I have SQL db on Azure, this is SQL Database Managed Instance. There are some differencees between SQL Server, one of them is that I cannot ALTER DATABASE to change file name
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/transact-sql-tsql-differences-sql-server
Any tips how can I do it?
For now my only idea is to create backup, drop database, restore in on SQL Server, change file name, backup it and restore on SQL Manage Instance with correct file name.
Any idea how to do it quicker?
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Similar to what exists in Postgres:
CREATE DATABASE clonedDB WITH TEMPLATE OriginalDB
I am looking for same in SQL Server.
For cloning database on the same sql server.
SQL Server has a "template database" that all new databases are a copy of, Model.
The model database is used as the template for all databases created
on an instance of SQL Server.
Model Database
If you want to copy some other database, use backup/restore or the SSMS Copy Database Wizard.
We have SQL server database in Azure SQL Server instance. I want to backup the database onto a local hard drive and restore it to a physical server. How can I do this?
It seems backup is disabled in Azure SQL Server?
Thanks.
You got a few options to move the data:
You can use the Azure Database Migration Assistant tool to migrate your data from one database to another.
You can also export the database in Azure Sql to a .bacpac file, stored in an Azure Storage blob. See this link for more info. You can then download the file and import the .bacpac file in SSMS localy.
For reference, a .bacpac file is a ZIP file with an extension of 'bacpac' containing the metadata and data from a SQL Server database.
How to take a backup of existing Database in Sql server and Save it as script in local or TFS?
I have 3 DB's under Production server to take backup
The following Query generates BackUp .bak file of database.
BACKUP DATABASE 'DatabaseName'
TO DISK = 'D:\FileName.bak'
1.) How can I backup my FILESTREAM database on SQL Server 2008 from SQL Server Management Studio?
2.) Do I have to make a separate backup of the FILESTREAM folder on disc?
1.) You can backup the filestream data using the normal SQL Backup & Recovery process. See this article for reference. You can also exclude filestream data explicitly from your backup should you want to.
2.) You can take a separate backup of the filestream directory, but you really don't need to. It only makes sense to the SQL Server DB instance that created it.
I'm trying to publish a webproject MVC3 .NET with binero.se. The problem is that my database file is .sdf. And binero wants a .bak file.
Does anyone know how to solve this problem?
.sdf is the file format for SQL Server Compact Edition and that's quite a different beast from "real" SQL Server. .bak is the database backup format for a full-blown SQL Server.
The way to get from .sdf to .bak would be:
create a temporary database in a "full" SQL Server (Express, Standard, Enterprise) with the name of the .sdf file
using a tool like SQL Server Compacst data and schema scripting, export your table structure and data from the SQL Server CE file into "full" SQL Server
once you've created all tables and other DB objects and inserted all your data into the "full" SQL Server database, create a backup of that database to get your .bak file