hello, I want to find the original .bak file for the database, not from sql, not from the installation files. Once it is installed, where does NAV store the bak file and where can i access it from?
@sathishmadhav I mean the original database. is it stored somewhere after the installation.. I need this file
No, it's not stored anywhere after installation (probably to save space as it is around 200 MiB in size).
You can download the same CU as you're on from Microsoft, unpack and find the back file (using the path I provided in my first post), or you start up a docker image of the version you're on and export the database backup using powershell
Open up (or first install) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), connect to your SQL server (if you don't know server name and login details, look for Database Information in the development environment). Then, select the database, make a backup of it (see screenshot below) and then restore that backup to a database with a different name.
@ShaiHulud I am probaly not explaining it correctly. I want to find the original .bak file for the database, not from sql, not from the installation files. Once it is installed, where does NAV store the bak file and where can i access it from?
@sathishmadhav I mean the original database. is it stored somewhere after the installation.. I need this file
No, it's not stored anywhere after installation (probably to save space as it is around 200 MiB in size).
You can download the same CU as you're on from Microsoft, unpack and find the back file (using the path I provided in my first post), or you start up a docker image of the version you're on and export the database backup using powershell
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No, it's not stored anywhere after installation (probably to save space as it is around 200 MiB in size).
You can download the same CU as you're on from Microsoft, unpack and find the back file (using the path I provided in my first post), or you start up a docker image of the version you're on and export the database backup using powershell