| title | User-defined restore points | |
|---|---|---|
| description | How to create a restore point for dedicated SQL pool (formerly SQL DW). | |
| author | ajagadish-24 | |
| ms.author | ajagadish | |
| ms.date | 07/03/2019 | |
| ms.service | azure-synapse-analytics | |
| ms.subservice | sql-dw | |
| ms.topic | how-to | |
| ms.custom |
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In this article, you'll learn to create a new user-defined restore point for a dedicated SQL pool (formerly SQL DW) in Azure Synapse Analytics by using PowerShell and the Azure portal.
To create a user-defined restore point, use the New-AzSqlDatabaseRestorePoint PowerShell cmdlet.
- Before you begin, make sure to install Azure PowerShell.
- Open PowerShell.
- Connect to your Azure account and list all the subscriptions associated with your account.
- Select the subscription that contains the database to be restored.
- Create a restore point for an immediate copy of your data warehouse.
$SubscriptionName="<YourSubscriptionName>"
$ResourceGroupName="<YourResourceGroupName>"
$ServerName="<YourServerNameWithoutURLSuffixSeeNote>" # Without database.windows.net
$DatabaseName="<YourDatabaseName>"
$Label = "<YourRestorePointLabel>"
Connect-AzAccount
Get-AzSubscription
Set-AzContext -SubscriptionName $SubscriptionName
# Create a restore point of the original database
New-AzSqlDatabaseRestorePoint -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroupName -ServerName $ServerName -DatabaseName $DatabaseName -RestorePointLabel $Label- See the list of all the existing restore points.
# List all restore points
Get-AzSqlDatabaseRestorePoint -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroupName -ServerName $ServerName -DatabaseName $DatabaseNameUser-defined restore points can also be created through Azure portal.
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Sign in to your Azure portal account.
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Navigate to the dedicated SQL pool (formerly SQL DW) that you want to create a restore point for.
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Select Overview from the left pane, select + New Restore Point. If the New Restore Point button isn't enabled, make sure that the dedicated SQL pool (formerly SQL DW) isn't paused.
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Specify a name for your user-defined restore point and click Apply. User-defined restore points have a default retention period of seven days.

