Use the Mount-NAVApplication cmdlet to mount a Business Central database that contains the application tables against a Business Central Server instance. You can only mount one Business Central application at a time.
The database can be a dedicated application database, or a database that contains all Business Central tables.
Examples
EXAMPLE 1
Mount-NAVApplication BC -DatabaseServer dbserver1 -DatabaseName 'Business Central app'
This example mounts the Business Central application on the BC server instance.
The application is contained in the Business Central app database, which is hosted on the dbserver1 database server.
EXAMPLE 2
Mount-NAVApplication BC -DatabaseServer dbserver1 -DatabaseName 'Business Central app' -DatabaseCredentials (Get-Credential)
This example mounts the Business Central application on the BC server instance and configures the Business Central Server instance to use SQL authentication with the application database. The database credentials (user name and password) are provided in a dialog box that results from the call to the Get-Credential cmdlet.
Parameters
-Confirm
Prompts you for confirmation before executing the command.
Parameter properties
Type:
SwitchParameter
Default value:
None
Supports wildcards:
False
DontShow:
False
Aliases:
cf
Parameter sets
(All)
Position:
Named
Mandatory:
False
Value from pipeline:
False
Value from pipeline by property name:
False
Value from remaining arguments:
False
-DatabaseCredentials
The user name and password of the login account that the Business Central Server instance will use to connect to the Business Central database in SQL Server.
Setting parameter is configures the Business Central Server instance to use SQL Server Authentication instead of Windows Authentication on the connection to the application database.
The login account must be a member of the db_owner role on the database.
Parameter properties
Type:
PSCredential
Default value:
None
Supports wildcards:
False
DontShow:
False
Parameter sets
(All)
Position:
Named
Mandatory:
False
Value from pipeline:
False
Value from pipeline by property name:
True
Value from remaining arguments:
False
-DatabaseInstance
Specifies the name of the SQL Server instance that hosts the database.
You can also specify the instance in the DatabaseServer parameter, such as like MyServer\MyInstance.
Parameter properties
Type:
DatabaseInstance
Default value:
None
Supports wildcards:
False
DontShow:
False
Parameter sets
(All)
Position:
Named
Mandatory:
False
Value from pipeline:
False
Value from pipeline by property name:
True
Value from remaining arguments:
False
-DatabaseName
Specifies the name of the application database that you want to mount against the Business Central Server instance, such as 'Business Central app'.
Parameter properties
Type:
String
Default value:
None
Supports wildcards:
False
DontShow:
False
Parameter sets
(All)
Position:
Named
Mandatory:
True
Value from pipeline:
False
Value from pipeline by property name:
True
Value from remaining arguments:
False
-DatabaseServer
Specifies the name of the database server that hosts the application database that you want to mount against the Business Central Server instance.
Parameter properties
Type:
String
Default value:
None
Supports wildcards:
False
DontShow:
False
Parameter sets
(All)
Position:
Named
Mandatory:
False
Value from pipeline:
False
Value from pipeline by property name:
True
Value from remaining arguments:
False
-DoNotSaveConfiguration
Specifies if the configuration must not be saved when the cmdlet has completed the task.
If the parameter is not set, the configuration settings are automatically saved.
Parameter properties
Type:
SwitchParameter
Default value:
None
Supports wildcards:
False
DontShow:
False
Parameter sets
(All)
Position:
Named
Mandatory:
False
Value from pipeline:
False
Value from pipeline by property name:
False
Value from remaining arguments:
False
-Force
Forces the command to run without asking for user confirmation.
Parameter properties
Type:
SwitchParameter
Default value:
None
Supports wildcards:
False
DontShow:
False
Parameter sets
(All)
Position:
Named
Mandatory:
False
Value from pipeline:
False
Value from pipeline by property name:
False
Value from remaining arguments:
False
-ServerInstance
Specifies the name of a Business Central Server instance, for example, BC or myinstance.
You can specify either the full name of an instance, such as MicrosoftDynamicsNavServer$myinstance or the short name such as myinstance.
Parameter properties
Type:
String
Default value:
None
Supports wildcards:
False
DontShow:
False
Parameter sets
(All)
Position:
0
Mandatory:
True
Value from pipeline:
True
Value from pipeline by property name:
True
Value from remaining arguments:
False
-WhatIf
Describes what would happen if you executed the command without actually executing the command.
Parameter properties
Type:
SwitchParameter
Default value:
None
Supports wildcards:
False
DontShow:
False
Aliases:
wi
Parameter sets
(All)
Position:
Named
Mandatory:
False
Value from pipeline:
False
Value from pipeline by property name:
False
Value from remaining arguments:
False
CommonParameters
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable,
-InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutBuffer, -OutVariable, -PipelineVariable,
-ProgressAction, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see
about_CommonParameters.
Inputs
System.String
You can pipe the value of the ServerInstance parameter as a string to this cmdlet.