Onboarding SQL Server instances to Azure Arc
Onboarding SQL servers to Azure Arc is similar to Azure Arc enabled servers, covered in Chapter 2, Azure Arc Enabled Servers. The Azure portal provides an onboarding script that can be used to onboard an individual server or multiple servers in an unattended fashion.
Please refer to Chapter 2, Azure Arc Enabled Servers, the Onboard Windows and Linux machines section, to learn more about the onboarding of Windows or Linux servers hosting SQL server to Azure Arc.
Let's take a look at how you can get an Azure Arc enabled SQL Server onboarding script from the Azure portal.
Generate a SQL onboarding script using the Azure portal
In this section, we will use the Azure portal to generate the onboarding script. You need to take the following steps:
- Log in to the Azure portal at the following link: https://portal.azure.com.
- Search for
Arc
and select SQL Server - Azure Arc as shown in the following screenshot: