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Recover database with only .LDF file

  • May 5, 2011 at 12:54 am

    #1320226

    Yesterday we could manage to backup transaction log from only a .ldf file as:

    1-Created a new dummy database

    2-Stop SQL service

    3-Replace the dummy database's .ldf with our .ldf, (put to the same path with same name)

    4-Start SQL service

    5-Backup Log [DummyDB] to disk='...' with no_truncate

    This log backup saved us the last one day's data, because last full backup was overnight,

    It worked for us..

    Regards

  • May 5, 2011 at 2:11 am

    #1320246

    Yes, but the point is you had a backup. If you had not had that database backup, you would not have been able to recover anything.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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