessRecord()

Source: Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Management

HResult: -2146233088

StackTrace:

     at Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Management.NavServerInstanceBase.WaitForStatus(ServiceController sc, ServiceControllerStatus status)

     at Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Management.NavServerInstanceBase.StartService(String serverInstanceName)

     at Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Management.Cmdlets.StartNavServerInstance.InternalProcessRecord()

     at Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Management.NavCommand.ProcessRecord() Event Xml:<Event xmlns="schemas.microsoft.com/.../event"><System><Provider Name="Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Management.dll" /><EventID Qualifiers="0">0</EventID><Version>0</Version><Level>3</Level><Task>0</Task><Opcode>0</Opcode><Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords><TimeCreated SystemTime="2023-03-16T07:01:22.5460909Z" /><EventRecordID>73087</EventRecordID><Correlation /><Execution ProcessID="0" ThreadID="0" /><Channel>Application</Channel><Computer>NTP-LAP-310.chn.nestgroup.net</Computer><Security /></System><EventData><Data>Type: Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Management.Exceptions.NavServerInstanceException

ErrorCode: -1

SuppressMessage: False

ContainsPersonalOrRestrictedInformation: True

DiagnosticsSuppress: False

DiagnosticsMessage: Message not shown because the NavBaseException constructor was used without privacy classification

MessageWithoutPrivateInformation: Message not shown because the NavBaseException constructor was used without privacy classification

SuppressExceptionCreatedEvent: False

FatalityScope: None

ErrorLevel: Error

Message: ServerInstance 'MicrosoftDynamicsNavServer$BC210' failed to reach status 'Running' on this server due to the following error: 'Cannot start the service.'. Additional information may be in the event log of the server.

StackTrace:

     at Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Management.NavServerInstanceBase.WaitForStatus(ServiceController sc, ServiceControllerStatus status)

     at Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Management.NavServerInstanceBase.StartService(String serverInstanceName)

     at Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Management.Cmdlets.StartNavServerInstance.InternalProcessRecord()

     at Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Management.NavCommand.ProcessRecord()

Source: Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Management

HResult: -2146233088

StackTrace:

     at Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Management.NavServerInstanceBase.WaitForStatus(ServiceController sc, ServiceControllerStatus status)

     at Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Management.NavServerInstanceBase.StartService(String serverInstanceName)

     at Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Management.Cmdlets.StartNavServerInstance.InternalProcessRecord()

     at Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Management.NavCommand.ProcessRecord()</Data></EventData></Event>
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Mohana Yadav 59,114 Super User 2024 Season 2 on at

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RE: Business Central Demonstration Version On-premises

Please check event viewer for more details
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RE: Business Central Demonstration Version On-premises

Hi,

I have changed the service ports of

Client ServicePort

MangementServices

DevelopmentPort

Sanpshot debugger port

SOAPServicesport

ODATAServicesport

now these ports are different for instances BC10 and BC210. But still not able to start the service. See the below screen shot.
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Govinda Kumar 2,203 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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RE: Business Central Demonstration Version On-premises

Hi, Ranjith ES

try restarting your web server client

Make sure you have separate ports for all, you can use this command

New-navserverinstance -managementservicesport 7145 -serverinstance Test -clientservicescredentialtype Windows -clientservicesport 7146 -databasename Test2 -databaseserver TestServer -developerservicesport 7149 -odataservicesport 7148 -soapservicesport 7147

You can try starting directly from BC Administration

you can read my blog on how to create the new server instance if you want
https://www.kaispe.com/creating-a-new-server-and-web-client-instance-in-microsoft-dynamics-business-central-on-prem/

regards.
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RE: Business Central Demonstration Version On-premises

Hi All,

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experiences.

I have configured different port numbers for each services, but getting error when starting the service. See below screen shot

Regards,

Ranjith
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Govinda Kumar 2,203 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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RE: Business Central Demonstration Version On-premises

Hi Ranjith ES,

For your first question, yes, you can run Business Central 19 and 21 simultaneously on a single server as long as you use different port numbers for each service.

For your second question, it is possible to upgrade your running BC version 18 on-premises to BC 21. I don't think you must require a license for the upgrade process, even though one of the steps requires you to import a license.. in a Notepad file.. I have upgraded BC version 18 to 19 without Importing the license.. for my own practice.. but I recommend you to be careful like Inge said "it is not a supported and documented scenario. So you might expect some issues"..

Regards..
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Bilal Haider 43 on at

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RE: Business Central Demonstration Version On-premises

Answer 1 : Yes, you can use both side by side, but you should have used different port numbers.

Answer 2 : No, unless you have a developer license you cannot do that.
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Inge M. Bruvik 32,748 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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RE: Business Central Demonstration Version On-premises

Question 1) Yes, you can run them side by side as long as you have assigned unique port no. to all your services.

Question 2) I think you might run into some trouble here especially if some of the upgrade steps requires you to import objects in txt format. I have never tried it myself but at least it is not a supported and documented scenario. So expect some issues - but you never know until you have tried.