build_restore_script
This script originally created by Greg Larsen has been modified by me. This procedure is used to create the restore commands needed to restore a database using the lates full and any transaction or differential backups. The parameter @dbname was added to just create the restore statements for a particular database. Leaving off this parameter will create the restore commands for all databases. I use 3rd part compression software (SQL Backup) to the restore statement created will depend on the backup name. In this case I assumed if the extension for the backup filename is sqb then the backup is compressed and a SQL Backup restore command is created; otherwise a native SQL Server restore statement is generated. If you use Litespeed of some other 3rd party backup software this statement must be modified slightly. Otherwise normal SQL restore statements are generated. The results can be cut and pasted into another window for execution. I store this proc in a DBA databases that I attach to each server. Hope it helps
create procedure build_restore_script
@dbname sysname = '' --restrict restore statements to 1 database
as
--
-- This stored procedure was written by Greg Larsen for Washington State Department of Health.
-- Date: 12/16/2001
--
-- Description:
-- This stored procedure generates TSQL script that will restore all the databases
-- on the current SQL Server. This stored procedure takes into account when the last
-- full and differential backups where taken, and how many transaction log backups
-- have been taken since the last database backup, based on the information in
-- the msdb database.
--
-- Modified:
-- Date Who Description
-- 3 Jan 2005 Francis Hanlon Added @dbname parameter
-- 8 Mar 2005 Francis Hanlon Added support for compressed backups
--
-- Declare variables used in SP
declare @cmd nvarchar (1000)
declare @cmd1 nvarchar (1000)
declare @db nvarchar(128)
declare @filename nvarchar(128)
declare @cnt int
declare @num_processed int
declare @name nvarchar(128)
declare @physical_device_name nvarchar(128)
declare @backup_start_date datetime
declare @type char(1)
-- Turn off the row number message
set nocount on
-- SECTION 1 ----------------------------------------------
-- Define cursor to hold all the different databases for the restore script will be built
IF @dbname = ''
declare db cursor for
select name from master.dbo.sysdatabases
where name not in ('tempdb', 'model')
ELSE
declare db cursor for
select name from master.dbo.sysdatabases
where name = @dbname
-- Create a global temporary table that will hold the name of the backup, the database name, and the type of database backup.
create table ##backupnames (
name nvarchar(100),
database_name nvarchar(100),
type char(1) )
-- Open cursor containing list of database names.
open db
fetch next from db into @db
-- Process until no more databases are left
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
-- Subsection 1A --------------------------------------------
-- initialize the physical device name
set @physical_device_name = ''
-- get the name of the last full database backup
select @physical_device_name = physical_device_name , @backup_start_date = backup_start_date
from msdb..backupset a join msdb..backupmediaset b on a.media_set_id = b.media_set_id
join msdb..backupmediafamily c on a.media_set_id = c.media_set_id
where type='D' and backup_start_date =
(select top 1 backup_start_date from msdb..backupset
where @db = database_name and type = 'D'
order by backup_start_date desc)
-- Did a full database backup name get found
if @physical_device_name <> ''
begin
-- Build command to place a record in table that holds backup names
select @cmd = 'insert into ##backupnames values (' + char(39) +
@physical_device_name + char(39) + ',' + char(39) + @db + char(39) + ',' +
char(39) + 'D' + char(39)+ ')'
-- Execute command to place a record in table that holds backup names
exec sp_executesql @cmd
end
-- Subsection 1B --------------------------------------------
-- Reset the physical device name
set @physical_device_name = ''
-- Find the last differential database backup
select @physical_device_name = physical_device_name, @backup_start_date = backup_start_date
from msdb..backupset a join msdb..backupmediaset b on a.media_set_id = b.media_set_id
join msdb..backupmediafamily c on a.media_set_id = c.media_set_id
where type='I' and backup_start_date =
(select top 1 backup_start_date from msdb..backupset
where @db = database_name and type = 'I' and backup_start_date > @backup_start_date
order by backup_start_date desc)
-- Did a differential backup name get found
if @physical_device_name <> ''
begin
-- Build command to place a record in table that holds backup names
select @cmd = 'insert into ##backupnames values (' + char(39) +
@physical_device_name + char(39) + ',' + char(39) + @db + char(39) + ',' +
char(39) + 'I' + char(39)+ ')'
-- Execute command to place a record in table that holds backup names
exec sp_executesql @cmd
end
-- Subsection 1C --------------------------------------------
-- Build command to place records in table to hold backup names for all
-- transaction log backups from the last database backup
set @cmd = 'insert into ##backupnames select physical_device_name,' + char(39) + @db + char(39) +
',' + char(39) + 'l' + char(39) +
'from msdb..backupset a join msdb..backupmediaset b on a.media_set_id = b.media_set_id join ' +
'msdb..backupmediafamily c on a.media_set_id = c.media_set_id ' +
'where type=' + char(39) + 'L' + char(39) + 'and backup_start_date > @backup_start_dat and' +
char(39) + @db + char(39) + ' = database_name'
-- Execute command to place records in table to hold backup names
-- for all transaction log backups from the last database backup
exec sp_executesql @cmd,@params=N'@backup_start_dat datetime', @backup_start_dat = @backup_start_date
-- get next database to process
fetch next from db into @db
end
-- close
close db
-- Section B ----------------------------------------------
open db
-- Get first recod from database list cursor
fetch next from db into @db
-- Generate Heading in Restore script
print '-- Restore All databases'
-- Process all databases
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
-- define cursor for all database and log backups for specific database being processed
declare backup_name cursor for
select name,type from ##backupnames where database_name = @db
-- Open cursor containing list of database backups for specific database being processed
open backup_name
-- Determine the number of different backups available for specific database being processed
select @cnt = count(*) from ##backupnames where database_name = @db
-- Get first database backup for specific database being processed
fetch next from backup_name into @physical_device_name, @type
-- Set counter to track the number of backups processed
set @num_processed = 0
-- Process until no more database backups exist for specific database being processed
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
-- Increment the counter to track the number of backups processed
set @num_processed = @num_processed + 1
-- Is the number of database backup processed the same as the number of different backups
-- available for specific database being processed?
-- If so, is the type of backup currently being processed a transaction log backup?
if UPPER(@type) = 'L'
-- build restore command to restore the last transaction log
-- If extension is 'sqb' assume backup is compressed
if LOWER(RIGHT(@physical_device_name,3)) ='sqb'
select @cmd = 'EXEC master.dbo.sqlbackup ' + char(39)
+ '-SQL "RESTORE LOG ' + rtrim(@db) + char(13) +
+ ' FROM DISK = ' + char(39) + char(39) +
RTRIM(SUBSTRING(@physical_device_name,1,LEN(@physical_device_name))) +
char(39) +char(39) + char(13) + ' WITH RECOVERY"' + char(39)
else
select @cmd = 'RESTORE LOG ' + rtrim(@db) + char(13) +
' FROM DISK = ' + char(39) +
RTRIM(SUBSTRING(@physical_device_name,1,LEN(@physical_device_name))) +
char(39) + char(13) + ' WITH RECOVERY'
else
-- Last backup was not a transaction log backup
-- Build restore command to restore the last database backup
-- If extension is 'sqb' assume backup is compressed
if LOWER(RIGHT(@physical_device_name,3)) ='sqb'
select @cmd = 'EXEC master.dbo.sqlbackup ' + char(39)
+ '-SQL "RESTORE DATABASE ' + rtrim(@db) + char(13) +
+ ' FROM DISK = ' + char(39) + char(39) +
RTRIM(SUBSTRING(@physical_device_name,1,LEN(@physical_device_name))) +
char(39) +char(39) + char(13) + ' WITH REPLACE, RECOVERY"' + char(39)
else
select @cmd = 'RESTORE DATABASE ' + rtrim(@db) + char(13) +
' from disk = ' + char(39) +
RTRIM(SUBSTRING(@physical_device_name,1,LEN(@physical_device_name))) +
char(39) + char(13) + ' WITH REPLACE, RECOVERY'
if @cnt <> @num_processed -- add norecovery clause if not last statement
select @cmd = REPLACE(@cmd, 'RECOVERY', 'NORECOVERY')
-- if it is master comment line out
if @db = 'master'
set @cmd = '/* ' + char(13) + @cmd + char(13) + '*/'
-- Generate the restore command and other commands for restore script
print @cmd
print 'go'
print ' '
-- Get next database backup to process
fetch next from backup_name into @physical_device_name, @type
end
-- Close and deallocate database backup name cursor for current database being processed
close backup_name
deallocate backup_name
-- Get next database to process
fetch next from db into @db
end
-- Close and deallocate cursor containing list of databases to process
close db
deallocate db
-- Drop global temporary table
drop table ##backupnames