Moving database from live to test
Option: Database creation
I can there is no database allready please perform the following steps (assuming new db is named "sandbox")
mysql -uUSERNAME -pPASSWORD
CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS sandboxbase; CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS sandboxtest; CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS sandboxlive; CREATE USER 'sandboxroot'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'TempusServaFTW!'; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON sandboxlive.* TO 'sandboxroot'@'localhost'; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON sandboxtest.* TO 'sandboxroot'@'localhost'; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON sandboxbase.* TO 'sandboxroot'@'localhost';
Database transfer
Choose ONE of the options below that best suits your requirements.
Database transfer: Different MySQL server / Same schema name
Export data from LIVE server
mysqldump -uUSERNAME -pPASSWORD --databases tsbase tslive tstest > dump.sql
Import data to TEST server
mysql -u USERNAME -pPASSWORD --force < dump.sql
If port 3306 is open you might consider network streaming and using pipes. Note that a remote user is needed on the other server.
mysqldump ... | mysql ... -h SERVERNAME
mysqldump -uLOCAL_USR -pLOCAL_PWD --databases tsbase tslive tstest | mysql -u REMOTE_USR -pREMOTE_PWD -h SERVERNAME --force
Database transfer: Same MySQL server / Different schema name
Dumping data
Export data from LIVE server
mysqldump -uUSERNAME -pPASSWORD tsbase > dumpBase.sql mysqldump -uUSERNAME -pPASSWORD tslive > dumpLive.sql mysqldump -uUSERNAME -pPASSWORD tstest > dumpTest.sql
For production servers you can avoid table locking using if consistency is not a huge issue (data can be changed and loose internal integrity)
mysqldump --skip-lock-tables ...
Importing data
Import data to TEST server (assuming name is 'sandbox')
mysql -u USERNAME -pPASSWORD sandboxbase < dumpBase.sql mysql -u USERNAME -pPASSWORD sandboxlive < dumpLive.sql mysql -u USERNAME -pPASSWORD sandboxtest < dumpTest.sql
Errors during import
Using MySQL 5.6 or higher you might get an error like this
Error code: 1118 Row size too large (> 8126).
Resolve by setting this configuration in the MySQL configuration file (see below)
innodb_strict_mode = 0
Errors during import
Using MySQL 5.6 or higher you might get an error like this
ERROR 1067 (42000) at line ... : Invalid default value for ...
Resolve by setting this configuration in the MySQL configuration file (see below)
sql_mode=STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION
Errors during import 2
Using MySQL 5.6 or higher you might get syntax errors like
"(0) NULL DEFAULT NULL"
Remove the incorrect syntax in dump file
sed -i 's/(0) / /g' tslive.sql
Editing the MySQL configuration file
Conf file may vary but is often found at
sudo nano /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf
Export and importing in one go
It is possible to pipe the output from dump directly to the mysql import
mysqldump ... | mysql ...
For test and live on same machine the full live to test overwrite is
mysqldump --skip-lock-tables -uUSERNAME -pPASSWORD tsbase | mysql -u USERNAME -pPASSWORD sandboxbase mysqldump --skip-lock-tables -uUSERNAME -pPASSWORD tslive | mysql -u USERNAME -pPASSWORD sandboxlive mysqldump --skip-lock-tables -uUSERNAME -pPASSWORD tstest | mysql -u USERNAME -pPASSWORD sandboxtest
Partial transfers without files
In some situations we want to move data around without attatched files. Example usage: Frequent overwrite of test environment with data from live.
Windows partial transfer
Assuming that pasword for the root account is 'TempusServa' and the scheme is tsXXXX the dump commands are.
mysqldump --skip-lock-tables -q -Q -u root -pTempusServa tsbase > c:\temp\tsbase.sql
for /F %A in ('mysql -u root -pTempusServa tslive -Bse "SELECT table_name FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_schema = 'tslive' AND table_name NOT LIKE '%_file'"') DO @Echo Dumping %A & CALL mysqldump --skip-lock-tables -q -Q -u root -pTempusServa tslive %A >> c:\temp\tslive.sql
for /F %A in ('mysql -u root -pTempusServa tstest -Bse "SELECT table_name FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_schema = 'tstest' AND table_name NOT LIKE '%_file'"') DO @Echo Dumping %A & CALL mysqldump --skip-lock-tables -q -Q -u root -pTempusServa tstest %A >> c:\temp\tstest.sql
For even faster transfers consider exlucding the accesslogs too using
for /F %A in ('mysql -u root -pTempusServa tslive -Bse "SELECT table_name FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_schema = 'tslive' AND table_name NOT LIKE '%_file' AND table_name NOT LIKE '%_accesslog'"') DO @Echo Dumping %A & CALL mysqldump --skip-lock-tables -q -Q -u root -pTempusServa tslive %A >> c:\temp\tslive.sql
Configuration changes
Important information: The following script will updata the database tslive, for the sandbox copy example please USE sandboxlive;.
Run the following commands before you start the server
mysql -uUSERNAME -pPASSWORD
USE tslive; UPDATE systempolicy SET PolicyValue = 'false' WHERE PolicyName='serviceAutostart'; UPDATE systempolicy SET PolicyValue = 'true' WHERE PolicyName='smtpTestMode'; UPDATE systempolicy SET PolicyValue = 'localhost' WHERE PolicyName='smtpServer'; UPDATE systempolicy SET PolicyValue = 'localhost' WHERE PolicyName='applicationServer'; UPDATE systempolicy SET PolicyValue = 'http://localhost' WHERE PolicyName='applicationURL'; UPDATE systempolicy SET PolicyValue = WHERE PolicyName LIKE 'folder%'; UPDATE systempolicy SET PolicyValue = 'C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 6.0\webapps' WHERE PolicyName='applicationBasePath';
Note: The following changes can be replaced by setting the values in the application deployment descriptor, starting from version 2500
Rebuild views
Ensure that views exist by rebuilding them
Designer > Modules > Admin services > RebuildViews
Troubleshooting
Server not started
- Check application server log files for information
- Tomcat
- Check xml descriptor is found in [TOMCAT]/conf/Catalina/localhost
- Check war file is unpacked correctly in [TOMCAT]/webapps
Cannot select fieldtype when adding or editing fields
- Run the following SQL command
USE tsbase; DROP VIEW IF EXISTS viewdatatypeselector; CREATE VIEW viewdatatypeselector AS SELECT systemdatatype.FeltTypeID AS `FeltTypeID`, concat(systemdatatypepackage.TypePrefix,': ',systemdatatype.FeltType) AS `FeltType` FROM systemdatatype JOIN systemdatatypepackage ON systemdatatype.PackageID = systemdatatypepackage.PackageID WHERE systemdatatype.IsSelectable = 1) ORDER BY systemdatatypepackage.SortOrder, systemdatatype.FeltType;
- Repeat the "Rebuild views above"
Moving parts of an existing installation (application, no data)
Moving part of solution
- Create a new database
- Copy all tables starting with "form"
- Remove all unwanted entries
- Dump the full database
- Restore database on target system
After deleting records you might want to clean up the foreign keys constraints
DELETE FROM formconfig WHERE SagID NOT IN (SELECT SagID FROM form); DELETE FROM formfield WHERE SagID NOT IN (SELECT SagID FROM form); DELETE FROM formfieldblock WHERE SagID NOT IN (SELECT SagID FROM form); DELETE FROM formfieldcategory WHERE SagID NOT IN (SELECT SagID FROM form); DELETE FROM formfieldlookup WHERE SagID NOT IN (SELECT SagID FROM form); DELETE FROM forminterface WHERE SagID NOT IN (SELECT SagID FROM form); DELETE FROM formpage WHERE SagID NOT IN (SELECT SagID FROM form); DELETE FROM formpermission WHERE SagID NOT IN (SELECT SagID FROM form); DELETE FROM formstatus WHERE SagID NOT IN (SELECT SagID FROM form); DELETE FROM formstatusaction WHERE SagID NOT IN (SELECT SagID FROM form); DELETE FROM formstatusflow WHERE SagID NOT IN (SELECT SagID FROM form);