Database cannot be started in this edition of SQL Server

When trying to restore a Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise database to another server running Microsoft SQL Server Standard you get the following error:

Restore failed for Server 'SQLServerName'.

Additional information:
An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or batch. (Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo)
Database 'Org_MSCRM' cannot be started in this edition of SQL Server because it contains a partition function 'AuditPFN'. Only Enterprise edition of SQL Server supports partitioning. Database 'Org_MSCRM' cannot be started because some of the database functionality is not available in the current edition of SQL Server. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 905)

Cause:
When Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 is installed using a Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise edition, a partition is created for the auditing functionality of Dynamics CRM 2011. The AuditBase table uses partitioning which is only available for Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise.

RESOLUTION:
Use the following Steps and Script to remove the partitioning. The following script recreates all the indexes on the Primary partition and then drops the partition.

Be sure to have a database backup of the 'Org_MSCRM' before performing the following steps.

1. Restore the 'Org_MSCRM' database to a Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise edition. It is recommended to backup and restore the database instead of running the script on the production database.

2. Run the following script against the restored database.

IF EXISTS (SELECT name FROM sys.partition_schemes WHERE name='AuditPScheme')
BEGIN
 SELECT 
  CASE WHEN ind.type != 1 
   THEN 
    'DROP INDEX [dbo].[AuditBase].' + QUOTENAME(ind.name) + ' ' 
   ELSE ' ' 
  END + 
  'CREATE ' + CASE is_unique WHEN 1 THEN 'UNIQUE ' ELSE '' END  +
  ind.type_desc + ' INDEX ' + QUOTENAME(ind.name  COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS )  + ' ON [dbo].' +  QUOTENAME(OBJECT_NAME(object_id)) + ' (' +
   
  REVERSE(SUBSTRING(REVERSE((
   SELECT name + CASE WHEN sc.is_descending_key = 1 THEN ' DESC' ELSE ' ASC' END + ','
   FROM
    sys.index_columns sc
    JOIN sys.columns c ON sc.object_id = c.object_id AND sc.column_id = c.column_id
   WHERE
    OBJECT_NAME(sc.object_id) = 'AuditBase' AND
    sc.object_id = ind.object_id AND
    sc.index_id = ind.index_id
   ORDER BY index_column_id ASC
   FOR XML PATH('')
        )), 2, 8000)) + ')' +
  CASE WHEN ind.type = 1 
   THEN 
    ' WITH (DROP_EXISTING = ON) ON [PRIMARY]' 
   ELSE 
    ' ' 
  END  as Script 
 INTO #indexesScript
 FROM sys.indexes ind
 JOIN sys.partition_schemes ps on ind.data_space_id=ps.data_space_id 
 WHERE
  OBJECT_NAME(object_id) = 'AuditBase'
  AND ps.name = 'AuditPScheme' 
  AND is_unique_constraint = 0 
 SELECT * FROM #indexesScript 
 
 DECLARE @recreateScript nvarchar(max)
 DECLARE indScript CURSOR FOR
 SELECT Script FROM #indexesScript
 OPEN indScript
 FETCH NEXT FROM indScript INTO @recreateScript
 
 WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0   
 BEGIN   
  BEGIN TRANSACTION t1
  Execute sp_executesql @recreateScript
  
  IF @@ERROR > 0
  BEGIN 
   ROLLBACK TRAN t1
   declare @message varchar(max)
   set @message = 'Audit history recreate index failed. SQL: ' + @recreateScript 
      RAISERROR (@message, 10,1)
  END
  ELSE
  BEGIN
   COMMIT TRAN
  END
  FETCH NEXT FROM indScript INTO @recreateScript   
 END   
 DROP PARTITION SCHEME AuditPScheme
 DROP PARTITION FUNCTION AuditPFN
  
 CLOSE indScript   
 DEALLOCATE indScript 
 DROP TABLE #indexesScript
END

3. Once the script is complete you can backup the database and now you should be able to restore the database to a Microsoft SQL Server Standard edition.

URL: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2567984