Hello,

I have BaaN IV c4 on NT with SQL 7.0. My original Unisys Server has following configuration.

C:\Winnt (Operating System)

E:\MSSQL7(Only Software)

G:\MSSQL7(Data Files)

G:\BaaN

Now assume this Server crashes, and we need to restore on additional server that is of Dell make. The configuration for Dell Machine is:

C:\Winnt

D:\Blank

Now we want to restore our earlier Baan on to this machine. We cannot restore Unisys registry because hardware configuration is different. My question is, after I restore SQL 7.0 and Baan IV on this machine, how can I create registry entries so that it points to new Location i.e. instead of G:\ of Unisys. If I am able to create registry entries for Baan, then we will ge Demo Period, and after that we can apply for revalidation. Can Anybody pls suggest solution to this Problem

Regards

baanivc4

You can do a "basic" installation of Baan on the new hardware platform, this will then create the registry files that are required.

When that is completed you can then do a search for Baan and export the core directory for the location of Baan in the registry (I think there are 2 directories). This then can be used for later rebuilds of the test server..

Then you can restore Baan on this server.



To get MS-SQL7.0 restored, install MS-SQL7.0 in the new locations, with the Master DB. Then copy out all of the .dbf files. And restore all of the .dbf files to these locations. (I haven't tested/played with this for over a year, so the memory is vague)

For the Baan installation, this may help other people as well:

Do what is called a "FAT Client" installation on the destination (D:\Baan ?): this only copies the portingset to disk and creates the entries in the registry, not the complete Baan environment (faster).

Then copy from the original (G:\Baan) into the new one (D:\Baan ?) and then check the registry keys:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Baan\BaanIVc4\ (check BaanIVc4 name, may be different)
Set: InstallType = "3" (compare with old)
Set: DBType = "1" (compare with old)
Set: GROUP_NAME = "baandb" (or whatever group you have called)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Baan\BaanIVc4\Environment (check BaanIVc4 name)
Delete: BSE_REM

edit the file env.bat on \Baan\bin and update environment variables.

KEEP those registry keys written somewhere or exported into disk and backed up, you never know when you may need them!

We do this reguarly however without moving baan to other volumes.

Perform the restore, install Baan (only portingset) from the mastercd, then update it with the latest portingset.

The only thing you have to check (at least we have to) if the BSE_REM entry in the registry exists.

Regards,
Han