SQL Server on Linux

Nisarg Upadhyay
Control flow designer

Copy SQL Databases between Windows 10 and CentOS using SQL Server data tools

October 19, 2022 by

In this article, we are going to learn how to copy the SQL database created on different instances of the SQL Server. This article is the fourth article on Manage SQL Server on CentOS topic. In my previous article, Copy SQL Databases between Windows 10 and CentOS using the SQL Server import-export wizard, we learned how to copy data SQL database between windows 10 and CentOS Linux using the wizard.

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Nisarg Upadhyay
Connect to Server

Manage SQL Databases in CentOS: Manage filegroups of user databases

October 5, 2022 by

This article explains how to manage a data file and filegroups in an SQL database created on CentOS Linux. In my previous article, Manage filegroups of SQL Databases, we learned about the different types of filegroup and data files in SQL Server 2019 on windows and how to manage them using T-SQL queries. In this article, we will learn how to manage the filegroups in SQL Server 2019 on CentOS. I am going to cover the following topics in the article:

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Nisarg Upadhyay
Save SSIS Package

Copy SQL Databases between Windows 10 and CentOS using the SQL Server import-export wizard

September 21, 2022 by

In this article, we will learn how we can backup and restore the SQL Database in CentOS. This article is the third article on the topic Manage SQL Server on CentOS. In my previous article, we learned how to copy data SQL database between windows 10 and CentOS Linux using SQL Server management studio.

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Rajendra Gupta
three tier template

Use ARM templates to deploy Azure container instances with SQL Server Linux images

December 21, 2021 by

The Azure Resource Manager (ARM) template is a JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) file for deploying Azure resources automatically. You can use a declarative syntax to specify the resources, their configurations. Usually, if you need to deploy Azure resources, it might be a tiring experience of navigating through different services, their configurations. With the ARM templates, you no longer need to click and navigate around the portal. For example, you can use configure the template for Azure VM or Azure SQL Database deployment.

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Rajendra Gupta
Verify default data paths

Store SQL Server files in Persistent Storage for Azure Container Instances

December 10, 2021 by

In the articles, Deploying Azure Container Instances for SQL Server 2019 and Create Azure Container Instances for SQL Server 2019 using Azure CLI, we explored Azure Container Instances for SQL Server on Linux. These containers are stateless. Therefore, if you stop or restart container instances, you lost your data. Suppose, being a developer, you created a new container database, deployed a few tables, and stored procedures for testing purposes. You do not want to lose these objects or databases even if you destroy your container. Similarly, you also want to reuse those databases if you create a new container instance.

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Nisarg Upadhyay
Choose MDF and NDF file

Move SQL database files in SQL Server 2019 on Linux

February 26, 2021 by

In this article, I am going to explain how we can move the SQL database files to another location in Ubuntu 18.04. For the demonstration, I have installed Ubuntu 18.04, SQL Server 2019 on Linux on my workstation. You can read SQL Server 2019 on Linux with Ubuntu to understand the step-by-step installation process of the SQL Server 2019 on Linux. We will move database files of AdventureWorks2019 and Wideworldimportors database. To move the databases, we can use any of the following methods:

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