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Query To Find Restore Start End Time

This T-SQL script retrieves the start and end times of a database restore from the MSDB restore history and error log tables. It stores the restore times for a specified database in a temporary table, then returns the restore duration in minutes and seconds.

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Query To Find Restore Start End Time

This T-SQL script retrieves the start and end times of a database restore from the MSDB restore history and error log tables. It stores the restore times for a specified database in a temporary table, then returns the restore duration in minutes and seconds.

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vimalkumar1980
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/*

Query - Restore Duration Time for Database

Uses MSDB..RestoreHistory table for Start time and ErrorLog for Finish Time

*/

-- Name of the Database you want restore name of:


DECLARE @databaseName VARCHAR(50)
SET @databaseName = 'Source_Buy'

DECLARE @TSQL NVARCHAR(2000)


DECLARE @lC INT
DECLARE @ErrorLogStart DATETIME
DECLARE @CurrentLogStart DATETIME
SET @CurrentLogStart = GETDATE()

-- Error Message for ErrorLog search


DECLARE @errorLogResult VARCHAR(4000)
SET @errorLogResult = 'Restore is complete on database ''' + @databaseName
+ '''. The database is now available.'

-- Results Table
CREATE TABLE #Restore
(
[database] VARCHAR(50) ,
StartTime DATETIME ,
EndTime DATETIME
)

INSERT INTO #Restore


( [database] )
VALUES ( @databaseName )

-- Get start time by looking msdb..restorehistory and selecting the first record
with your db
UPDATE #Restore
SET StartTime = ( SELECT TOP ( 1 )
restore_date
FROM msdb.dbo.restorehistory
WHERE destination_database_name = @databaseName
)
WHERE [database] IS NOT NULL

-- Get end time by loading the errorlog into a temp table and filtering to find the
restore command @errorLog Result

-- SET ErrorLogStart Date to Restore Start Time


SET @ErrorLogStart = ( SELECT StartTime
FROM #Restore
WHERE [database] = @databaseName
)

CREATE TABLE #TempLog


(
LogDate DATETIME ,
ProcessInfo NVARCHAR(50) ,
[Text] NVARCHAR(MAX)
)

CREATE TABLE #logF


(
ArchiveNumber INT ,
LogDate DATETIME ,
LogSize INT
)

INSERT INTO #logF


EXEC sp_enumerrorlogs
SELECT @lC = MIN(ArchiveNumber)
FROM #logF

WHILE @lC IS NOT NULL


BEGIN
IF EXISTS ( SELECT 1
FROM #TempLog )
BEGIN
SET @CurrentLogStart = ( SELECT TOP ( 1 )
LogDate
FROM #TempLog
ORDER BY LogDate
)
END
IF ( @CurrentLogStart > @ErrorLogStart )
BEGIN
INSERT INTO #TempLog
EXEC sp_readerrorlog @lC
SELECT @lC = MIN(ArchiveNumber)
FROM #logF
WHERE ArchiveNumber > @lC
END
ELSE
BEGIN
BREAK
END
END

UPDATE #Restore
SET EndTime = ( SELECT TOP ( 1 )
LogDate
FROM #TempLog
WHERE ProcessInfo = 'Backup'
AND [Text] LIKE @errorLogResult
)
WHERE [database] IS NOT NULL

-- Return the Restore information


SELECT [database] ,
StartTime ,
EndTime ,
DATEDIFF(MINUTE, StartTime, EndTime) AS 'Restore Duration in Minutes' ,
DATEDIFF(SECOND, StartTime, EndTime) AS 'Restore Duration in Seconds'
FROM #Restore

-- Clean up
DROP TABLE #Restore
DROP TABLE #TempLog
DROP TABLE #logF

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