Delphix Workflow for SQL Server
- 1. Software image installs on x86 server and SAN storage, VM, or cloud in under an hour DBSERVER Delphix for SQL Server: Data Loading Architecture NFS >> Strictly Confidential SOURCE DATABASE TARGET HOSTS 1. Install Delphix Virtual Appliance and allocate storage 2. Install Delphix Connector on target Windows hosts and register with Delphix Server 3. User selects one of the Windows target hosts to serve as a “proxy.” Delphix creates a Replica DB on the target host with storage on Delphix. 4. Delphix initiates a copy-only full backup of source database using SQL Server commands 5. Proxy host restores full backup to the Replica DB 6. Proxy host maintains synchronization with source by restoring transaction log backups to Replica DB as they become available. 7. Delphix constructs TimeFlow from initial backup + restored transaction logs TimeFlow SMB dSource
- 2. Delphix for SQL Server: Provisioning VDBs Space efficient VDBs are created instantly with no DB recovery required DBSERVER SOURCE DATABASE TARGET HOSTS TimeFlow 1. User picks a dSource snapshot 2. User picks a target host 3. The VDB is mounted on the target via iSCSI 4. Delphix bring the SQL Server database online 5. Since transaction logs were applied as part of the data loading process, provisioning from a snapshot is constant-time, and requires no recovery iSCSI