Rejoining the contact management database

The following steps describe how to return separated contact management database objects and data back to the application’s main database.

1. Open the System application.

2. Select the DB separation tab click Join contact management DB with main DB.

   • The Database join wizard starts.

3. Click Disable tasks.

   You need to prevent all scheduled tasks in the system from running, because the databases will be unavailable during the joining process. If a task is currently being executed when you click the button, the disabling action waits until the task is finished. The tasks will automatically be enabled again after the databases are merged.

   

4. Click Next to continue. The wizard displays a log while the database operations are being performed.

   When the process is successfully finished, all tables and data from the dedicated contact management database will again be a part of the application’s main database. If you leave the Delete separated database option checked in the final step, the separated database is completely removed from the server.

5. Click Finish.

   • The system brings all websites back on-line and enables the inactive scheduled tasks.

Completing the wizard automatically deletes the CMSOMConnectionString connection string key from the Xperience administration project’s web.config file.

You need to manually delete the additional connection string for the separated contact management database from your live site (MVC) project’s web.config file. The same applies for any additional web farm instances that may be running your application (either for the live site or the administration).