Create Azure Region and Cross-Region Databases Using Script Files

Attention: This feature is in Early Adopter Product (EAP) release status. We will continue the development of additional features and provide additional interfaces via patch updates and future releases. Please contact Micro Focus SupportLine if you require further clarification.

If a database does not exist at the point that it is required, it is created on-the-fly; this can be slow for certain RDBMS types, and so we recommended that you create any required databases ahead of time, using SQL scripts.

To create a region database script file, on the command line, enter the following command:

dbfhadmin -script -type:region -provider:az -name:<es-name> -file:<script-name.sql>

where <es-name> is the name of the intended enterprise server region.

Note: If you omit the -file option, the default name is create_region_az.sql.

By default, this script creates a database with the following characteristics:

Parameter	Value
EDITION	standard
MAXSIZE	1GB
SERVICE_OBJECTIVE	S0

If you require the database to be created with different characteristics, you must edit the script directly.

To create a cross-region database script file, on the command line, enter the following command:
```
dbfhadmin -script -type:crossregion -provider:az -file:<script-name.sql>
```
Note: If you omit the -file option, the default name is create_crossregion_az.sql.
Once you have created the script files, use the dbfhadmin utility to run them, and create the required databases.
To create a region database, on the command line, enter the following command:
```
dbfhadmin -createdb tcp:<database-address> -file:<script-name.sql> -type:region -provider:az -name:<ES-name> -user:<user> -password:<pass>
```
where <database-address> is the fully qualified database and server name (for example: mydbinst.database.windows.net), <script-name.sql> is the name of the script file that was created in an earlier step, <ES-name> is the name of the enterprise server region to operate as the region database, and <user> and <pass> are valid logon credentials for the database.

To create the cross-region database, on the command line, enter the following command:

dbfhadmin -createdb tcp:<database-address> -provider:az -type:crossregion -file:<script-name.sql> -user:<user> -password:<pass>

see previous command for descriptions.

Next, you must configure your enterprise server region to use the database(s).