Before you can backup or restore your Skyline databases you need to verify the location of the database.
To confirm the location of your database:
1. | You need to confirm the physical location of your Skyline website. To do this open Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
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1. | Select the Skyline website. |
2. | The Edit Site window opens.
Make a note of: |
1. | the physical path of the website. By default it is C:\Skyline\wwwroot. |
2. | the name of the application pool that the website uses. This is needed during an upgrade procedure. |
3. | View the Skyline website folder and open the web configuration file with notepad.
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4. | In the <connectionStrings> section identify the server name and database name. In the example below the server name is .\Skyline.
Make a note of the following: |
• | Data Source (This is the name of the SQL Server where the database is stored). |
• | Initial Catalogue (The name of the Database) |