Database cannot be started in this edition of SQL Server because it contains a partition function 'AuditPFN'
Hi,
Today I faced this problem when trying to restore a Dynamics CRM 2011 database from a SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition to a SQL Server 2008 R2 Developer Edition.
It got me crazy as I did not created any partition on the original DB and this problem didn’t allow to me to restore the DB and import the organization on my dev environment.
After some research we came up with this KB article which explains the cause and solution for this issue. In a nutshell:
[Cause]
When Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 is installed using a Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise edition, a partition is automatically created for the auditing functionality of Dynamics CRM 2011. The AuditBase table then uses partitioning (which is only available for Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise).
[Solution]
1. Backup current DB, just in case :p).
2. Run the following script on the original DB:
IF EXISTS (SELECT name FROM sys.partition_schemes WHERE name='AuditPScheme')
BEGIN
SELECT
CASE WHEN ind.type != 1
THEN
'DROP INDEX [dbo].[AuditBase].' + QUOTENAME(ind.name) + ' '
ELSE ' '
END +
'CREATE ' + CASE is_unique WHEN 1 THEN 'UNIQUE ' ELSE '' END +
ind.type_desc + ' INDEX ' + QUOTENAME(ind.name COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS ) + ' ON [dbo].' + QUOTENAME(OBJECT_NAME(object_id)) + ' (' +
REVERSE(SUBSTRING(REVERSE((
SELECT name + CASE WHEN sc.is_descending_key = 1 THEN ' DESC' ELSE ' ASC' END + ','
FROM
sys.index_columns sc
JOIN sys.columns c ON sc.object_id = c.object_id AND sc.column_id = c.column_id
WHERE
OBJECT_NAME(sc.object_id) = 'AuditBase' AND
sc.object_id = ind.object_id AND
sc.index_id = ind.index_id
ORDER BY index_column_id ASC
FOR XML PATH('')
)), 2, 8000)) + ')' +
CASE WHEN ind.type = 1
THEN
' WITH (DROP_EXISTING = ON) ON [PRIMARY]'
ELSE
' '
END as Script
INTO #indexesScript
FROM sys.indexes ind
JOIN sys.partition_schemes ps on ind.data_space_id=ps.data_space_id
WHERE
OBJECT_NAME(object_id) = 'AuditBase'
AND ps.name = 'AuditPScheme'
AND is_unique_constraint = 0
SELECT * FROM #indexesScript
DECLARE @recreateScript nvarchar(max)
DECLARE indScript CURSOR FOR
SELECT Script FROM #indexesScript
OPEN indScript
FETCH NEXT FROM indScript INTO @recreateScript
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
BEGIN TRANSACTION t1
Execute sp_executesql @recreateScript
IF @@ERROR > 0
BEGIN
ROLLBACK TRAN t1
declare @message varchar(max)
set @message = 'Audit history recreate index failed. SQL: ' + @recreateScript
RAISERROR (@message, 10,1)
END
ELSE
BEGIN
COMMIT TRAN
END
FETCH NEXT FROM indScript INTO @recreateScript
END
DROP PARTITION SCHEME AuditPScheme
DROP PARTITION FUNCTION AuditPFN
CLOSE indScript
DEALLOCATE indScript
DROP TABLE #indexesScript
END
3. Just in case, verify that your current CRM 2011 continue working properly.
4. Now, backup the DB again and copy the backup to the environment you want to restore it in order to import the organization.
5. Try restoring the DB again and then importing your organization through Deployment Manager as usual. It should work fine now :).
Hope it helps and saves you some time,
PP [twitter: @pabloperalta]