Auto Restore .bak From Production To Same Server's TEST Db With Other Dbs && .baks In Same Server.
Aug 10, 2007
Howdy;
I've tried this in the 'tools' area, but that didn't work too well. I suspect, I will have to generate a T-SQL code then schedule it as a job. Why I can't just drag and drop with basic desires, is beyond me, but THAT probably does exist.
anyway here is the problem
[this server has many databases, on SQL 2000 sp2]
1. User only wants me to use Monday morning's full backup, which is good in that it doesn't include transaction logs.
2. Restore that data overtop/into Developement db. = good, no data to worry about damaging.
3. User does NOT want me to do this by hand, but schedule it.
ok,
a. must do a RESTORE WITH FILELISTONLY from [?] what ?, master? and if I user the *.bak of the production, it has
a coded date field in the name entry SO, I would, I guess, have to generate all sorts of wonderful code to find the date and build a file name. Why, because using the FROM DISK = 'F:MSSQLBACKUPDBPRODUCTION_yyyyddmm.BAK' is not going to work with a wild card.
Can I do a file lookup using a 'PRODUCTION' prefix into a variable, then use that or should I look for latest file date [remember there are several database backups here], or ????
then. How does one schedule such a T-SQL. Do I save it to some text file, and invoke it using a job scheduler.
any help appreciated.
IS there an easier way.
rik
View 5 Replies
ADVERTISEMENT
Feb 28, 2000
We have both a production SQL 7 server, QA, and Development. From time to time, I want to move just the data from the production server to the other 2 servers without modifing the objects that may have been changed such as stored procedures and rights. Is there a way using the SQL tools provided that we can just move the data. Becuase also what happens is that the rights to the objects change which means my developers no longer have access to the tables for selects in QA since the changes where overwritten by production where they do not have the rights.
Thanks
Ricky Kelley
View 3 Replies
View Related
Aug 8, 2002
I would like to know what procedures are required to transfer passwords from my Production server to my Test server.
View 1 Replies
View Related
Feb 25, 2006
Hi,
Is there any tool available to migrate the data from the SQL Server
test database to SQL Server production database. Data Migration should
be based on a condition which can be given as an input for a table by
the user. The dependant tables also should be migrated based on the
condition. i.e data subsetting based on the matching conditions.
Ex : Salary > 2000
The rows of the table which matches the condition alone need to be
migrated for the corresponding table. Also its dependant table's
rows should be migrated based on the given condition. Please help me
with a tool which can automate this.
Thanks,
Smitha
View 5 Replies
View Related
Feb 25, 2006
Hi,
Is there any tool available to migrate the data from the SQL Server test database to SQL Server production database. Data Migration should be based on a condition which can be given as an input for a table by the user. The dependant tables also should be migrated based on the given condition. i.e data subsetting based on the matching conditions.
Ex : Salary > 2000
The rows of the table which matches the condition alone need to be migrated for the corresponding table. Also its dependant table's rows should be migrated based on the given condition. Please help me with a tool which can automate this.
Thanks,
MiraJ
View 4 Replies
View Related
Jan 8, 2001
I am trying to copy a production db (26.5 gigs) with a 3 gig log from production to a test server. The Prod db name is EDD_Cat which resides on one logical drive for the data (.mdf) and another logical drive for the log (.ldf). The test server does not have the same physical raid allocation. The only way that I can get that much space is to spread the data across 3 logical drives. I have preallocated a database called EDD_CatT with the same total physical db size. I have not been successful in restoring from a sql backup device (copied from production) to the new test db. Here are my tsql statements and error:
Restore Database EDD_Catt
from Iloc01bkp
with File=2,
Move 'EDD_Cat_dat' to 'D:Mssql7DataEDD_Cat.mdf',
Replace,
Move 'EDD_Cat_dat' to 'E:Mssql7DataEDD_Cat2.ndf',
Replace,
Move 'EDD_Cat_dat' to 'F:Mssql7DataEDD_Cat3.ndf',
Replace,
Move 'EDD_Cat_log' to 'G:Mssql7DataEDD_Log1.ldf',
Replace
start db restore
---------------------------
2001-01-02 12:23:31.610
(1 row(s) affected)
Server: Msg 3257, Level 16, State 1, Line 0
There is insufficient free space on disk volume 'E:' to create the database. The database requires 20447232000 additional free bytes, while only 1732972544 bytes are available.
Server: Msg 3013, Level 16, State 1, Line 0
Backup or restore operation terminating abnormally.
I also tried using EM but basically got the same type of error.
I could do this with SQL 6.5 as long as the db size was the same or larger.
Any advice/suggestions will be greatly appreciated. BOL and the manuals that I have seem to only give examples that have one file for the data and another for the log but I could not find one that gave an example of what I am trying to do.
Thanks much for your time
Calvin Matsumoto - State of California
View 2 Replies
View Related
Oct 1, 2006
Hello
Can anybody give me an idea or a script which can be used to Restore a production Database to Test Database on another server. As I need to do this 3 days a week, I would like to make this automated.
Thanks
View 1 Replies
View Related
Aug 29, 2007
Hi All:
Please advise me about restore a master database from production to test server.
The reason to do this because I need to test and evaluate some login in master database.
I tried to restore master database to test server, but I got some errors regarding about user databases are not exists in test server. I don't want to restore user databases, I only need master database for evaluate user login.
Again thanks for your advice.
View 2 Replies
View Related
Jun 25, 2015
I need to restore test DB from production backup but once it is restored I would need all the permissions of sql logins and windows AD account intact in test Db as it was before.
View 4 Replies
View Related
Jun 4, 2015
We have a production 2012 R2 SQL server that is not part of a domain. I have a database called CSSDC. I need to backup this database and make the BAK file available to a user on a different SQL server. Security is a concern. In order for this user to restore the database, they will have to be in the fixed server role sysadmins. I know I am going to have to use the Move with replace for the filegroups for the restore. Once the database is restored it will have to be altered to read-only. I would also like to remove the existing security and only have this new user access the read-only database.
View 4 Replies
View Related
Apr 4, 2015
I am working towards automating the process of testing our backups. For the meantime, I do it all manually - I copy the backup files (full + transaction logs) to our test server and then run the restore script. Once database restored I run the DBCC CheckDB. The results of checkdb I manually upload to our Sharepoint portal as proof that the backup file is intact with no errors.
here are some ideas I have but have not yet tested:
Create a maintenance plan with each 3 jobs:
--> Powershell script to copy the files from Prod server to Test server - add this scrip to Job1
--> Powershell script to restore databases files - add this script to Job2
--> Run the DBCC in powershell (yet to find if possible in PS) - add this script to Job3
I would like to use seperate jobs as to get a report on the duration and status of each job
Would also like to get the results of the DBCC Checkdb as proof that no errors were found for upload to our Sharepoint portal. Dont know if possible via the job.
View 8 Replies
View Related
Jul 17, 2006
Hi all,
I have a asp .net 1.1 application running on the intranet which uses SQL Server 2000.
The application is in production and everytime I want to do some changes, i do the changes on my
development machine then I copy the application dll on the server.
The problem is that I'm using Stored Procedures for all my Select, Insert and Delete statements.
These stored procedures are live on the server so I can't do the modifications locally and test them then copy to the server.
How can I do modifications without affecting the production server and the users ???
thanks.
View 4 Replies
View Related
Jun 25, 2004
Sould one has a seperated environment for production and test system? How do you do it on a same server? Install two instance? How do you seperate test DBs from the production DBs?
Please advise...Thank you
View 2 Replies
View Related
May 14, 2004
I have just finished upsizing an Access database to SQL Server 2k. Now the SQL Server need to be run on a test basis to determine if i need to make more changes to the front-end (Access). The problem I am facing is how to keep the two databases in sync while I am testing. Any suggestions?
Also any suggestion or comments on how to run a test setup like this (in parrallel) are also welcome since this is my first time attempting a project like this.
Let me know if anyone needs more info.
Thanks in advance.
View 1 Replies
View Related
Aug 2, 2001
Hi,
We're using SQL Server 2000 as back end in our web project. The problem is we've 3 different copies of same database - one each for Development, Test and Production sitting in 2 different machines.
My question is - is there any tool for comparing the objects (tables, stored procedures, etc) ?
Thanks,
Harish
View 2 Replies
View Related
Nov 18, 2005
Here is my requirement.
There is a production database which has ever increasing data. For testing purposes though, I would like to build a test database with exactly the same schema but only a subset of data copied from the production database . I'll specify the criteria (something like a where clause in select query) for copying the data from the production database.
Is there a tool that anyone has come across to do this job ?
View 2 Replies
View Related
Jul 23, 2005
I am debugging one of our programs and ran the fix in Test. I would liketo compare table 1 between Production and Test. I want the query to outputcolumn 1 if Production <> Test output.What is the best way to achieve this?jeff--Message posted via http://www.sqlmonster.com
View 2 Replies
View Related
Nov 27, 2007
We will be implementing our first SQL cluster in December. Our current plan calls for a shared development/test database server with one physical server, but two SQL Server instances. Our production environment will be a SQL cluster. Is it necessary to create a clustered test environment for testing patches, hot-fixes, etc...?
Thanks, Dave
View 2 Replies
View Related
May 26, 2015
How do I change application code to easily switch between the application working against a test database versus working with a production database?
My thought is to change the connection string to work with a test DB, and when ready to Publish, change the connection string back to the production DB. After Publish is successful, change the connection string back to the test DB.
At first, it appears it will work. Will it? Whether it will or won't?
View 3 Replies
View Related
Feb 22, 2005
Hello
I have a production database that i need to refresh to our test environment daily. The database size is 700 MB.
I do not need to transfer the stored procedures and triggers , users and logins.
Would a DTS package that runs every night be the best and the easiest solution to implement or should i look into log shipping and snapshot replication.
thanks
View 2 Replies
View Related
Jul 23, 2014
I am attempting to create a Test db from a full backup of the production db. With 2012, I cannot do it the the way i had done it in previous versions (and now i understand why because of Logical names).
The Test db runs in the same instance as Prod db.
I attempted to run this but come up with errors. This is what i executed:
RESTORE DATABASE TEST FROM DISK = 'E:<path>FULL.BAK'
WITH REPLACE, RECOVERY,
MOVE 'PROD' TO 'E:<path>TEST.MDF';
The errors are all cannot execute due to PROD is in use.
View 9 Replies
View Related
Mar 3, 2015
Setting up Transaction Replication in test environment. I am willing to bet that most of you take a production backup (if so, how, and using what?), restoring the database to your test environment, then running a snapshot to your subscriber and away you go.
But perhaps you take a backup of your publisher and subscriber, if so, how do you know there are no inconsistences because there were transactions sitting on the distributor?
What do you do if you have additional indexes on the subscriber for reporting, that are not on the publisher?
Here at work we are having issues with getting consistent databases set up with T Rep, missing rows, duplicate keys at subscriber etc. How to avoid these issues.
View 0 Replies
View Related
Feb 4, 2008
We are setting up a new Reporting Services 2005 enterprise reporting tier that will support multiple developers, applications, and end users. We will have mirrored environments including development, test, and production each with their own database cluster, and reporting server.
We have multiple report developers who share a single Visual Studio solution which is saved in SourceSafe and is setup to have separate report projects for each business unit in the orgainzation. Each report project is mapped to a specific deployment folder matching the business unit. Using the Visual Studio Configuration Manager, we can simply flip to the envirnoment we want to deploy to and the reports are published to the correct environment and folder structure.
My problem lies with the common data sources. We are using a single master Common Data Sources folder to hold all of the data sources. The trick is that each and every reporting folder seems to have to have it's own copy of the data source in visual studio. There does not seem to be an easy way to change the data sources for the reports when you publish to various environment, i.e. development, test, production etc.
Ideally, we would have a single project for the common data sources that all reporting projects and associated folders would map to, and we would have a way to associate the appropriate data source for each environment when we deploy.
I'm looling for best practices on how to setup data sources for development and deployment in an enterprise environment that uses Visual Studio to develop and publish reports. We have 3 environments, and 6 data sources per environment and about 20 reporting folder / project in Visual Studio. That's 360 changes that have to be manged when deploying reports. Is there a best practices way to do this?
There has got to be a better way? Can anyone give me some insite into how to set this up?
Thanks!
View 8 Replies
View Related
May 19, 2003
Hi all:-
I administer about 100 databases. I back them up to a file on the server hard drive everynight. Once a month I would like to test restore the backups . Due to the huge number of databases now its almost impossible to manually test restore them one by one so I came up with an automated script to do it. I have a database called testrestore and I restore each backup file to it get the count on certain crucial tables, throw it in a different table for later comparison and replace the database with the next backup file. I need to run this script on production, do you think its okay to test restore 100 databases one after the other using the 'replace' parameter ? Can it cause any memeory issues ? Is there any other way to test restore such a huge number of databases ? Suggestions are welcome.
Thanks.
View 2 Replies
View Related
Aug 20, 2004
I have a Database A in production with 12GB as data file and 8 GB as log file. How do I restore this db in Development with a smaller log file, say 1GB?
I can't shrink the log file or anything in production. What is the best way to restore in Dev with a smaller log file?
Thanks.
View 4 Replies
View Related
Jul 23, 2005
I have a production database with a backup job that creates files with thenaming convention dbname_db_200503291800.bak. I want to schedule a restorejob that will retire yesterdays backup. How can I write my restore statementso that it will specify the backup file with yesterdays date.Thanks
View 1 Replies
View Related
May 27, 2008
I have performed several restores due to poor equipment(in the past where I used to work, now I have a brand new HP); this database has never crashed. I read an article in which the guy said a good DBA should be doing a test restore at least once a month. I see where that would be extremely important since i test my ups weekly, and my genset once a week, why not ensure that the data is good also.
OK, HOW?
View 5 Replies
View Related
Sep 20, 2007
I am trying to imitate a DR situation where the primary db is down and I need to recover the secondary db on another server. They are a log shipping pair and so to imitate a DR, I remove the log shipping in the primary server maintenance plan. Then I go to the secondary server and disable the log shipping jobs there and attempt to do the following
RESTORE DATABASE database_name WITH RECOVERY
but I can't get exclusive use because the database is in use. But I don't see any other users... am I wrong in thinking that the log shipping was completely deleted? Anything I can do to force exclusive access?
View 10 Replies
View Related
Aug 24, 2006
hi!
I am able to run the package successfuly in test database. but not in production database. It throughs up error saying
Description: Unable to load the package as XML because of package does not have a valid XML format. A specific XML parser error will be posted.
Description: Failed to open package file "D:\TAHOE\APPS\SSISPackages\Integration Services Packages\ArchiveMain.dtsx" due to error 0x80070015 "The device is not ready.". This happens when loading a package and the file cannot be opened or loaded c
orrectly into the XML document. This can be the result of either providing an incorrect file name was specified when calling LoadPackage or the XML file was specified and has an incorrect format.
End Error
Could not load package "D:\TAHOE\APPS\SSISPackages\Integration Services Packages\ArchiveMain.dtsx" because of error 0xC0011002.
Description: Failed to open package file "D:\TAHOE\APPS\SSISPackages\Integration Services Packages\ArchiveMain.dtsx" due to error 0x80070015 "The device is not ready.". This happens when loading a package and the file cannot be opened or loaded corr
ectly into the XML document. This can be the result of either providing an incorrect file name was specified when calling LoadPackage or the XML file was specified and has an incorrect format.
what is the problem here....
JAs
View 3 Replies
View Related
Sep 18, 2001
There is a database located at remote location we wanted the same on the local server..so we backed it up then restored the same on the local server everything went successfull.
When i tried to create user it says the user is already existing, but nither can i see the user nor drop the one..(ofcourse not existing) it gives me an error 15023.
The other problem is that when i check the storedprocedures i can see and open them when i try to look for permissions or assign it by clicking permissions tab it says the specific stored procedure doesnot exist and gives me a sql-dmo error 21770.
I donno what do..help would be appreciated.
Mark
View 1 Replies
View Related
Jun 16, 2015
I have two SQL Databases on separate servers, live and test. I have been asked to copy the data from the live system and put it into test. They are SQL Management Studio 2008 running on MS Server 2008R2.
Could a simple backup of the database, then copy that file to the test system and restore the database from that point work or it there more to it?
View 3 Replies
View Related
Jan 28, 2008
I have this simple full text search query that works perfectly on my own computer using sql server 2005 express, however, on the production server(shared hosting)when I added the first 50+ rows, the full text search works perfect, but as the number of rows increases, the full text search can only see the first50+ rows, but not the new ones. Is there any quick solution for this or it's just a common mistake for developers for not properly indexed columns?Is there a way to re-indexed all rows without loosing data on the live server? search query: SELECT TOP 50 *FROM li_BookmarksWHERE FREETEXT(Keywords,@Keywords)
View 2 Replies
View Related
Aug 1, 2007
I currently have a SQL Server cluster setup with a Primary DB Server SERVER1 and the Standby server SERVER2. SERVER1 has been failing more than normal is the past few weeks and its takes upto 5 mins for SERVER2 realize that SERVER1 is down. I am looking for a better way to implement a backup server on production with minimum downtime. Please adivse..
View 1 Replies
View Related