Hi ,
We are planning to setup AlwaysON availabiliy group between onprem SQL and Azure IaaS SQL server.
The question I have around is , taking backup and restoring it onto cloud sql server before starting the AG setup.
whats the best practice here? how can I reduce the DB downtime? My approach is something like below.
1. Take full backup
2. copy it to cloud server and restore it with no recovery mode.
3. once the setup is complete, take a T-Log backup and restore it with recovery mode.
Whether AlwaysON sync takes care of all the changes made to the DB during the setup and replicates it?
Do I need to perform point#3?
WHole idea is to setup the whole thing with minimal downtime.
Kindly help.