prim14224:How to backup / restore a Primavera Contractor 4.1 Database?

Script Method:

Run the following commands from a command prompt:

BACKUP:

osql -U sa -P sa -S <machine_name or localhost>\primavera -d pcondb

1>backup database pcondb to disk = ‘c:\<path>\pcondb.bak’
2>go

-where <path> is the directory where the backup file will be created.

NOTE:  Once the backup file is created, it should be moved to a different location; by default upon running the script again, the “pcondb.bak” file will be appended to, rather than overwritten. To have the backup process overwrite and replace any existing c:\<path>\pcondb.bak file if one exists, modify the backup syntaxas follows (use caution, as once the current file is overwritten it is irreversible):
             backup database pcondb to disk = ‘c:\<path>\pcondb.bak’ with init

RESTORE:

osql -U sa -P sa -S <machine_name or localhost>\primavera

1>restore database pcondb from disk = ‘c:\<path>\pcondb.bak’ with recovery,
2>move ‘pcondb_dat’ to ‘c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL$PRIMAVERA\data\pcondb_dat.mdf’,
3>move ‘pcondb_log’ to ‘c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL$PRIMAVERA\data\pcondb_log.ldf’
4>go

1>use pcondb
2>exec sp_change_users_login ‘Update_One’, ‘pubuser’, ‘pubuser’
3>go

1>use pcondb
2>exec sp_change_users_login ‘Update_One’, ‘privuser’, ‘privuser’
3>go

-where <path> is the directory where the backup file is located.

NOTE: The ‘move’ statements above assume that Contractor was installed using CD’s with a Copyright date in 2005.  If the date was 2004, you may need to remove ”$PRIMAVERA” from both of the ‘move’ statements.  Contact Primavera Support if assistance is needed.