MI Restore to Staging From Live

Version 9.1 by Phillip Swanepoel on 2025/03/17 12:42

 

  1. Pull newest scripts from repo using D:/ebsphere/devops/setup-scripts/setup-new.ps1
  2. Stop all services including web site for staging on VM
     
  3. Drop Old DB on Azure portal
    1. drop existing connections
       
  4. Restore DB from Live from last PITR or latest Full backup if DB age is not important
     
  5. Give yourself access to the admin group via the powershell script - if needed
     
  6. Wait for group policy SQL JOB [roughly 5-10 minutes] to create groups
     
  7. Run post restore access script SKL_sqlmi_accesss.sql - Repos (azure.com)
    1. [TODO] source passwords from vault
    2. set clearLogins = 2
    3. TODO
       
  8. TODO - post restore script db settings etc
    1. recreate tblDocuments synonym
    2. tblAudit if applicable
       
  9. Run  dba.dbo.sp_scan_db script for '%[_]Live[_]%'
    1. correct all config found and repoint to Staging
    2. TODO automate (some of the config correcting statements can be generated using [dba].[devops].[sp_change_db_env_post_restore])
  10. Start all services
    1. check logs to make sure no connections issues

 

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