lowlydba.sqlserver.restore module – Performs a restore operation

Note

This module is part of the lowlydba.sqlserver collection (version 1.2.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install lowlydba.sqlserver. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: lowlydba.sqlserver.restore.

New in lowlydba.sqlserver 0.9.0

Synopsis

  • Performs a database restore operation.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

azure_credential

string

The name of the SQL Server credential to be used if restoring from an Azure hosted backup using Storage Access Keys.

block_size

string

Specifies block size to use.

Choices:

  • "0.5kb"

  • "1kb"

  • "2kb"

  • "4kb"

  • "8kb"

  • "16kb"

  • "32kb"

  • "64kb"

buffer_count

integer

Number of I/O buffers to use.

Default: 0

database

string

The database to process.

destination_data_directory

string

Path to restore the SQL Server backups to on the target instance.

If only this option is specified, then all database files (data and log) will be restored to this location

destination_file_prefix

string

This value will be prefixed to all restored files (log and data).

destination_file_suffix

string

This value will be suffixed to all restored files (log and data).

destination_filestream_directory

string

Path to restore FileStream data to.

This option can only be specified alongside destination_data_directory.

destination_log_directory

string

Path to restore the database log files to.

This option can only be specified alongside destination_data_directory.

directory_recurse

boolean

If specified the specified directory will be recursed into (overriding the default behaviour).

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

ignore_diff_backup

boolean

Indicates to skip restoring any differential backups.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

ignore_log_backup

boolean

Indicates to skip restoring any log backups.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

keep_cdc

boolean

Indicates whether CDC information should be restored as part of the database.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

keep_replication

boolean

Indicates whether replication configuration should be restored as part of the database restore operation.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

maintenance_solution_backup

boolean

Switch to indicate the backup files are in a folder structure as created by Ola Hallengreen’s maintenance scripts.

This allows for faster file parsing.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

max_transfer_size

integer

Sets the size of the unit of transfer. Values must be a multiple of 64kb.

Default: 0

no_recovery

boolean

Indicates if the databases should be recovered after last restore.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

no_xp_dir_recurse

boolean

If specified, prevents the XpDirTree process from recursing (its default behaviour).

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

path

string / required

Path to SQL Server backup files.

Paths passed in as strings will be scanned using the desired method, default is a recursive folder scan.

Accepts multiple paths separated by ,.

replace_db_name_in_file

boolean

If switch set any occurrence of the original database’s name in a data or log file will be replace with the name specified in the database_name option.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

restore_time

string

Specify a datetime string HH:MM:SS MM/DD/YYYY to which you want the database restored to.

Default is to the latest point available in the specified backups.

restored_database_name_prefix

string

A string which will be prefixed to the start of the restore Database’s name.

reuse_source_folder_structure

boolean

By default, databases will be migrated to the destination Sql Server’s default data and log directories.

You can override this by using reuse_source_folder_structure.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

sql_instance

string / required

The SQL Server instance to modify.

sql_password

string

Password for SQL Authentication.

sql_username

string

Username for SQL Authentication.

standby_directory

string

If a directory is specified the database(s) will be restored into a standby state, with the standby file placed into this directory (which must exist, and be writable by the target Sql Server instance).

stop_after_date

string

By default the restore will stop at the first occurence of stop_mark found in the chain, passing a datetime string HH:MM:SS MM/DD/YYYY will cause it to stop the first stop_mark after that datetime.

stop_before

boolean

Switch to indicate the restore should stop before stop_mark occurs, default is to stop when mark is created.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

stop_mark

string

Marked point in the transaction log to stop the restore at.

use_destination_default_directories

boolean

Switch that tells the restore to use the default Data and Log locations on the target server.

If they don’t exist, the function will try to create them.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

verify_only

boolean

Indicates the restore should be verified only.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

with_replace

boolean

Indicates if the restore is allowed to replace an existing database.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

xp_dirtree

boolean

Switch that indicated file scanning should be performed by the SQL Server instance using xp_dirtree.

This will scan recursively from the passed in path.

You must have sysadmin role membership on the instance for this to work.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: full

Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying target.

platform

Platforms: all

Target OS/families that can be operated against.

Examples

- name: Restore a Database
  lowlydba.sqlserver.restore:
    sql_instance: sql-01.myco.io
    database: LowlyDB

- name: Restore a Database and allow future T-Log restores
  lowlydba.sqlserver.restore:
    sql_instance: sql-01.myco.io
    database: LowlyDB1
    no_recovery: true

- name: Verify backup files, no restore
  lowlydba.sqlserver.restore:
    sql_instance: sql-01.myco.io
    database: LowlyDB2
    verify_only: true

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key

Description

data

dictionary

Modified output from the Restore-DbaDatabase function.

Returned: success, but not in check_mode.

Authors

  • John McCall (@lowlydba)