Running Two NAVs 2018 and 2017

Olarewaju2345

I stopped NAV 2018 server instance and start NAV 2017 from NAV 2017 Administration but its display error message:
as follow.

larshaedersdal

Olarewaju2345

Look at this blog from Kauffmann. His example is between NAV 2015 and NAV 2016 but it is the same with NAV 2017 and NAV 2018 :-)

https://www.kauffmann.nl/2015/10/07/nav-2016-installation-overwrites-nav-2015-administration-tool/

lubost

You can use 3-rd party administration tool or start/stop services from Services console.

Olarewaju2345

Error message from NAV 2017 Administration when I started Server instance DynamicsNAV100. "The Microsoft Dynamics NAV Admin tool can only manage version 11.0. The serverInstance 'MicrosoftDynamicsNavServer$DynamicsNAV100' is Version '10.0.13682.0'

Slawek_Guzek

Unfortunately, Microsoft coded the NAV PowerShell management scripts in a way that they are not backward compatible. The Admin tool coming with NAV 2017 can only manage NAV 2017, and not any earlier versions, and the same applies to the Admin tool coming from 2018 can - it can only manage NAV 2018 - even though the "administration tools" are doing pretty much the same thing, being in fact mostly a simple editors of NAV config files.

Double check the properties, the path on the NAV 2017 Administration shortcut, whether it really points so the NAV 2017 or NAV 2018 installation folder.

Olarewaju2345

DynamicsNAV100 is NAV 2017 which I started on NAV 2017 Administration. I can also started DynamicsNAV110 on NAV 2017 Administration and it worked

Slawek_Guzek

Olarewaju2345 wrote: »

I can also started DynamicsNAV110 on NAV 2017 Administration and it worked

It looks suspicious for me frankly speaking. From my experience it was not possible so far. Even if Microsoft changed something, it would be rather possible to manage NAV 2017 version with 2018 Administration Tool, not the other way around.

Maybe you have the service named DynamicsNAV110 but in fact it is the NAV 2017 install? What is the version displayed next to the DynamicsNAV110 instance?

In my case I have a few different versions installed side by side :

I cannot start or stop NAV 2018 using NAV 2017 Administration console - but I can start/stop NAV 2017 service with NAV 2018 Administration console.

Olarewaju2345

Slawek_Guzek , I got your point. But I dont know why. It likes NAV 2018 Administration console override NAV 2017 Administration console. Please I need your help

Olarewaju2345

NAV 2017 Administration Console was working effectively before I installed NAV 2018

Olarewaju2345

Pls look into my uploaded pic, I thought NAV Admin needs setting and can i do it

Slawek_Guzek

You need to right-click the properties of the NAV 2017 Administration Console and see where the shortcut points to. Should point to a .ps1 in the folder where you have your NAV 2017 installed

...\Microsoft Dynamics NAV\100\Service\...

larshaedersdal

Olarewaju2345

Look at this blog from Kauffmann. His example is between NAV 2015 and NAV 2016 but it is the same with NAV 2017 and NAV 2018 :-)

https://www.kauffmann.nl/2015/10/07/nav-2016-installation-overwrites-nav-2015-administration-tool/

Olarewaju2345

Solved, I Started NAV 2017 server instance (7045) from Local Service and run NAV 2017 role Center but changed the port number of NAV 2018 server instance (7145) in the NAV 2018 Administration. I had i cant start NAV 2017 server instance in the NAV 2017 Administration because NAV 2018 has override it. Am gratefully for your replied