Backup & Restore

  • I am trying to restore SQL 2012 backup on SQL 2008 R2 & it troughs an error.

    Error: No backupset selected to be restored

    Please help. Thanks..!

  • You can't restore down-version. A SQL 2012 backup can only be restored to SQL 2012 or newer.

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  • Thanks GilaMonster..!

  • Ranzz (12/10/2013)


    I am trying to restore SQL 2012 backup on SQL 2008 R2 & it troughs an error.

    Error: No backupset selected to be restored

    Please help. Thanks..!

    If it is something you need to do you could extract the DDL for the database and load the data into it using BCP.

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