CLI Cookbook: Linking a Microsoft SQL Server Database Loading from a Specific Full Backup of the Source Database
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This topic describes how to use the command line interface to link a SQL Server database by loading from a specific full backup of the source database as indicated by the backup UUID.

Prerequisites

  • You can find the fullBackupUUID referenced in the last command line in the msdb.dbo.backupset on the source database, for example using the following query
Use master
select backupset.database_name,
      backupset.type,
      backupset.backup_set_id,
      backupset.backup_set_uuid,
      backupset.family_guid,
      backupset.position,
      backupset.first_lsn,
      backupset.last_lsn,
      backupset.database_backup_lsn,
      backupset.name,
      backupset.has_bulk_logged_data,
      backupset.is_damaged,
      backupset.begins_log_chain,
      backupset.is_copy_only,
      backupset.backup_finish_date,
      backupset.database_version,
      backupset.database_guid,
mediafamily.logical_device_name,mediafamily.physical_device_name
from msdb.dbo.backupmediafamily mediafamily join msdb.dbo.backupset backupset
on mediafamily.media_set_id = backupset.media_set_id where backupset.database_name = N'<Database Name>'
order by backupset.backup_finish_date desc

Procedure

Enter these commands through the Delphix Engine command line interface:

/database;

link;
set type=MSSqlLinkParameters;

set container.type=MSSqlDatabaseContainer;
set container.name=<dSource name>;
set container.group=<group name>;
set container.sourcingPolicy.loadFromBackup=true;

set source.type=MSSqlLinkedSource;
set source.config=<source database>;
set source.sharedBackupLocation="<source database backup location>";

set pptRepository=<SQL instance on the staging server>;

set container.sourcingPolicy.type=SourcingPolicy;

set dbUser=<source database login with SQL authentication>;

set dbCredentials.type=PasswordCredential;
set dbCredentials.password=<password for the database login>;

set fullBackupUUID=859FD1F1-1590-4FCB-A341-5D2D13852E2E;

commit;