"Upgrading" to Gold from 7.0.7 SR1

[frankenstein897]

I am going through the upgrade guide. I understand that it isn't an "upgrade" for the files. But, for the database it is supposed to be. I made a copy of our production database and mounted it with a different name (might be my issues, not sure). I put the new files in a new website. I ran the installer and pointed it to the copied DB with a the different name. And I get this error:

The specified database is not a valid AC7.0.7 database. The upgrade only works on AC7.0.7 databases.

I the database looks just like the production one from what I can tell in SQL Studio.

I am running 7.0.7 SR1 (not SR1a).

Has anyone had this error before? I am going to continue to troubleshoot and try some different things. But, sometimes it is quicker to ask if anyone else has dealt with this.

I am also on a dedicated (virtual) servers so I have full access to the DB server and the Web server. They are on different servers.

Thanks,
Chris

[frankenstein897]

Fixed it. My DB was set to Full Recovery mode. My transaction log was huge (16GB). So, I did some good backups. Set the recovery mode to simple. Then shrank it. Then I copied the DB to a dev DB. Then ran the upgrade and it worked. So, it must have been the large transaction log that was causing the problem. So, I fixed 2 things with this Fixed my transaction logs and got my dev DB upgrades. Thanks Able!