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IK1972

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Posted - 2014-02-20 : 09:53:27
I have 200+GB Production database and I get a task to create a smaller version of database for QA / Dev every night.

can any one suggest what is the best way or approach is.

Issues is there are lots of tables with constraint and I need one last one week data and then remove all other data as table size is too big so delete will not work.

Thanks

TG
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

6065 Posts

Posted - 2014-02-20 : 11:57:47
How about start with an empty copy of the database (in production). Then insert a week's worth of data from the live db to the devqc copy - in the correct table order so you don't violate FK constraints. Then take a backup of that dev/qc database and distribute as needed.

I wonder why you want a fresh copy every night? Seems like an occasional refresh should be sufficient. what if folk's dev and testing needs to span several days?

Be One with the Optimizer
TG
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