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user3804193
user3804193

Reputation: 113

what do i need to backup and restore when reinstalling Team foundation server?

I have Team Foundation Server 2010 trial version, me and my coworkers have been using it for a while but, now we need to uninstall it in order to reinstall a licensed version, of course i don't need to lose the projects on team foundation server, how can i backup those projects so that i restore them when i install the licensed version? what about the database? i need details please. Thanks in advance

Upvotes: 1

Views: 212

Answers (2)

rerwinX
rerwinX

Reputation: 2035

Dylan is correct that you only need to add a license key rather than doing a re-install.

If possible, I'd encourage you to go with a more recent version of TFS rather than starting with 2010 when 2015 has just been released. Backup/Restore is nicely built in to later versions too.

For TFS 2010 backup you need to manually backup a number of databases.

The critical ones are: - TFS_Configuration - TFS_Collection(s)

If you're using reporting (although they can be recreated later) - TFS_Analysis - TFS_Warehouse - ReportServer - ReportServerTempDB

And if you have any content in SharePoint - WSS_Config - WSS_Content - WSS_AdminContent

Backup TFS 2010 Manually

If the server is in use then the backups should be timestamped which is a more involved process (see article above) so in that case it's going to be a lot easier to grab the TFS Power Tools which include a backup tool.

Team Foundation Server 2010 Power Tools

Upvotes: 0

Dylan Smith
Dylan Smith

Reputation: 22245

You don't need to uninstall/reinstall. Just open the admin console and enter a product key to go from Trial Edition to Full. See here for details: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Cc668758.aspx

Upvotes: 2

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