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We occasionally want to copy our production database with data and have it populate a corresponding database in our test environment so that we can reproduce production problems.
We currently wait for a maintenance window and do an Detach/Attach.
We’re using SQL Server 2008 and both test and production databases are on the same server.
What is the best way to copy a snapshot that would 1) not require the production database to go offline and 2) be capable of being automated via a build script?
Make a backup. You should do anyway… and you can do the restore overriding file and database name and file positions.
Bad idea. I ahve seen SQL scripts grind a SQL Server to a halt and I would not like to happen that on a production system. I suggest using your backup server for testing.