I also ran SQLCMD restore database with recovery and it did error out. I added the error below.

Processed 3672 pages for database 'DATABASENAME', file 'master' on file 1.

Processed 8...

Sorry about the late response. I did try restoring the DB through SQLCMD with no luck. It didn't error out, but it did show that it did the upgrade. I...

I am restoring an 08 db SQL server 2012. I'm using SQL management studio to restore the .bak. Just using the right click restore database.