If you need to move the back-end database, you can move the back-end database to a different location on the same computer. In order to move a back-end database for a Standard Edition server, you do the following:

To detach the databases and move the database files

  1. Verify that the RTC database is backed up and that the backup files are accessible. For details about backing up the database, see Backup and Restorationin the Operations documentation.

  2. Log on as a member of the RTCUniversalServerAdmins group to the Standard Edition server.

  3. Stop all Office Communications Server services, including the following:

    • A/V Conferencing service

    • Web Conferencing service

    • Front end services, including the IM Conferencing service, the Telephony Conferencing service, and the Front End service

  4. Open SQL Server Management Studio.

  5. In the console tree, expand the server node. Expand Databases, and then for each of the databases ( ACDDyn, RTC, RTCAb, RTCConfig, and RTCDyn), do the following:

    1. Right-click the database, point to Tasks, and then click Detach.

    2. In the Detach Databasedialog box, in the details pane, select the check box in the Drop Connectionscolumn, and then click OK.

    After you have detached all the databases, move the .mdf and .ldf files of the ACDDyn, RTC, RTCAb, RTCConfig, and RTCDyn databases to the new path on the Standard Edition server, and then use the following procedure to attach the databases.

To attach the databases

  1. Open SQL Server Management Studio.

  2. In the console tree, expand the server node. Right-click Databases, and then click Attach.

  3. For each database, do the following:

    1. In the Attach Databasesdialog box, in the details pane, under Databases to attach, click Add.

    2. In the Locate Database Filesdialog box, click the .mdf file for the database to attach, and then click OK.

    3. In the Attach Databasesdialog box, verify that both the .mdf file and the .ldf file of the database are listed under database details. If the .ldf file is not listed, add it now. Click the button in the Current File Pathcolumn, next to the .mdf file, click the .ldf file for the database, and then click OK.

    4. In the Attach Databasesdialog box, click OK.

  4. After you have verified that all the databases are listed under the Databasesfolder, enable database chaining for each of the databases by doing the following:

    1. Click Database Engine Query.

    2. In the SQL Server query window, enter the following stored procedure for each database and then click Execute.

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      Exec sp_dboption '
<database_name>','db chaining','True'

  5. Start all Office Communications Server services on the Standard Edition server in the following sequence:

    • Office Communications Server Front End service

    • Office Communications Server IM Conferencing service

    • Office Communications Server Telephony Conferencing service

    • Office Communications Server Web Conferencing service

    • Office Communications Server A/V Conferencing service