The below script should be executed with cscript on the source server.
It takes care of setting up database mirroring for one or all databases on a sourceserver.
Modify the directory and server variables before executing.
The account running this script has to have the correct perissions on both servers.
To mirror all databases:
cscript SQLMirroring.vbs
To mirror just a single database (can be used multiple times to mirror only some databases):
cscript SQLMirroring.vbs databasename
'SQLMirroring.vbs 'For configuring mirroring of databases between strSourceServer and strTargetServer. 'This script needs to be run on strSourceServer. '20091121, v1. '20111105, v2. ' Modified to be able to pass a databasename as an argument to the script ' to only mirror that database. ' Change compressing backups to only use zip (not 7z). 'TODO: 'Add check for psexec.exe accept-license-on-first-run. 'Add check for SQL and share connectivity between both systems. Const bOverWrite = True Const intForReading = 1 Const HideWindow = 0 Const WaitOnReturn = True Const str7zipExe = "D:\Tools\7-zip\7za.exe" '***** 'DON'T FORGET TO RUN PSEXEC ONCE MANUALLY TO ACCEPT THE LICENSE! '***** Const strPsExecExe = "D:\Tools\psexec.exe" strBackupDir = "D:\MirBackup\" strTargetBackupDir = "D:\Backup\" strTargetDataDir = "E:\Data\" strTargetLogDir = "E:\Logs\" strSourceServer = "sourceserver.domain.com" strSourceBackupDirUNC = "\\" & strSourceServer & "\D$\Backup" strTargetServer = "targetserver.domain.com" strTargetBackupDirUNC = "\\" & strTargetServer & "\D$\Backup" strEndpointName = "Endpoint_Mirroring" strMirrorPort = "5022" Set objParam = Wscript.Arguments If objParam.Count = 0 Then strDatabaseName = "" Else strDatabaseName = objParam(0) End If Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") strConnSrc = "Provider=SQLOLEDB; Data Source=" & strSourceServer & "; Initial Catalog=master; Trusted_Connection=yes; Network Library=dbmssocn;" strConnTarget = "Provider=SQLOLEDB; Data Source=" & strTargetServer & "; Initial Catalog=master; Trusted_Connection=yes; Network Library=dbmssocn;" Set objRS = CreateObject("ADODB.RecordSet") Set objRS2 = CreateObject("ADODB.RecordSet") Set objMirRS = CreateObject("ADODB.RecordSet") Set objConn = WScript.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection") objConn.CommandTimeout=3600 objConn.Open strConnSrc 'If no databasename was passed as an argument to this script, select all databases except master, model, msdb and tempdb. If strDatabaseName = "" Then strSQL = "SELECT name FROM sys.databases WHERE name NOT IN ('master', 'model', 'msdb', 'tempdb')" 'If a databasename was passed as a scriptargument, select info about this database only. Else strSQL = "SELECT name FROM sys.databases WHERE name = '" & strDatabaseName & "'" End If objRS.Open strSQL, strConnSrc Do Until objRS.EOF 'SELECT name,physical_name FROM dbname.sys.database_files strSQL = "SELECT name,physical_name FROM [" & objRS("name").Value & "].sys.database_files" objRS2.Open strSQL, strConnSrc Set tsDBFileGrpLog = objFso.CreateTextFile(strBackupDir & objRS("name").Value & ".txt", bOverwrite) Do Until objRS2.EOF tsDBFileGrpLog.WriteLine(objRS2("name").Value & chr(9) & objRS2("physical_name").Value) objRS2.MoveNext Loop objRS2.Close tsDBFileGrpLog.Close strSQL = "SELECT recovery_model_desc FROM sys.databases WHERE name = '" & objRS("name").Value & "'" objRS2.Open strSQL, strConnSrc bIsNotFull = False Do Until objRS2.EOF If Not LCase(objRS2("recovery_model_desc").Value) = "full" Then bIsNotFull = True End If objRS2.MoveNext Loop objRS2.Close If bIsNotFull = False Then 'BACKUP DATABASE dbname TO DISK = N'X:\Dir\dbname.bak' WITH INIT, NAME = N'dbname-Full Database Backup' strSQL = "BACKUP DATABASE [" & objRS("name").Value & "] TO DISK = N'" & strBackupDir & objRS("name").Value & ".bak' WITH INIT, NAME = N'" & objRS("name").Value & "-Full Database Backup'" WScript.Echo Now() & " - Backup database " & objRS("name").Value objConn.Execute(strSQL) 'BACKUP LOG dbname TO DISK = N'X:\Dir\dbname.bak' WITH NOINIT, NAME = N'dbname-Transaction Log Backup' strSQL = "BACKUP LOG [" & objRS("name").Value & "] TO DISK = N'" & strBackupDir & objRS("name").Value & ".bak' WITH NOINIT, NAME = N'" & objRS("name").Value & "-Transaction Log Backup'" WScript.Echo Now() & " - Backup log of " & objRS("name").Value objConn.Execute(strSQL) 'ALTER DATABASE dbname SET OFFLINE strSQL = "ALTER DATABASE [" & objRS("name").Value & "] SET OFFLINE" WScript.Echo Now() & " - Set database " & objRS("name").Value & " offline." objConn.Execute(strSQL) Else WScript.Echo Now() & " - Skipping database " & objRS("name").Value & " because it is not in Full Recovery mode." End If objRS.MoveNext Loop objRS.Close objConn.Close Set ToZipFolder = objFso.GetFolder(strBackupDir) For Each file In ToZipFolder.Files 'Continue if strDatabaseName is not defined, or if it is defined and the current .bak-file matches strDatabaseName. If (strDatabaseName = "" And objFso.GetExtensionName(file) = "bak") Or (strDatabaseName <> "" And strDatabaseName & ".bak" = file.Name) Then WScript.Echo Now() & " - Compressing: " & file.Name 'Compress to .zip with fastest compression. objShell.Run chr(34) & str7zipEXE & chr(34) & " a -tzip " & chr(34) & strBackupDir & Left(file.Name, Len(file.Name) - 4) & ".zip" & chr(34) & " " & chr(34) & strBackupDir & file.Name & chr(34) & " -mx=1", HideWindow, WaitOnReturn End If Next Set ToZipFoler = Nothing 'Create the mirroring Encpoint on the sourceserver. CreateEndpoint strSourceServer, strEndpointName, strConnSrc 'Create the mirroring Endpoint on the targetserver. CreateEndpoint strTargetServer, strEndpointName, strConnTarget Set BackupFolder = objFso.GetFolder(strBackupDir) For Each file In BackupFolder.Files 'Continue if strDatabaseName is not defined, or if it is defined and the current .zip-file matches strDatabaseName. If (strDatabaseName = "" And objFso.GetExtensionName(file) = "zip") Or (strDatabaseName <> "" And strDatabaseName & ".zip" = file.Name) Then WScript.Echo Now() & " - Copying: " & file.Name objFso.CopyFile strBackupDir & file.Name, strTargetBackupDirUNC & "\", bOverWrite 'If the file is equal in size on both sides, unpack it on the targetserver. If objFso.FileExists(strTargetBackupDirUNC & "\" & file.Name) And objFso.FileExists(strBackupDir & "\" & file.Name) Then Set objLocalFile = objFso.GetFile(strBackupDir & "\" & file.Name) Set objTargetFile = objFso.GetFile(strTargetBackupDirUNC & "\" & file.Name) If objLocalFile.Size = objTargetFile.Size Then WScript.Echo Now() & " - Unpacking: " & file.Name & " on " & strTargetServer objShell.Run chr(34) & strPsExecExe & chr(34) & " \\" & strTargetServer & " " & chr(34) & str7ZipExe & chr(34) & " e " & chr(34) & strTargetBackupDir & file.Name & chr(34) & " -o" & chr(34) & strTargetBackupDir & chr(34) & " -y", HideWindow, WaitOnReturn Else WScript.Echo Now() & " - " & "File mismatch for " & file.Name & "! Please check the file." End If Set objTargetFile = Nothing Set objLocalFile = Nothing End If End If Next For Each file in BackupFolder.Files 'Continue if strDatabaseName is not defined, or if it is defined and the current .txt-file matches strDatabaseName. If strDatabaseName = "" Or (strDatabaseName <> "" And strDatabaseName & ".txt" = file.Name) Then 'Continue if there is a textfile in the backupdir and an extracted .bak-file in the backupdir of the targetserver. If objFso.GetExtensionName(file) = "txt" AND objFso.FileExists(strBackupDir & file.Name) And objFso.FileExists(strTargetBackupDirUNC & "\" & Left(file.Name, Len(file.Name) - 4) & ".bak") Then Set tsReadDBFileGrpLog = objFso.OpenTextFile(strBackupDir & "\" & Left(file.Name, Len(file.Name) - 4) & ".txt", intForReading) arrName = Array("empty") arrPhysName = Array("empty") c = 0 d = 0 Do Until tsReadDBFileGrpLog.AtEndOfStream strLine = tsReadDBFileGrpLog.ReadLine arrLine = Split(strLine, chr(9)) ReDim Preserve arrName(c) arrName(c) = arrLine(0) c = c + 1 ReDim Preserve arrPhysName(d) arrPhysName(d) = Right(arrLine(1), Len(arrLine(1)) - InstrRev(arrLine(1), "\")) d = d + 1 Loop strMove = "" For i = 0 To UBound(arrName) If InStr(LCase(arrName(i)), "log") > 0 Or InStr(LCase(arrPhysName(i)), ".ldf") Then strMove = strMove & ", Move N'" & arrName(i) & "' TO N'" & strTargetLogDir & arrPhysName(i) & "'" Else strMove = strMove & ", MOVE N'" & arrName(i) & "' TO N'" & strTargetDataDir & arrPhysName(i) & "'" End If Next strDBName = Left(file.Name, Len(file.Name) - 4) objConn.Open strConnTarget strSQL = "RESTORE DATABASE [" & strDBName & "] FROM DISK = N'" & strTargetBackupDir & strDBName & ".bak' WITH FILE = 1" & strMove & ", NORECOVERY" WScript.Echo Now() & " - Restore database " & strDBName objConn.Execute(strSQL) strSQL = "RESTORE LOG [" & strDBName & "] FROM DISK = N'" & strTargetBackupDir & strDBName & ".bak' WITH FILE = 2, NORECOVERY" WScript.Echo Now() & " - Restore log for " & strDBName objConn.Execute(strSQL) strSQL = "ALTER DATABASE [" & strDBName & "] SET PARTNER = 'TCP://" & strSourceServer & ":" & strMirrorPort & "'" WScript.Echo Now() & " - Set partner on mirror for " & strDBName objConn.Execute(strSQL) objConn.Close objConn.Open strConnSrc strSQL = "ALTER DATABASE [" & strDBName & "] SET ONLINE" WScript.Echo Now() & " - Set database " & strDBName & " online on principal" objConn.Execute(strSQL) strSQL = "ALTER DATABASE [" & strDBName & "] SET PARTNER = 'TCP://" & strTargetServer & ":" & strMirrorPort & "'" WScript.Echo Now() & " - Set partner on primary for " & strDBName objConn.Execute(strSQL) objConn.Close End If End If Next Function CreateEndpoint(strServer,strEndpointName, strConn) strSQL = "SELECT name FROM sys.database_mirroring_endpoints" objMirRS.Open strSQL, strConn bEndpointExists = False Do Until objMirRS.EOF If objMirRS("name").Value = strEndpointName Then WScript.Echo Now() & " - Found endpoint name: " & objMirRS("name").Value & " on " & strServer bEndpointExists = True Exit Do End If Loop If bEndpointExists = False Then objConn.Open strConn strSQL = "CREATE ENDPOINT " & strEndpointName & " STATE=STARTED AS TCP (LISTENER_PORT=" & strMirrorPort & ") FOR DATABASE_MIRRORING (ROLE=ALL)" WScript.Echo Now() & " - Create endpoint " & strEndpointName & " on " & strServer objConn.Execute(strSQL) objConn.Close End If objMirRS.Close End Function 'Cleanup Set objConn = Nothing Set objMirRS = Nothing Set objRS2 = Nothing Set objRS = Nothing Set objShell = Nothing Set objFso = Nothing