Restore Taking More time than it was not.

  • Hi,

    I was trying to restore the database which usually took 40 minitues maximum and minimum 30 minitues ,but today when i try to restore the database it took 90 minitues to completed 10% of restoration.

    when i check the sys.dm_exec_requests i found it was waiting for for the backupthread.

    Sid status command waittype waittime.

    55 suspendedRESTORE DATABASEBACKUPTHREAD1186781

    Sysprocess view as below

    55794000x00881340093BACKUPTHREAD

    55249600x008715BACKUPIO

    can anyone explain the reason ,solution and where i can more information about it ?

    Thanks in Advance.

  • I came across some useful links. Please see below.

    http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/sql-server/what-is-the-backupthread-wait-type/

    M&M

  • Backup file drive and Restore File Drive is same ?

    what is the size of Backup file now ?

    Is there any Load on Database at the time of Restore ?

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  • Syed Jahanzaib Bin hassan (4/29/2011)


    Backup file drive and Restore File Drive is same ?

    what is the size of Backup file now ?

    Is there any Load on Database at the time of Restore ?

    Regards,

    Syed Jahanzaib Bin Hassan

    MCTS | MCITP | OCA | OCP | OCE | SCJP | IBMCDBA

    My Blog

    http://www.aureus-salah.com[/quote%5D

    Backup file drive and Restore File Drive is same ?

    No

    what is the size of Backup file now ?

    30 GB

    Is there any Load on Database at the time of Restore ?

    It will be great help if you tell me how to identify the load of sql server .

  • This could be due to the resource contention on the server or the network contention.

    Start a profiler trace and a perfmon trace to find the root cause.

    This could also be due to the increase in the size of the Backup Size.

    Thank You,

    Best Regards,

    SQLBuddy

  • SELECT ST.TEXT,SP.* FROM SYS.SYSPROCESSES SP

    CROSS APPLY SYS.DM_EXEC_SQL_TEXT(SP.SQL_HANDLE) ST

    WHERE SP.STATUS != 'SLEEPING'

    ORDER BY SP.CPU DESC

    Regards,

    Syed Jahanzaib Bin Hassan

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  • i was trying to restore the database which usually took 40 minitues maximum and minimum 30 minitues ,but today when i try to restore the database it took 90 minitues to completed 10% of restoration.

    Did your Restore finished Successfully?

    Also, Can you tell me which Edition of sql server you are using if it is Enterprise Edition (Try enabling Instant file initialisation feature). It can be enabled by adding your sql server service account into a local security (Perform volume maintenance Tasks) at windows level.

    We can avail this feature in Standard Editions also but there is a specific tweaking you need to do.

    Check out this for more info http://www.bradmcgehee.com/2010/07/instant-file-initialization-speeds-sql-server/

    This will ensure that during restoration your data files get intialized fast. These reduces the Database restoration time significantly.

    Note: This feature is Applicable for data files only..

    Also, take a look through perfmon counters that how busy your Disks are during restoration.

    Regards,,

  • During backup was there any huge DML task going on.

    during recovery,When the waittype is suspended, this indicates that, data is being spilled to tempdb during recovery. Hence resulting in a slow process.

    You can watch the Series 2 or Series 3 webcasts which deal with such issues in

    http://webcasts.sqlworkshops.com/webcasts.asp

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