Change Access Services Database Name

Question

We are trying out access services for SharePoint and noticed that it generates its own db_<guid> database in the SP database server. We were wondering if it is possible to rename the database or customize the naming convention.

Answer 1

Yes you can customize the naming convention.But it is not straight forward, as renaming a folder.

Below are the steps you need to follow

1. In SharePoint 2010 Management Shell, lets say you want to rename the configuration database which is content_db_5186280F-C5FE-4495-8096-AFD73A4C524C. Create a new database by using the following command

   New-SPContentDatabase -Name SharePoint_AdminContent -WebApplication "http://sp2010-web1:20376"

2. Retrieve the Id values assigned to the SharePoint Admin Content database By running the following command

   Get-SPWebApplication -Identity http://sp2010-web1:20376 | Get-SPContentDatabase | Select Id, Name, WebApplication | Format-List

3.Move the content from the currently existing database to the newly created database based on the ID that we got in step 2

Get-SPSite -ContentDatabase 46410944-32c4-4e01-8390-22b693f4fcc2 | Move-SPSite -DestinationDatabase 86d8e579-fbd8-473e-867d-58b974ee0267

4. Remove the existing database by running the following command

Remove-SPContentDatabase 46410944-32c4-4e01-8390-22b693f4fcc2

5. Verify that we got rid of the older database run the following command

   Get-SPWebApplication -Identity http://sp2010-web1:20376 | Get-SPContentDatabase | Select Id, Name, WebApplication | Format-List

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