Refresh database I need to automise the process

Question

Hello All,
I need to automise the process of refreshing the database.
The scenario is:
I have one database intance and I need to copy the database to another instance every day.
How is the best way to do this?
Regards

Answer 1

There is a very simple way to do it, as most of the time these days, people want even reporting db into read-write mode for which depending on db size and transactions happening per day, you can consider replication too or other solution like log-shipping\db
mirroring if you have to have db in read - only mode.
Below ones are easy to follow if simple ways you want to follow, but first get smtp  access for  this server so that you can use alert for this.
Create a Sql  Server job to add step by keeping below step A, then add step to wait for backup, copy files steps to be done, like wait T-sql command. Then add final restoration step.
A). Create a batch file wherein you will be calling first job using osql.
B). Create a batch file wherein you will be calling restore job using osql.
1. Create and disable Sql Server Job to backup database. It shd have steps like backup, old files removal, success and failure alerts. Add step to call to Robocopy job for copy backup files.
2. Create and disable Robocopy backup file copy job to copy backup file to required server again with all options like copy just latest files, enable logging for copy. Add dos command to alert in case of success and failure message. This shd be one db at
a time so that error and success message can be handled properly. Once copy of file is done then move the backup files to archive folder. Again maintain some retention for all folders where you keep backup files.
3. Create and disable restore job on required server. Add steps like first kill all session for this db, bring db into single user mode, restore backup db, bring db into multi user mode, add any logins, fix required orphan users{If sql server 2012 use contained
db to carry on logins and password}, shrink log files to remove unwanted log space, success and failure accordingly. Once backup file gets restored then move the backup files to archive folder, so that by mistake also, nobody shd be able to restore it.
Thanks,
Santosh Singh