Backup the Tail of the Log

  • I recall a situation where I had to restore a database but it got stuck in a Restoring State. Probable because the options that I selected at some point in time and some other factors.

    When should the backup of the tail of the backup be performed and when should it not?

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  • Technically, only if you want to restore to a point in time between the last log backup and the "incident". However, I always do in a DR scenario...

    Jared
    CE - Microsoft

  • during a failover where you are using log-shipping and you want to swap the roles of the servers

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  • When you want to make the database unavailable after the backup completes.

    Gail Shaw
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