Restore Gene : Automating SQL Server Database Restores

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kapilbhasin1686 Old Hand Points: 341 More actions · Answer 1

I am getting the below error when trying to execute the Posh

Set-Location : A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'DBName'.

I am using below script on PS v2.0

Automate\TEST\Restore\ps_RestoreGene.ps1 `

-DBName = "BaselineData" `

-PrimaryServer = "ABC" `

-StandbyServer = "DEF" `

-FromFileFullUNC = "\\ABC\Prod_Backups\ABC\BaselineData\FULL\" `

-WithMoveDataFiles = "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA" `

-RestoreLog = "C:\Automate\Log_PBV001_PBV002_workspace.xml" `

-WithReplace = "1" `

-StandBy = "1" `

-Log_Reference = "PoSh Restore TEST"

Paul Brewer SSCrazy Points: 2954 More actions · Answer 2

Withmovedatafiles appears twice, also needs to terminate with '\'

Regards

kapilbhasin1686 Old Hand Points: 341 More actions · Answer 3

Sorry my bad, i copied it wrong, made the modifications, replaced withmovedatafiles to withmoveLogfiles and ended with \ for the path but still same error:

Set-Location : A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'DBName'.

At line:2 char:1

+ -DBName = "BaselineData" `

+ ~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-Location], ParameterBindingException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : NamedParameterNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SetLocationCommand

Paul Brewer SSCrazy Points: 2954 More actions · Answer 4

Could you try version 4 (the latest) https://paulbrewer.wordpress.com/ps_restoregene/

Thanks

kapilbhasin1686 Old Hand Points: 341 More actions · Answer 5

hey paul,

Thanks for the replies, yes i am using the latest version but still same error. May be i am not that good or doing something wrong with Powershell.

Is there any doc on how to run this,

I just went to PS and executed below , but no luck

PS C:\> cd \Automate\TEST\Restore\ps_RestoreGene.ps1 `

>> -DBName "BaselineData" `

>> -PrimaryServer "ABC" `

>> -StandbyServer "DEF" `

>> -FromFileFullUNC "\\ABC\Prod_Backups\ABC\BaselineData\FULL\" `

>> -WithMoveDataFiles "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\" `

>> -WithMoveLogFiles "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\" `

>> -RestoreLog "C:\Automate\Log_PBV001_PBV002_workspace.xml" `

>> -WithReplace "1" `

>> -StandBy "1" `

>> -Log_Reference "PoSh Restore TEST"

Also, i am running this from secondary and have executed sp_restoregene on primary server

Paul Brewer SSCrazy Points: 2954 More actions · Answer 6

Hi,

There is some documentation here - https://paulbrewer.wordpress.com/2014/08/15/restore-gene-version-3-free-public-framework-technical-article/

Which version of powershell are you using?

Thanks

kapilbhasin1686 Old Hand Points: 341 More actions · Answer 7

kapilbhasin1686

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December 29, 2015 at 9:25 am

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Thanks for the doc, its V2.0

kapilbhasin1686 Old Hand Points: 341 More actions · Answer 8

Hi Paul,

Any idea what could be going wrong here, Will it not work for V 2.0 PS?

Paul Brewer SSCrazy Points: 2954 More actions · Answer 9

It should do, I'm not sure to be honest and need to retest. The most recent version was developed on Windows server 2012, PS V3. The error might be a parameter name changing in a cmdlet. I won't get a chance to look at it before the weekend though, sorry

kapilbhasin1686 Old Hand Points: 341 More actions · Answer 10

Hey, Paul i was able to figure out what went wrong and ran the script, but after its run no restore happen with below message:

database on primary is in Simple recovery model, but i believe full backup should have at least been restored?

RestoreGene Batch Execution Starting

-----------------------------------------

Executing SQL Command - + EXEC dbo.sp_RestoreGene @LogShippingVariableDeclare = 0, @Database = 'BaselineData',@Log_Refe

rence = 'PoSh Restore TEST', @TargetDatabase = 'BaselineData',@WithMoveDataFiles = 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Serve

r\MSSQL11.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\', @WithMoveLogFile = 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQLDATA\', @FromFileFullUNC = '\\XXX\Prod_Backups\CXP\BaselineData\FULL\', @FromFileDiffUNC = '\\XXX\Prod_Backups\CXP\BaselineData\FULL\', @FromFileLogUNC= '\\XXX\Prod_Backups\CXP\BaselineData\FU

LL\', @StopAt = '2016-01-08T08:48:57', @StandbyMode = '1', @WithReplace = '1' , @WithRecovery = '0', @WithCHECKDB = '0'

-----------------------------------------

No new log file backups

Strange because after this i dont see anything being executed: (XXX is primary server and its backup folder is shared)

Paul Brewer SSCrazy Points: 2954 More actions · Answer 11

That's good news, pleased you got to the bottom of it. I'll add an error trap to the posh script on the next release. To be honest it wasn't a scenario I anticipated.

Best wishes

Paul

kapilbhasin1686 Old Hand Points: 341 More actions · Answer 12

But Paul,

Actually it ran but its not restoring, it just shows me the above posted message and no restore happens.

What Am i missing now, even i put the database to full recovery model still no luck

Paul Brewer SSCrazy Points: 2954 More actions · Answer 13

After putting the database in full recovery, did you take a full and a log backup?

kapilbhasin1686 Old Hand Points: 341 More actions · Answer 14

Yup, that was the first thing i did..

Just curious, for very first run i provided the parameter -LogShippingInitialize "1" as "0"..

Could that be a problem, do i need to first initialze and then can later make it 0?

kapilbhasin1686 Old Hand Points: 341 More actions · Answer 15

Adding ----- For server XXX primary it displays below info followed by the message i posted:

Name : LogData

LocalName : LogData

NamespaceURI :

Prefix :

NodeType : Element

ParentNode : #document

OwnerDocument : #document

IsEmpty : True

Attributes : {}

HasAttributes : False

SchemaInfo : System.Xml.XmlName

InnerXml :

InnerText :

NextSibling :

PreviousSibling :

Value :

ChildNodes : {}

FirstChild :

LastChild :

HasChildNodes : False

IsReadOnly : False

OuterXml : <LogData />

BaseURI :