Detach and attach SAP ASE dSources | Continuous Data 2026.5

This CLI cookbook recipe describes how to Detach and Attach an SAP ASE dSource using the CLI.

Prerequisites

A dSource can only be attached to a new data source once it has been unlinked.
When attaching an SAP ASE dSource to a new data source, the new data source must be the same logical database satisfying the following constraints:

Same dbid
Same dbname
Same creation time

You must also make sure that you follow the normal prerequisites for an SAP ASE data source found in SAP ASE Support and Requirements.

Procedure

Detach a dSource

Log in to the CLI as admin or a user with Admin privileges.
Select dSource.
```
delphix> database "dexample"
```

Run the detachSourcecommand, specifying the currently active source.

You can skip this step if the dSource has already been detached through the GUI.

delphix database "dexample"> detachSource
delphix database "dexample" detachSource *> set source=dexample
delphix database "dexample" detachSource *> commit

Attach a dSource

Run the attachSource command.

delphix database "dexample"> attachSource
delphix database "dexample" attachSource *> set attachData.config=dexample
delphix database "dexample" attachSource *> set attachData.dbCredentials.password=sybase
delphix database "dexample" attachSource *> set attachData.dbUser=sa
delphix database "dexample" attachSource *> set attachData.loadBackupPath=/tmp/backups
delphix database "dexample" attachSource *> set attachData.sourceHostUser="source_host_environment/sybase"
delphix database "dexample" attachSource *> set attachData.stagingHostUser="staging_host_environment/sybase"
delphix database "dexample" attachSource *> set attachData.stagingRepository="staging_ASE_servername_example"
delphix database "dexample" attachSource *> ls

Properties:
    type: ASEAttachSourceParameters
    attachData:
        type: ASEAttachData
        config: dexample (*)
        dbCredentials:
            type: PasswordCredential
            password: ******** (*)
        dbUser: sa (*)
        dumpCredentials: (unset)
        externalFilePath: (unset)
        loadBackupPath: /tmp/backups (*)
        loadLocation: (unset)
        mountBase: (unset)
        operations: (unset)
        sourceHostUser: source_ASE_servername_example/sybase (*)
        stagingHostUser: staging_ASE_servername_example/sybase (*)
        stagingPostScript: (unset)
        stagingPreScript: (unset)
        stagingRepository: staging_ASE_servername_example (*)
        validatedSyncMode: ENABLED

delphix database "dexample" attachSource *> commit
    ASE_DB_CONTAINER-3
    Dispatched job JOB-25
    DB_ATTACH_SOURCE job started for "Untitled/dexample".
    DB_ATTACH_SOURCE job for "Untitled/dexample" completed successfully.

This command is only necessary if you are using a Remote Backup Server configuration from staging to the source, instead of an NFS mounted shared directory for backups and transaction log dumps:

delphix database "dexample" attachSource *> set attachData.loadLocation.backupServerName=source_backupserver_name_example

Last updated

Oct 9, 2026