1) Creating Azure storage account and upload backup file

-> Click “Create a resource”. Select “Storage” and click “Storage Account”.

-> Complete “Create storage account” and click “Create”.

-> Once the Storage Account deployment completes. Click on Resource group JB_RG, select jbmistorage. Under settings, click “Shared Access Signature”. Check the details and modify accordingly to your needs. I am leaving the default and clicking on”Generate SAS and connection string”.

-> Copy the SAS Token and BLOB Service SAS URL and place it in carefully,

-> Under “BLOB SERVICE”, click containers and Click “+ Container”.

-> Provide the required details and click ok.

-> Click on Resource group JB_RG, select jbmistorage. Click Conatiners under “BLOB SERVICE”. Click on “jbmibackupcontainer”. Click on properties.

-> Copy the URL.

-> Once the URL is copied, go back to the container page by clicking  on Resource group JB_RG, select jbmistorage. Click Conatiners under “BLOB SERVICE”. Click on “jbmibackupcontainer”. Click on “Upload”. Select the backup file you want to upload and click “Upload”. Wait for the upload to complete.

-> Upload of backup file in progress.

-> Upload completed.

2) Restore the database JB_AQ on the Managed instance.

-> Create a SAS Credential using below query,

CREATE CREDENTIAL [https://<storage_account_name>.blob.core.windows.net/<container>]
WITH IDENTITY = 'SHARED ACCESS SIGNATURE'
, SECRET = '<shared_access_signature_key_with_removed_first_?_symbol>'

https://<storage_account_name>.blob.core.windows.net/ – Click on “Resource group” JB_RG and select “jbmistorage”. Copy the “Blob Service Endpoint” as indicated below and replace “https://<storage_account_name>.blob.core.windows.net/” with the copied value.

<container>- Click on “Resource group” JB_RG and select “jbmistorage”. Select “Container” under “BLOB SERVICE”. Copy the container name on the Right side. The container name in my case is “jbmibackupcontainer”.

-> When you click on the container “jbmibackupcontainer”. You will be able to find the backup file uploaded.

WITH IDENTITY = ‘SHARED ACCESS SIGNATURE’ – Will remain as it is.

<shared_access_signature_key_with_removed_first_?_symbol> – Replace this with the SAS Token that was stored earlier. Please note that you should remove the leading ? from the SAS Token.

-> My command is as below,

CREATE CREDENTIAL [https://jbmistorage.blob.core.windows.net/jbmibackupcontainer]
WITH IDENTITY = 'SHARED ACCESS SIGNATURE'
, SECRET = 'sv=2017-11-09&ss=b&srt=sco&sp=rwdlac&se=2018-06-13T09:33:37Z&st=2018-06-13T01:33:37Z&spr=https&sig=AWlMTj6MZ0M4ictY2nBJ4%2BfVr0kx0RWfpFU1xlJ76FU%3D'

-> Execute the query,

-> Below query checks the SAS Credential and backup validity,

RESTORE FILELISTONLY FROM URL =
'https://<storage_account_name>.blob.core.windows.net/<container>/<Backup_File>.bak'

https://<storage_account_name&gt;.blob.core.windows.net/ – Click on “Resource group” JB_RG and select “jbmistorage”. Copy the “Blob Service Endpoint” as indicated below and replace “https://<storage_account_name&gt;.blob.core.windows.net/” with the copied value.

<container>- Click on “Resource group” JB_RG and select “jbmistorage”. Select “Container” under “BLOB SERVICE”. Copy the container name on the Right side. The container name in my case is “jbmibackupcontainer”.

<Backup_File>.bak – Replace it with the backup file we uploaded. When you click on the container “jbmibackupcontainer” . You will be able to find the backup file uploaded.

-> My command is as below,

RESTORE FILELISTONLY FROM URL =
'https://jbmistorage.blob.core.windows.net/jbmibackupcontainer/JB_AQP_MI.bak'

-> Execute the query,

-> Use the below query to restore the database JB_AQ in Managed Instance.

RESTORE DATABASE [JB_AQ] FROM URL =
'https://jbmistorage.blob.core.windows.net/jbmibackupcontainer/JB_AQP_MI.bak'

Thank You,
Vivek Janakiraman

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