Setting up a non-sysadmin user when working with AlwaysOn availability groups

This topic explains how to support a non-sysadmin user when working with AlwaysOn availability groups. For information on setting up non-sysadmin in a standard environment, see Setting up a non-sysadmin user in a standalone environment.

To support a non-sysadmin user when working with AlwayOn availability groups:

Set up Microsoft SQL Server for Replication as described in Setting up Microsoft SQL Server for replication.
Enable MS-REPLICATION on the source database. This can either be done manually or by running the task once using a sysadmin user.

Information note
MS-REPLICATION distributor should either be configured as local or in a way that allows access to non-sysadmin users via the associated linked server.

If the Exclusive automatic truncation endpoint option is enabled, stop the MS-REPLICATION Log Reader job.

On each replica perform the following steps (a-l):

Create schema [attrep] in the Master DB.

Create the table valued function [attrep].[split_partition_list] on the Master database, as follows:

USE [master]
GO

set ansi_nulls on
go

set quoted_identifier on
go

if (object_id('[attrep].[split_partition_list]','TF')) is not null
drop  function [attrep].[split_partition_list];
go

create function [attrep].[split_partition_list] 
( 
@plist varchar(8000),	--A delimited list of partitions	
@dlm nvarchar(1)	--Delimiting character
) 
returns @partitionsTable table --Table holding the BIGINT values of the string fragments
(
pid bigint primary key
) 
as 
begin
declare @partition_id bigint;
declare @dlm_pos integer;
declare @dlm_len integer;

set @dlm_len = len(@dlm);

while (charindex(@dlm,@plist)>0)
begin 
set @dlm_pos = charindex(@dlm,@plist);
set @partition_id = cast( ltrim(rtrim(substring(@plist,1,@dlm_pos-1))) as bigint);
insert into @partitionsTable (pid) values (@partition_id)
set @plist = substring(@plist,@dlm_pos+@dlm_len,len(@plist));
end 
set @partition_id = cast (ltrim(rtrim(@plist)) as bigint);
insert into @partitionsTable (pid) values (  @partition_id  );
return
end
GO

Create procedure [attrep].[rtm_dump_dblog] on the Master database, as follows:

USE [master]
GO

use [MASTER] 
go 

if (object_id('[attrep].[rtm_dump_dblog]','P')) is not null
drop procedure [attrep].[rtm_dump_dblog]; 
go

set ansi_nulls on
go 

set quoted_identifier on 
go
							
create procedure [attrep].[rtm_dump_dblog]
(
@start_lsn        varchar(32),
@seqno            integer,
@filename         varchar(260),
@partition_list        varchar(8000), -- A comma delimited list: P1,P2,... Pn
@programmed_filtering integer,
@minPartition     bigint,
@maxPartition     bigint
) 
as begin

        declare @start_lsn_cmp varchar(32); -- Stands against the GT comparator

        SET NOCOUNT ON  -- Disable "rows affected display"

        set @start_lsn_cmp = @start_lsn;
        if (@start_lsn_cmp) is null
                set @start_lsn_cmp = '00000000:00000000:0000';

        if (@partition_list is null)
        begin
                RAISERROR ('Null partition list waspassed',16,1);
                return
                --set @partition_list = '0,';    -- A dummy which is never matched
        end

        if (@start_lsn) is not null
                set @start_lsn = '0x'+@start_lsn;

if (@programmed_filtering=0)
        SELECT
                [Current LSN],
                [operation],
                [Context],
                [Transaction ID],
                [Transaction Name],
                [Begin Time],
                [End Time],
                [Flag Bits],
                [PartitionID],
                [Page ID],
                [Slot ID],
                [RowLog Contents 0],
                [Log Record],
                [RowLog Contents 1] -- After Image
        FROM
                fn_dump_dblog (
                        @start_lsn, NULL, N'DISK', @seqno, @filename,
                        default, default, default, default, default, default, default,
                        default, default, default, default, default, default, default,
                        default, default, default, default, default, default, default,
                        default, default, default, default, default, default, default,
                        default, default, default, default, default, default, default,
                        default, default, default, default, default, default, default,
                        default, default, default, default, default, default, default,
                        default, default, default, default, default, default, default,
                        default, default, default, default, default, default, default)
        where [Current LSN] collate SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS > @start_lsn_cmp collate SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS -- This aims for implementing FN_DBLOG based on GT comparator.
        and
        (
          (  [operation] in ('LOP_BEGIN_XACT','LOP_COMMIT_XACT','LOP_ABORT_XACT') )
          or
          (  [operation] in ('LOP_INSERT_ROWS','LOP_DELETE_ROWS','LOP_MODIFY_ROW')
                and
                ( ( [context]   in ('LCX_HEAP','LCX_CLUSTERED','LCX_MARK_AS_GHOST') ) or ([context] = 'LCX_TEXT_MIX') )
                and       [PartitionID] in ( select * from master.attrep.split_partition_list (@partition_list,','))
          )
          or
          ([operation] = 'LOP_HOBT_DDL')
        )
else
        SELECT
                [Current LSN],
                [operation],
                [Context],
                [Transaction ID],
                [Transaction Name],
                [Begin Time],
                [End Time],
                [Flag Bits],
                [PartitionID],
                [Page ID],
                [Slot ID],
                [RowLog Contents 0],
                [Log Record],
                [RowLog Contents 1] -- After Image
        FROM
                fn_dump_dblog (
                        @start_lsn, NULL, N'DISK', @seqno, @filename,
                        default, default, default, default, default, default, default,
                        default, default, default, default, default, default, default,
                        default, default, default, default, default, default, default,
                        default, default, default, default, default, default, default,
                        default, default, default, default, default, default, default,
                        default, default, default, default, default, default, default,
                        default, default, default, default, default, default, default,
                        default, default, default, default, default, default, default,
                        default, default, default, default, default, default, default)
        where [Current LSN] collate SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS > @start_lsn_cmp collate SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS -- This aims for implementing FN_DBLOG based on GT comparator.
        and
        (
          (  [operation] in ('LOP_BEGIN_XACT','LOP_COMMIT_XACT','LOP_ABORT_XACT') )
          or
          (  [operation] in ('LOP_INSERT_ROWS','LOP_DELETE_ROWS','LOP_MODIFY_ROW')
                and
                ( ( [context]   in ('LCX_HEAP','LCX_CLUSTERED','LCX_MARK_AS_GHOST') ) or ([context] = 'LCX_TEXT_MIX') )
                and           ([PartitionID] is not null) and ([PartitionID] >= @minPartition and [PartitionID]<=@maxPartition)
          )
          or
          ([operation] = 'LOP_HOBT_DDL')
        )
        SET NOCOUNT OFF -- Re-enable "rows affected display"

end
GO

Create certificate on Master DB:

Use [master]
Go
CREATE CERTIFICATE [attrep_rtm_dump_dblog_cert]
ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = N'choose_your_own_pwd'
WITH SUBJECT = N'Certificate for FN_DUMP_DBLOG Permissions';

Create login from the certificate as follows:

Use [master]
Go
CREATE LOGIN attrep_rtm_dump_dblog_login FROM CERTIFICATE
[attrep_rtm_dump_dblog_cert];

Add the login to the sysadmin server role as follows:

ALTER SERVER ROLE [sysadmin] ADD MEMBER [attrep_rtm_dump_dblog_login];

Add the signature to [master].[attrep].[rtm_dump_dblog] by the certificate as follows:
```
Use [master]
GO
ADD SIGNATURE
TO [master].[attrep].[rtm_dump_dblog]
BY CERTIFICATE [attrep_rtm_dump_dblog_cert]
					WITH PASSWORD = 'choose_your_own_pwd';
```
Information note
If the stored procedure is recreated, you need to add the signature again.

Create procedure [attrep].[rtm_position_1st_timestamp] on the Master database, as follows:

use [master]
if object_id('[attrep].[rtm_position_1st_timestamp]','P') is not null
DROP PROCEDURE [attrep].[rtm_position_1st_timestamp];
go
create procedure [attrep].[rtm_position_1st_timestamp]
(
@dbname                sysname,      -- Database name
@seqno                 integer,      -- Backup set sequence/position number within file
@filename              varchar(260), -- The backup filename
@1stTimeStamp          varchar(40)   -- The timestamp to position by
) 
as begin

SET NOCOUNT ON       -- Disable "rows affected display"

declare @firstMatching table
(
cLsn varchar(32),
bTim datetime
)

declare @sql nvarchar(4000)
declare @nl                       char(2)
declare @tb                       char(2)
declare @fnameVar                 nvarchar(254) = 'NULL'

set @nl  = char(10); -- New line
set @tb  = char(9)   -- Tab separator

if (@filename is not null)
set @fnameVar = ''''+@filename +''''

set @sql='use ['+@dbname+'];'+@nl+
'select top 1 [Current LSN],[Begin Time]'+@nl+
'FROM fn_dump_dblog (NULL, NULL, NULL, '+ cast(@seqno as varchar(10))+','+ @fnameVar+','+@nl+
@tb+'default, default, default, default, default, default, default,'+@nl+
@tb+'default, default, default, default, default, default, default,'+@nl+
@tb+'default, default, default, default, default, default, default,'+@nl+
@tb+'default, default, default, default, default, default, default,'+@nl+
@tb+'default, default, default, default, default, default, default,'+@nl+
@tb+'default, default, default, default, default, default, default,'+@nl+
@tb+'default, default, default, default, default, default, default,'+@nl+
@tb+'default, default, default, default, default, default, default,'+@nl+
@tb+'default, default, default, default, default, default, default)'+@nl+
'where operation=''LOP_BEGIN_XACT''' +@nl+
'and [Begin Time]>= cast('+''''+@1stTimeStamp+''''+' as datetime)'+@nl

--print @sql
delete from  @firstMatching 
insert into @firstMatching  exec sp_executesql @sql    -- Get them all

select top 1 cLsn as [matching LSN],convert(varchar,bTim,121) as [matching Timestamp] from @firstMatching;

SET NOCOUNT OFF      -- Re-enable "rows affected display"

end
GO

Create certificate on Master DB:

Use [master]
Go
CREATE CERTIFICATE [attrep_rtm_position_1st_timestamp_cert]
ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = N'choose_your_own_pwd'
WITH SUBJECT = N'Certificate for FN_POSITION_1st_TIMESTAMP Permissions';

Create login from the certificate as follows:

Use [master]
Go
CREATE LOGIN attrep_rtm_position_1st_timestamp_login FROM CERTIFICATE
[attrep_rtm_position_1st_timestamp_cert];

Add the login to the sysadmin server role as follows:

ALTER SERVER ROLE [sysadmin] ADD MEMBER [attrep_rtm_position_1st_timestamp_login];

Add the signature to [master].[attrep].[rtm_position_1st_timestamp] by the certificate as follows:
```
Use [master]
GO
ADD SIGNATURE
TO [master].[attrep].[rtm_position_1st_timestamp]
BY CERTIFICATE [attrep_rtm_position_1st_timestamp_cert]
WITH PASSWORD = 'choose_your_own_pwd';
```
Information note
If the stored procedure is recreated, you need to add the signature again.

Create a user with the following permissions/roles (in each of the following databases):

Information note
The login should be created with the same SID on each replica.
- Master DB (on each replica) :
  - select on sys.fn_dblog
  - view any definition
  - view server state (should be granted to the login).
  - execute on sp_repldone
  - execute on sp_replincrementlsn
  - execute on sp_addpublication
  - execute on sp_addarticle
  - execute on sp_articlefilter
  - select on [attrep].[split_partition_list]
  - execute on [attrep].[rtm_dump_dblog]
  - execute on [attrep].[rtm_position_1st_timestamp]
- MSDB DB (on each replica):
  - select on msdb.dbo.backupset
  - select on msdb.dbo.backupmediafamily
  - select on msdb.dbo.backupfile
- For the source database (as the database is synchronized, it can be done on the primary replica only):
  - db_owner ROLE

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