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# get\_sql\_live\_mount

Retrieve the Live Mounts for a MSSQL source database.

```python
def get_sql_live_mount(self, db_name, sql_instance=None, sql_host=None, timeout=30):
```

## Arguments

| Name     | Type | Description                                       | Choices |
| -------- | ---- | ------------------------------------------------- | ------- |
| db\_name | str  | The name of the source database with Live Mounts. |         |

## Keyword Arguments

| Name          | Type | Description                                                                                                  | Choices | Default |
| ------------- | ---- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------- | ------- |
| sql\_instance | str  | The SQL instance name of the source database.                                                                |         |         |
| sql\_host     | str  | The SQL host name of the source database/instance.                                                           |         |         |
| timeout       | int  | The number of seconds to wait to establish a connection the Rubrik cluster before returning a timeout error. |         | 30      |

## Returns

| Type | Return Value                                                           |
| ---- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| dict | The full response of `GET /v1/mssql/db/mount?source_database_id={id}`. |

## Example

```python
import rubrik_cdm

rubrik = rubrik_cdm.Connect()

db_name = "python-sdk-demo"
sql_instance = 'MSSQLSERVER'
sql_host = 'sql.rubrikdemo.com'

get_live_mount = rubrik.get_sql_live_mount(db_name, sql_instance, sql_host)
```