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Restoring Back-Ups into a Different Server

  • April 26, 2007 at 4:46 am

    #178046

    Hello,

    This is my first time to restore a backup db from our production db server and to be restored in development server. An error occur when I restore it using the SQL Server management studio. The error is like this: "System.Data.SqlClient.SqlError: Directory lookup for the file "D:\DATA_FILES\OSM_eTech.mdf" failed with the operating system error 21(The device is not ready.). (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo)"

    Hope there will be someone to help me this out.

     

  • April 26, 2007 at 5:53 am

    #702579

    The backups store the path of each file that was backed up, by default a restore will restore these files to the same path.

    The trouble comes when restoring on a different machine where this path does not exist. If you're doing the restore through Sql Managment Studio then you can change the path each file will be restored to by going to the "Options" page and changing the "Restore As" value.

  • April 26, 2007 at 7:51 am

    #702609

    while you may find it a little harder to do then using a GUI in SSMS but TSQL is better to this.  I have posted a script that you just need to change the database name and data/log filename and the location you need to restore.  Prior to this you can run the first command to find out about the database file names if you don't know.  For the example I assume that your database name is mydb1.  Once you restore your database in dev environment you may want to change the recovery mode to simple if you don't want/need to take a log backup and prevent the log file growth.

    restore filelistonly from disk= 'c:\mydb1.bak'

    restore database mydb1 from disk = 'c:\mydb1.bak' with

     move 'mydb1_Data' to 'D:\MSSQL\Data\mydb1_Data.mdf',

     move 'mydb1_log' to 'e:\MSSQL\Log\mydb1_Log.ldf';

    if you need to change the recovry mode run this

    Alter database mydb1 Set Recovery Simple

    good day,

    Bulent

  • April 26, 2007 at 8:28 pm

    #702840

    Thanks, it works.

  • May 22, 2008 at 4:14 pm

    #819419

    Chris Chilvers (4/26/2007)

    The backups store the path of each file that was backed up, by default a restore will restore these files to the same path.

    The trouble comes when restoring on a different machine where this path does not exist. If you're doing the restore through Sql Managment Studio then you can change the path each file will be restored to by going to the "Options" page and changing the "Restore As" value.

    Thank you SO MUCH for posting this. I was stuck with the same issue and was pulling my hair out because nothing I tried worked.

  • June 6, 2008 at 6:31 am

    #825391

    I have something similar, but I need to restore from ServerA to ServerB. Using Restore filelistonly... I've tried: \\serverA\shared drive\folder structure\file --while on ServerB

    restore ...move 'logical' to ...

    folder structure\file on ServerA and then \\ServerB\shared drive\file --while on ServerA

    restore ...move 'logical' to...

    \\ServerB\shared drive\folder structure\file to 'folder structure\file' --while on ServerA

    I've tried various combinations and always with the same results; Operating System Error.

    I'm tired of having to copy a backup from one server to another; how do you restore from one server to another?

  • June 6, 2008 at 10:33 am

    #825578

    Please post your exact command you are executing. I have no problem running restore filelistonly against another server using UNC syntax, or any problem with actually restoring a db.

    "Got no time for the jibba jabba!"
    -B.A. Baracus

  • June 6, 2008 at 10:51 am

    #825590

    I've got a restore generator script[/url] that will generate a restore (with move) statements. See the section "-- Change these variables:" in the script for the examples.

    This will only generate a script for you to run, it will not execute the restore. Once you have the generated script, you can set any options to whatever you need.

    Your friendly High-Tech Janitor... 🙂

  • June 15, 2008 at 8:21 pm

    #829045

    Thanks, This works for me. Excellent

  • January 28, 2009 at 2:09 am

    #933662

    Thanks dud..it worked..

    I changed the location to a new location and created 2 files(ldf & mdf) and made the owerwriting true...

    great man...

    keep posting

    cheers

    Vivek

  • January 29, 2009 at 6:53 am

    #934620

    Hi,

    i have been trying to restore a backup file that i copied from a server that run MSDE to another server that runs Microsoft SQL Server 2005, am actually trying to upgrade from MSDE to MS SQL Server 2005, i have also tried the script option you suggested but am still having the problem.

    The error message is: Msg 314, Level 16, State 4, Line 1

    The backup set holds a backup of a database other than the existing 'XXXXX' database

    Msg 3013, Level 16, State 1, Line 1

    RESt

    ORE DATABASE is terminating abnormally.

    Can somebody pls help?

    Thanks

    Seun

  • January 29, 2009 at 7:01 am

    #934633

    Please create a new thread for a new question, don't just tag on to the end of an existing thread.

    In addition, this is a repeat of a post tagged onto another thread - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost645834.aspx

    No more replies here please.

    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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  • April 1, 2009 at 5:43 pm

    #970328

    I know you posted this a while ago but it was the quick answer I needed.

    Thank you.

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