Commvault provides a solution that you can use to perform backup and restore operations on Azure SQL database managed instances. Only full backups are supported for Azure SQL Database Managed instances.
Important: Commvault software supports Azure for public clouds only. Sovereign clouds, such as in Germany or China, are not supported. For more information, go to Azure Regions Decision Guide on the Microsoft documentation website.
When restoring a database protected by Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) to an Azure SQL database managed instance, the corresponding certificate from the on-premises SQL Server needs to be migrated before the database restore operation.
Configuration
For information on the configuration steps, see Azure SQL Database Managed Instance Configuration.
Backups
Note
Backups for databases with service-managed transparent data encryption (TDE) are not supported. Databases with customer-managed TDE keys can still be protected.
Perform a backup operation. For more information, see Backing Up a SQL Database Managed Instance on an Azure Cloud.
Determine your restore source and destination, and then perform one of the following restore operations: