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Proper way to clone Dynamics v9 and create a new environment

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Posted on by magical Khachapuri 197

Helllo,

I have a working and up to date environment for Dynamics v9 on-prem.

I want to create another environment which will be identical to the above mentioned one.

Let's say that I want to clone PROD env and create a new Test environment with the same data and customizations that I have in prod.

What are the proper steps ? There is a lack of resources about this topic so I might have posted this in a wrong place. In this case, sorry and please refer me to the correct forum if you know such.

My idea is that, yes I would back up the sql server and then restore it but what happens on the Dynamics side ? Do I need to import any kind of configuration from the Dynamics Deployment Configuration ?

Or can I create the new environment and then restore the prod database in this env ?

Thanks

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    a33ik 84,331 Most Valuable Professional on at

    Hello,

    You can use the following approach:

    1. Create a backup of your productive DB.

    2. Restore the backup to the other DB.

    3. Import a new instance from a new DB using Deployment Manager.

    The following post can be helpful - www.c-sharpcorner.com/.../

  • magical Khachapuri Profile Picture
    magical Khachapuri 197 on at

    Thanks for the answer,

    If the target environment on-premise version is v9.0.2.3034 and source is v9.0.16.7 - will this cause some kind of problems ? If yes, what are the possibilities for cloning in such scenarios ?

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    a33ik 84,331 Most Valuable Professional on at

    Hello,

    That shouldn't be a problem.

  • magical Khachapuri Profile Picture
    magical Khachapuri 197 on at

    Hello Andrew,

    I tried to upgrade the organization but this is the error that I'm getting:

    Microsoft.Crm.CrmException: Database having version 9.0.16.7 is not supported for upgraded.

    Do you have any advice ? I can't get any information online.

  • magical Khachapuri Profile Picture
    magical Khachapuri 197 on at

    I found an update ( support.microsoft.com/.../service-update-0-16-for-microsoft-dynamics-365-9-0-f827ee5a-b67c-2629-502a-fa74dec29298 ) which upgraded the organization.

    I imported organization and it succeeded.

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