Installing Yellowfin on a new system with an existing Yellowfin Database

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Hi,

I have cloned an existing YF database (MSSQL). After that I have installed YF on a fresh system. In the Installation I configured the "cloned DB". After that I started the webservice and I see that the whole Clone Database is reset to default.


So how can I install YF with an existing DB?

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Hi Carsten,

The best way to do this would be the following.

  1. Clone the DB as you have done
  2. Install Yellowfin onto a fresh server (using a dummy/temporary MSSQL database - NOT the cloned DB)
  3. Start Yellowfin
  4. Shutdown Yellowfin
  5. Modify the web.xml and change the jdbc connection details to point to the cloned DB - There is more info on the web.xml section here.
  6. Start Yellowfin
  7. Done

Technically on step 5, if you use the Same Database Server / username / pwd but dummy/temp DB, then all you should need to change in the web.xml is the JDBCUrl.

Please let me know if this makes sense, however always try this on a dev environment, with a backup of the YF configuration DB to be sure.

Regards,

Paul

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Hi,

does it also work when the database version is 7.4 and the new installation is 8.0?

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Hi Carsten,

No this would not work. The best way here would be to Create a new yellowfin instance using the same 7.4 version using method I mentioned prior and then upgrade it to 8.0.2. This will then be an 8.x version. Please let me know if this makes sense. Version 8 has many other tables included and the upgrade makes several modifications during the process.

Regards,

Paul

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Hi Paul,

ok I will do that. Thanks.

Freundliche Grüße

Carsten Lempert

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Hi Carsten,

That's great. Please let me know if you need anything else?

Thank you,

Paul

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Hi Carsten,

Just checking in to see if you need any further help with this or is everything okay?

Regards,

Paul

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Hi Carsten,


I hope things are going well over there.


Just wanted to let you know I'll be closing this request due to inactivity. However, if you ever wanted to re-visit this or have anything else I can help you with, please let me know.


Regards,

Paul

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