Refreshing a SQL Server Environment
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This topic describes how to refresh an environment.

When a host or cluster has already been configured in the Delphix Management Application as an environment and is subsequently changed in certain ways, an environment refresh may be required for the Delphix Engine to acknowledge the changes. Example actions that could necessitate an environment refresh include:

  • Installing a new database home
  • Creating a new database
  • Adding a new instance

During environment discovery and environment refreshes, the Delphix Engine pushes a fresh copy of the Plugin to each host environment. Included in the Plugin are:

  • A Java Runtime Environment, or JRE
  • Delphix .JAR files
  • The Delphix hostchecker utility
  • Scripts for managing the environment and/or VDBs
  • Delphix Connector log files (when applicable)

The Delphix Engine then executes some of these scripts to discover information about the objects in your environment, such as where the databases are installed, their names, and information required to connect to them. In some environments (Windows in particular), the scripts are customized to fit the customer’s environment.

Refreshing a Single Environment

  1. Click Manage.
  2. Select Environments.
  3. On the left-hand side of the screen, click the name of the environment you wish to refresh.
  4. Click the Refresh icon. 

    This will generate several jobs related to the environment discovery processes. You can view the status of the jobs by clicking Active Jobs in the upper right-hand corner of the screen.
  5. Wait for all related jobs to complete.

When all related jobs are complete, the environment refresh process is complete.

Refreshing all Environments

In some circumstances, you may need to refresh all environments on a Delphix Engine.
  1. Click Manage.
  2. Select Environments.
  3. Click the Actions (...) menu to Environments and select Refresh All.

    Environments Refresh All


    Depending on the number of environments on the Delphix Engine, this can generate numerous jobs related to the discovery processes. You can view the status of the jobs by clicking Active Jobs in the upper right-hand corner of the screen.
  4. Wait for all related jobs to complete.

When all related jobs are complete, the environment refresh process is complete.

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