This topic describes how to use the command-line interface to link a SQL Server database by loading from the last full backup of the source database.
Procedure
Enter the following commands in the Delphix Engine command-line interface:
/database; link;
set type=LinkParameters;
set name=<dSource name>;
set group=<group name>;
set linkData.type=MSSqlLinkData;
set linkData.syncParameters.type=MSSqlExistingMostRecentBackupSyncParameters;
set linkData.config=<source database>;
set linkData.sharedBackupLocations="<source database backup locations>";
set linkData.pptRepository=<SQL instance on the staging server>;
set linkData.sourcingPolicy.type=SourcingPolicy;
set linkData.mssqlUser.type=MSSqlDomainUser;
set linkData.mssqlUser.user=ad\dbuser;
set linkData.mssqlUser.password.password=dbuserpwd;
set linkData.ingestionStrategy.type=<ingestion strategy type>;
commit;
After linking, you can view the backup set metadata for each snapshot created during sync. For details, see View SQL Server backup set metadata for snapshots.
Last updated
Oct 9, 2026