I'm trying to upgrade a 2014 instance of MDS to 2016. There has also been an edition change in the interim.
The database was hosted on 2014 Enterprise edition, it is now hosted on 2016 Developer edition.
The database has still been running 2014 MDS in the interim and now I am turning to the upgrade of MDS and the database itself.
I have backed up and restored the database to allow me to upgrade alongside the existing database initially for safety reasons! When I select the database in Master Data Services Configuration Manager it tells me that the database version is 12.2.0.0 and needs to be upgraded. On choosing to upgrade the database, the following error occurs;
"The upgrade from the version of Database is not supported or the SQL scripts for the upgrade are missing"
I've tried to find information related to this, there are suggestions of bugs in early versions of 2014 but so far haven't found anyone complaining of similar issues with 2016.
I have tried a few things to alleviate this;
- Increased database compatibility to 120, it was set at 100.
- Changed database owner to the service account configured to run MDS.
- Increased database compatibility to 130.
I have attempted with a new database and can get MDS running in 2016 but ideally I want to retain the existing data and not port it to a new instance.
Can anyone offer any suggestions?
Thanks and regards
Justin