We are moving from a virtual SQL server to a physical SQL server for our Dynamics AX 2012 production environment. I'm wondering what the list of pitfalls in this process are. Our current planned process is as follows:
Cutover process:
- Halt all batch jobs (so they dont automatically kick off when we come back up)
- Shutdown both AOS instances
- Backup virtualSQLServer.DynamicsAX_PRD database
- Restore backup to physicalSQLServer.DynamicsAX_PRD
- Configure both AOSs to point to the new server and database (physicalSQLServer.DynamicsAX_PRD)
- Startup both AOSs
- Update Analysis server
- Point to new instance on physical server
- Test
- Update BI Report Server
- Point to new instance on physical server
- Test
- Check database information (system administration --> Inquiries --> Database --> Database information) and confirm changes
- Build CIL
- Deploy Reports
- Test Retail connections (AOS, RSC, RTS, Databases, Distribution scheduler)
- Re-start all batch jobs
- Refresh OLAP database
- Smoke test
Has anyone done this process before? I would love to learn from someone else's mistakes rather than my own.
Kind Regards,
Robert Allen