How to take a backup from Synapse analytics objects?

Question

Hi

I've just finished a project on Azure Synapse Analytics, and I want to know if there is a way to backup all the objects that I created, such as pipelines, Linked Services, SQL Pools.

If there is a way to generate a full backup from all this objects, please let me know

Answer 1

Hello Paul Berrones López,

Thanks for posting your question in the Microsoft Q&A forum.

There is no single built-in method to create a full backup of all Azure Synapse Analytics objects. However, you can use a combination of approaches to backup different components:

1. Dedicated SQL Pools: Use automated system-defined restore points or create user-defined restore points, These restore points allow you to recover or copy your data warehouse to a previous state within the last 7 days
2. Pipelines and Linked Services: Implement source control integration with Git repositories and set up CI/CD pipelines to maintain versioned copies of your Synapse artifacts
3. Serverless SQL Databases: Currently, there's no direct backup and restore functionality for serverless SQL databases in Synapse and keep all metadata objects in source control as a best practice
4. Data Export: For SQL pools, you can export data to Azure Blob Storage using PolyBase or COPY commands, Use Azure Data Factory or Synapse Pipelines to orchestrate periodic data exports
5. Manual Scripting: Use PowerShell DbaTools to script Synapse SQL objects

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Answer 2

Hello @Paul Berrones López

Thanks for the question and using MS Q&A platform.

You can associate a Git repository (Azure Devops/Github) with Synapse Workspace in the Studio: Source control in Synapse Studio.

This enables you to commit your scripts, notebooks, datasets, pipelines etc to source control. Then use CI/CD to recreate them in different or same environments. Continuous integration and delivery for an Azure Synapse Analytics workspace

Similar thread for reference: How to take backup of Azure synapse analytics along with all the pipeines and linked services ?

Hope this helps. Do let us know if you have any further queries.

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