July 2, 2013 at 9:35 am
we have db backup file(litespeed backup file).
Litespeed is not installed in the server.
we need a command to restore the litespeed backup file.
July 2, 2013 at 9:39 am
we are looking to restore the litespeed backup without installing litespeed in the server.
July 2, 2013 at 9:40 am
Go on to the Quest website and do a search. There's a utility that you can use to turn a LiteSpeed backup file into a set of native files. It's on any server that has LiteSpeed installed on it. If, as you say, you don't have such a server, you may still be able to download the utility for free, but I don't know that for sure.
John
July 2, 2013 at 11:35 am
You can either use the extract utility - which will convert the litespeed backup file into native files. However, the files will no longer be compressed and it could take up a very large amount of space. Not to mention the fact that you then have to perform a restore using all files that were extracted.
You can install Litespeed without a license - and it will be a fully functional trial edition. Once the trial edition time is up - the installation is then considered a restore only installation. In other words, you can use it to restore from litespeed backups - but you cannot use it to create backups.
Unless this is a one time operation - and you can afford the disk space - I would recommend installing Litespeed and using it to perform the restore.
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July 3, 2013 at 12:21 am
thanks for replies...
but we need to restore the litespeed db backup without installing litespeed.
July 3, 2013 at 1:33 am
but we need to restore the litespeed db backup without installing litespeed.
???
Is the db originally from another system that had litespeed? If not how did the backup get created in the first place?
I imagine your options are:
- install litespeed temporarily in order to use the backup for a restore
- get with the DBA for the system that produced the litespeed backup and ask for a native SQL Server backup
Joie Andrew
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July 18, 2013 at 6:38 am
my requirement is to restore the litespeed backup without using litespeed extractor also...
is there a way ?
July 18, 2013 at 6:44 am
i mean that i don't want to use Extractor utility ...
July 18, 2013 at 7:05 am
If you can't use the utility and you don't want to use the extracter, then it's all over. What did you expect?
Only option is what a previous poster allready mentioned: ask the creator of the backup to create a native SQL backup.
July 18, 2013 at 10:03 am
Perhaps there is a way to run Litespeed on Server'A' to restore the database to server'B' ??
I think Litespeed customer support might give you the best answer, since versions and enhancements change and they would be the most knowledgeable.
July 19, 2013 at 7:11 am
unless the backup was created as a self extracting archive its not going to be possible without
Depending on the version of Litespeed that created the backup file you may be able to use the Litespeed recast utility to turn a compressed litespeed backup into a compressed self extracting archive, you will then be able to run this directly on your target server without installing any software, etc.
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July 25, 2013 at 8:11 am
The restore only version of lightspeed is free so just download that and away you go. Otherwise.. your stuck.
July 25, 2013 at 8:12 am
The restore only version of lightspeed is free so download that and away you go. Otherwise you are stuck 🙂
July 25, 2013 at 12:04 pm
Steveyam90 (7/25/2013)
Otherwise you are stuck 🙂
not necessarily, see my solution above.
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