CLI Cookbook: Linking a Microsoft SQL Server Database Loading from the Last 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 the last full backup of the source database.

Procedure

Enter the following commands in 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>;

commit;