Sitecore XP Mongo DB Configuration Issue

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I installed newer version of Sitecore (Sitecore Experience Platform 8.1 rev. 151207 (8.1 Update-1)) and also installed Mongo DB(3.0.2) and both of them installed successfully. However I don't see any new databases created in MongoDB by Sitecore. I verified the connectionstrings.config and it has the correct path to Mongo DB(Example: mongodb://localhost:27017/analytics).

Since this is my local environment I am reusing the license of Sitecore 7.2 which also includes license for DMS. After digging through the log file I noticed this:

8944 20:39:58 INFO xDB is disabled. 8944 20:39:58 INFO Tracking is enabled.

After doing some research I didn't find Analytics.Enabled setting in Sitecore Analytics.config file or even in /sitecore/admin/showconfig.aspx file. Even after updating the config file with Analytics.Enabled = true it still says "XDB is Disabled".

Is there any setting that needs to be updated? Does the license file need to be updated separately for XP?

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3 Answers

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You will need to generate a new license for Sitecore 8.1, the older Sitecore license are not compatible:

Sitecore 8.1 now requires a license with the “Sitecore.xDB.base” key to enable all features of the Experience Platform. If your license file does not contain this key, Sitecore will default to Experience Management (CMS-only) mode. Any customers or partners with a license to Experience Platform should contact their account manager or login to SPN if they are missing this key.

From the Sitecore download page.

You can generate a new license by logging into SPN and you need to make sure it is "xDB enabled"

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In Sitecore 8.1, You have a new config file "Sitecore.Xdb.config" where you can enable/disable CMS Only mode, Make sure that the following setting is enabled in it:

Xdb.Enabled

https://doc.sitecore.net/sitecore_experience_platform/xdb_configuration/cmsonly_mode_configuration

Also, If you don't have a valid xDB license, CMS-Only mode is enabled by default.

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After doing some digging from the above notes I found that we need to update the Sitecore license. After procuring a new license Sitecore was successfully able to create databases in Mongo.