is it possible to use a snapshot in any way to create a new database?

  • Can I … backup from a snapshot?  With a view to using the backup as a restore.

    Or in any other weird or secret way I don't know about use a snapshot to create a new database.

    2008 R2.

     

    I know I can revert to source … not interested in this at this stage.

     

    Thanks in advance.

     

     

     

  • No, the documentation is quite clear about that.

    "You cannot back up or restore database snapshots."

  • Eurgh. Thank you. I’ve had a Microsoft guy on site telling me that it’s possible. I said not. But he’s Microsoft so I doubted myself even though the docs and tests proved him wrong. Appreciate the confirmation there’s no undocumented way.

  • Perhaps Microsoft guy meant reverting source database to the state it was when snapshot was taken? That's possible.

    --To Revert a Database to a Database Snapshot:
    RESTORE DATABASE { database_name | @database_name_var }
    FROM DATABASE_SNAPSHOT = database_snapshot_name

    --Vadim R.

  • Not in the scenario we were discussing but yes, perhaps it was a miscommunication of some sort.  Thanks for helping me clear it up!

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