On a couple of our QA servers, we have daily jobs that will detach the database, copy a drive via SAN specific commands, then reattach the newly copied database. SAN copies are much faster than copying via windows.
We also run a few other processes after wards to get our QA users permissioned.
Basically automated data refreshes for DEV and QA. Hope the idea helps.
Jason Carter
Tampa, Florida
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