What is SQL managed instance?
Part of the Azure SQL service portfolio, Azure SQL Managed Instance is the intelligent, scalable, cloud database service that combines the broadest SQL Server engine compatibility with all the benefits of a fully managed and evergreen platform as a service.
How do I restore an azure backup database?
Restore as follows:
- Open the vault in which the SQL Server VM is registered.
- On the vault dashboard, under Usage, select Backup Items.
- In Backup Items, under Backup Management Type, select SQL in Azure VM.
- Select the database to restore.
- Review the database menu.
- Select Restore.
How to restore a backup from Azure SQL managed instance?
We saw several service request where our customer want to restore a backup taken in Azure SQL Managed Instance to SQL Server OnPremise and they are getting the following error: Msg 3169, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 The database was backed up on a server running version xx.xx.xxxx.
How to Geo restore a database in azure?
When you create a database in Azure SQL Database, it contains the restored geo-restore backup. To geo-restore a managed instance database from the Azure portal to an existing managed instance in a region of your choice, select a managed instance on which you want a database to be restored.
How to restore a database from Azure to onprem?
Shall we reconsider moving to MI, with the pain of not having an easy/smooth rollback. PS: AWS RDS provides versions which makes it much better as you have the option to just rollback if something goes wrong in the cutover. . Currently the only way to restore a database from Azure to OnPrem is the bacpac method.
Is it possible to make Azure SQL Backup portable?
After 18 months, the feature requests to make Azure SQL Managed Instance backups portable to on-prem databases got an update from Microsoft. It shares two things: Scenarios for distributed Availability Groups for Azure SQL Managed Instances between Azure and on-prem datacenters are being considered.