Create Azure Datastores Using Script Files

If a database does not exist at the point that it is required, it is created on-the-fly; this can be slow for certain RDBMS types, and so we recommended that you create any required databases ahead of time, using SQL scripts.

To create the database script file, on the command line, enter the following command:

dbfhadmin -script -type:datastore -provider:az -name:<datastore-name> -file:<script-name.sql>

where <script-name.sql> is the name of the script file to be created.

Note: If you omit the -file option, the default name is create_dstore_<datastore-name>_az.sql.

By default, this script creates a database with the following characteristics:

Parameter	Value
EDITION	standard
MAXSIZE	1GB
SERVICE_OBJECTIVE	S0

If you require the database to be created with different characteristics, you must edit the script directly.

Create further script files for any more required datastores.
Once you have created the script files, use the dbfhadmin utility to run them, and create the required databases. Before you run the -createdb command, ensure that the sqlcmd command is on the PATH.
To create the database, on the command line, enter the following command:
```
dbfhadmin -createdb tcp:<database-address> -provider:az -type:datastore -file:<script-name.sql> -userid=<user> -password=<pass>
```
where <database-address> is the fully qualified database and server name (for example: mydbinst.database.windows.net), <script-name.sql> is the name of the script file that was created in an earlier step, and <user> and <pass> are valid logon credentials for the database.

Now that the datastore has been created, you can start to upload data files to it using the dbfhdeploy command line utility.