Restore database from a device containing multiple backups
Script to restore the LATEST full and differential backups from a SQL Server 2008 R2 backup device.
2012-01-04 (first published: 2011-12-13)
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IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.ROUTINES WHERE ROUTINE_NAME = 'spGetBackupDateFromFile') EXEC ('CREATE PROC dbo.spGetBackupDateFromFile AS SELECT ''stub version, to be replaced''') GO /*---------------------------------------------------------------------- spGetBackupDateFromFile ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Versie: 1.0 Autheur: Theo Ekelmans Datum: 2016-03-31 Change: Initial release Versie: 1.1 Autheur: Theo Ekelmans Datum: 2016-03-31 Change: Added SQL 2005 support ------------------------------------------------------------------------*/alter procedure dbo.spGetBackupDateFromFile(@BackupFile as varchar(1000), @DT as datetime output) as declare @BackupDT datetime declare @sql varchar(8000) declare @ProductVersion NVARCHAR(128) declare @ProductVersionNumber TINYINT ----debug----------------------------------------------------------- ---- comment the alter procedure line, uncomment 2 line below --declare @BackupFile as varchar(1000), @DT as datetime --SET @BackupFile = 'G:\SQL_backup\<somename>.bak'; ----debug----------------------------------------------------------- SET @ProductVersion = CONVERT(NVARCHAR(128),SERVERPROPERTY('ProductVersion')) SET @ProductVersionNumber = SUBSTRING(@ProductVersion, 1, (CHARINDEX('.', @ProductVersion) - 1)) if object_id('dbo.tblBackupHeader') is not null drop table dbo.tblBackupHeader set @sql = '' -- THIS IS GENERIC FOR SQL SERVER 2005, 2008(R2), 2012 and 2014 if @ProductVersionNumber in(9, 10, 11, 12) set @sql = @sql +' create table dbo.tblBackupHeader ( BackupName varchar(256), BackupDescription varchar(256), BackupType varchar(256), ExpirationDate varchar(256), Compressed varchar(256), Position varchar(256), DeviceType varchar(256), UserName varchar(256), ServerName varchar(256), DatabaseName varchar(256), DatabaseVersion varchar(256), DatabaseCreationDate varchar(256), BackupSize varchar(256), FirstLSN varchar(256), LastLSN varchar(256), CheckpointLSN varchar(256), DatabaseBackupLSN varchar(256), BackupStartDate varchar(256), BackupFinishDate varchar(256), SortOrder varchar(256), CodePage varchar(256), UnicodeLocaleId varchar(256), UnicodeComparisonStyle varchar(256), CompatibilityLevel varchar(256), SoftwareVendorId varchar(256), SoftwareVersionMajor varchar(256), SoftwareVersionMinor varchar(256), SoftwareVersionBuild varchar(256), MachineName varchar(256), Flags varchar(256), BindingID varchar(256), RecoveryForkID varchar(256), Collation varchar(256), FamilyGUID varchar(256), HasBulkLoggedData varchar(256), IsSnapshot varchar(256), IsReadOnly varchar(256), IsSingleUser varchar(256), HasBackupChecksums varchar(256), IsDamaged varchar(256), BeginsLogChain varchar(256), HasIncompleteMetaData varchar(256), IsForceOffline varchar(256), IsCopyOnly varchar(256), FirstRecoveryForkID varchar(256), ForkPointLSN varchar(256), RecoveryModel varchar(256), DifferentialBaseLSN varchar(256), DifferentialBaseGUID varchar(256), BackupTypeDescription varchar(256), BackupSetGUID varchar(256),' if @ProductVersionNumber in(10, 11, 12) set @sql = @sql +' CompressedBackupSize varchar(256),' -- THIS IS SPECIFIC TO SQL SERVER 2012 if @ProductVersionNumber in(11) set @sql = @sql +' Containment varchar(256),' -- THIS IS SPECIFIC TO SQL SERVER 2014 if @ProductVersionNumber in(12) set @sql = @sql +' Containment tinyint, KeyAlgorithm nvarchar(32), EncryptorThumbprint varbinary(20), EncryptorType nvarchar(32),' --All versions (This field added to retain order by) set @sql = @sql +' Seq int NOT NULL identity(1,1) ); ' --Create table exec (@sql) --Get info from file set @sql = 'restore headeronly from disk = '''+ @BackupFile +'''' insert into dbo.tblBackupHeader exec(@sql) --Return the backup date info select @DT = BackupStartDate from dbo.tblBackupHeader --Cleanup if object_id('dbo.tblBackupHeader') is not null drop table dbo.tblBackupHeader