This script copies the latest recovery point of the specified SQL databases to the destination folder on a production server. Save this script as a .ps1 file and run it. Usage and examples of scripts can be found by calling them with ‘-?’ or ‘-help’ from inside DPM Management Shell.
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param ([string] $DPMServerName, [string[]] $DatabaseList, [string] $DestinationServerName, [string] $DestinationLocation)
if(("-?","-help") -contains $args[0])
{
Write-Host "Description: This script copies the latest recovery point of the specified SQL databases to the destination folder on a production server."
Write-Host "Usage: Restore-SqlDatabase.ps1 [-DPMServerName] <Name of the DPM server> [-DatabaseList] <Array of SQL databases to restore> [-DestinationServerName <Name of the server to copy the database files to>] [-DestinationLocation] <Location on the destination server>"
Write-Host "Example: Restore-SqlDatabase.ps1 mohitc02 `"mohitc04* db`", `"mohitc04reportservertempdb`" mohitc04 `"d:recoverdir`""
exit 0
}
if (!$DPMServerName)
{
$DPMServerName = Read-Host "DPM server name"
if (!$DPMServerName)
{
Write-Error "Dpm server name not specified."
exit 1
}
}
if (!$DatabaseList)
{
$DatabaseList = Read-Host "SQL database to recover"
if (!$DatabaseList)
{
Write-Error "SQL database(s) not specified."
exit 1
}
}
if (!$DestinationServerName)
{
$DestinationServerName = Read-Host "Destination server"
if (!$DestinationServerName)
{
Write-Error "Destination server not specified."
exit 1
}
}
if (!$DestinationLocation)
{
$DestinationLocation = Read-Host "Location on the destination server"
if (!$DestinationLocation)
{
Write-Error "Destination location not specified"
exit 1
}
}
if (!(Connect-DPMServer $DPMServerName))
{
Write-Error "Failed to connect To DPM server $DPMServerName"
exit 1
}
$datasourceList = @()
Get-ProtectionGroup $DPMServerName | % {Get-Datasource $_} | % {if ($DatabaseList -contains $_.LogicalPath) {$datasourceList += $_}}
# Show all the SQL databases that could not be found as protected datasources.
foreach ($datasourceName in $DatabaseList)
{
if (@($datasourceList | ? {$_.LogicalPath -ieq $datasourceName}).Length -eq 0)
{
Write-Error "Could not find datasource $datasourceName"
}
}
# Restore the latest recovery point of each SQL datasource.
foreach ($datasource in $datasourceList)
{
# Select the latest recovery point that exists on disk and trigger the restore job.
foreach ($rp in @(Get-RecoveryPoint -Datasource $datasource | sort -Property RepresentedPointInTime -Descending))
{
foreach ($rsl in $rp.RecoverySourceLocations)
{
if ($rsl -is [Microsoft.Internal.EnterpriseStorage.Dls.UI.ObjectModel.OMCommon.ReplicaDataset])
{
$recoveryOption = New-RecoveryOption -TargetServer $DestinationServerName -TargetLocation $DestinationLocation -RecoveryLocation CopyToFolder -SQL -RecoveryType Restore
$restoreJob = Recover-RecoverableItem -RecoverableItem $rp -RecoveryOption $recoveryOption -RecoveryPointLocation $rsl
break
}
}
if ($restoreJob)
{
break
}
}
if ($restoreJob)
{
Write-Host "`nRunning restore of $($datasource.LogicalPath) from $($rp.RepresentedPointInTime) to $DestinationServerName$DestinationLocation"
# Comment out the next 7 lines to not wait for one restore job to finish before triggering the next one.
while (!$restoreJob.HasCompleted)
{
Write-Host "." -NoNewLine
sleep 3
}
Write-Host "`nJob status: $($restoreJob.Status)"
}
else
{
Write-Error "Could not find a recovery point on disk for $($datasource.LogicalPath)"
}
}
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