I wanted to do an export of a .bacpac file from MS Azure database, from local machine, with command like this:
sqlpackage.exe /Action:Export /ssn:tcp:<ServerName>.database.windows.net,1433 /sdn:<DatabaseName> /su:<UserName> /sp:<Password> /tf:<TargetFile> /p:Storage=File
The DB was apparently found and the tool reported it started extracting the schema from the database, but then it fails:
Extracting schema
Extracting schema from database
Time elapsed 00:00:05.17
*** An unexpected failure occurred: .NET Core should not be using a file backed
model..
To my surprise, I couldn't find anything similar on the web. Is this some kind of an MS Azure bug?
Best Answer
You can remove
/p:Storage=File
. This worked for me.If this is not an issue for you, just omitting the parameter should fix your issue.