2014-06-13
1,583 reads
Backup and restore
The 5 Worst Days in a DBAs Life: Day 2
Steve and the rest of the DBA Team are back for round two. In this episode they have to restore all of a business' data using nothing but a set of off-site backups, kanban, and witty repartee.
2014-05-26
3,080 reads
The Girl with the Backup Tattoo
The DBA Team are back, ready to save another DBA. In this episode, a rogue DBA sabotages the backups, can Robyn Page, Steve Jones, Grant Fritchey, and Phil Factor find the solution? Save the backups...save the business.
2014-04-02
4,749 reads
Identify the Backup used to Restore the Database
This article will help us identify the backup which was used to restore the database. This may seem simple when the database backup is from the same server but the complications begin when the backup is not from the same server.
2014-02-27
4,435 reads
Script to Get the Backup History
Script to get the database backup history on SQL Server 2000/2005/2008
2014-03-14 (first published: 2014-02-25)
1,531 reads
SQL Server Database Backup and Restore with Windows Azure Blob Storage Cloud Services using T-SQL Commands
SQL Server 2012 introduces a new feature to issues backups on the Windows Azure Blob Storage service directly and restore from there when needed. But how does it work and how to get started using T-SQL commands for backup and restore operation?
2013-12-09
3,325 reads
Different Ways to Restore a SQL Server Database
This article describes the SQL Server database restore principles for full backups, differential backups and transaction log backups and how to perform the restores to get to a particular point in time. This tip describes SQL Server database restore principles on a database that is using the FULL recovery model.
2013-11-05
5,308 reads
2013-08-08
5,589 reads
2013-06-26
2,550 reads
2013-04-18 (first published: 2013-04-05)
1,462 reads
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Restoring On Top I
I am doing development work on a database and want to keep a backup so I can reset my database. I make some changes and want to restore over top of my changes. When I run this code, what happens?
USE Master BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO USE DNRTest GO CREATE TABLE MyTest(myid INT) GO USE master RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACESee possible answers