Hybrid Cloud with SQL Server 2014

Pieter Vanhove

About me

Pietervanhove.azurewebsites.net

Agenda

Backup and Restore Databases

SQL Server Data Files

Migrate existing SQL Server databases

SQL Server backup to Windows Azure

Cost - Effective

Secure

Durable

Smart

Consistent

Azure Account Container Blob

Storage Account

Adventureworks.bak

MyDatabase.bak

SQL Backup Files

Windows Azure Components

SQL Server Components

• URL– http[s]://ACCOUNTNAME.Blob.core.windows.net/<CONTAINER>/

<FILENAME.bak>

• Credential

T-SQL or UIBACKUP DATABASE AdventureWorks2012 TO URL = 'https://mystorageaccount.blob.core.windows.net/mycontainer/AdventureWorks2012.bak' WITH CREDENTIAL = 'mycredential' ,COMPRESSION ,STATS = 5;GO

DEMO

SQL Server Backup to Windows Azure Tool

Rules Backup files

Redirect

Azure Stora

ge

DEMO

Managed Backup to Windows Azure

Automates SQL Server backups

Retention period

Workload on the database

Supports point in time restore

When is a full backup scheduled

Enabled the first time

Data growth >

1 GB

One week has passed

The log chain is broken

When is a transaction log backup scheduled

No backup history

Log space>

5 MB

2 hours have passed Lagging behind

Limitations

Only full and log backups

No GUI, only T-SQL

System Databases are not supported

Only blob storage

Maximum size of 1 TB

Simple recovery model is not supported

DEMO

Agenda

Backup and Restore Databases

SQL Server Data Files

Migrate existing SQL Server databases

Data Files in Windows Azure

Windows Azure VM

On-premise box

Windows Azure Storage

DB3

DB6

DB6

DB5

DB4

DB3

DB2

DB1

Near “bottomless” storage

Off-site, geo-redundant

Fast Migration

Best suited for read workloads

What do you need?

• Policy on a container

• Shared access signature (SAS)

• SQL Server Credential

CREATE CREDENTIAL [https://koherastorage.blob.core.windows.net/sqldatabasestorage]WITH IDENTITY='SHARED ACCESS SIGNATURE',SECRET = 'sr=c&si=sqlpolicy&sig=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'

Create Database

-- Create database with data and log files in Windows Azure container.CREATE DATABASE testdb ON( NAME = testdb_dat, FILENAME = 'https://koherastorage.blob.core.windows.net/sqldatabasestorage/TestData.mdf' ) LOG ON( NAME = testdb_log, FILENAME = 'https://koherastorage.blob.core.windows.net/sqldatabasestorage/TestLog.ldf')

Limitations

No Filestream

1 instance can access

the files

No geo-replication

No In-memory OLTP

Maximum size of 1 TB

No Failover Clustering

DEMO

Agenda

Backup and Restore Databases

SQL Server Data Files

Migrate existing SQL Server databases

SQL Server VMWindows

Azure Storage

Deploy Database to a Windows Azure VM

On premise

SQL Servers

BenefitsNo Windows Azure knowledge required

Multiple retry/recovery points

Not overwriting or updating existing data

Scalable for up to 1TB databases

Connection is the biggest performance limiting

DEMO

Agenda

Backup and Restore Databases

SQL Server Data Files

Migrate existing SQL Server databases

Q & A

DRHA

AlwaysOn Integration with Windows Azure

Thank you!

Pietervanhove.azurewebsites.net

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