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  1. Stop replication on Test (disable scheduler, manually execute Receive and Import only). Because the Replicator Scheduler stores the settings in the DB, turn off all Replicator Services in the Test environment.

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  2. Take full Production DB backups on all sites that are represented on Test. Start taking backups from the Main Site.

  3. Restore backups for on the Test DBs SQL server by either restoring as a new database or using the overwrite option. Pay attention to the destination database name and files.

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  4. Once all backups are restored, a superuser should open Adonis Control Center and retype passwords for inbuilt DB users (ADPW, REPL, AD_UPGRADE). You can skip this step if passwords match between the Prod and Test.

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    The Adonis DB version on Production often differs from Test; run the APM upgrade to the desired version. If APM versions on Production and Test are the same, you can skip this step.

  6. Login to APM and remove any link to Production services

    1. Web Service

    2. Crewlink

    3. Global Options,

    4. Notification tasks

  7. Remove all files from in\Receive, in\ImportStorage, in\archive, out\send, and out\Archive of all Replicator instances on Test. Start Replicator Service. Run the full replication circle manually, starting from the Main Site. If some replication files appear missing, take them from the Production Main Site corresponding Archive folder. Enable Replicator Schedulers.

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  1. Stop replication on Test (disable scheduler, manually execute Receive and Import only). Because Replicator Scheduler stores the settings in the DB, turn off all Replicator Services in the Test environment.

  2. Take full Production DB backup from the Main Site.

  3. Restore backup over the Test Main Site DB. Use You can use the overwrite option. Pay attention to the destination database name and files.

  4. Once the backup is restored, a superuser should open Adonis Control Center and retype passwords for inbuilt DB users (ADPW, REPL, AD_UPGRADE). You can skip this step if passwords match between the Prod and Test.

  5. The Adonis DB version on Production often differs from Test; run the APM upgrade to the desired version. If APM versions on Production and Test are the same, you can skip this step.

  6. Login to APM and remove any link to Production services (Web Service, Crewlink, etc.) Manually restore necessary Test settings (Global Options, Notification tasks, etc.)

  7. Login to APM on all sites, and clear the last Export/Import file numbers and times for all channels.

  8. Clean satellite sites. Login to APM, choose root level as a current client , and open the Standard crew list view showing both employed and terminated crew. Tag all crew, call the right-click menu and choose to delete the selected crew.

  9. To prevent spreading deletion from the Satellite sites, set the last export time to 'now' after deletion.

  10. Execute the script below on the Main Site database.

  11. Remove all files from in\Receive, in\ImportStorage, in\archive, out\send, and out\Archive of all Replicator instances on Test. Start Replicator Service. Run the full replication circle manually starting from the Main Site. Enable Replicator Schedulers.

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