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RESTORES

RESTORES : A MECHANISM TO USE EXISTING BACKUPS AND RECOVER (RECREATE) THE DATABASE.

LEVELS OF RESTORE:
1. FULL DATABASE RESTORE 3. FILE LEVEL RESTORE
2. FILEGROUP LEVEL RESTORE 4. PAGE LEVEL RESTORE

PHASES OF RESTORE:
1. COPY PHASE : CONTENTS OF THE BACKUP FILE ARE COPIED TO SQL SERVER
2. REDO PHASE : COMMITTED DATA FROM LOG FILE ROLL FORWARDED TO DATA FILE.
3. UNDO PHASE: OPEN TRANSACTIONS FROM LOG FILE ARE ROLLEDBACK.

RESTORE OPTIONS:
, NORECOVERY : DATABASE IN "RESTORING STATE", READY FOR FURTHER RESTORES
. RECOVERY : DATABASE IN ONLINE STATE, NOT READY FOR FURTHER RESTORES
STANDBY : DATABASE IN ONLINE STATE, READ ONLY. One RUF File is Auto Created.
ROLLBACK UNDO FILE. TO CONVERT STANDBY DATABASE TO READWRITE.
POINT-IN-TIME RECOVERY: TO RESTORE DATABASE TO A SPECIFIC POINT OF TIME. (PITR)

-- REQUIREMENT 1: HOW TO RESTORE (RECOVER) THE COMPLETE DATABASE ?

-- STEP 1: VERIFY THE BACKUP FILE VALIDITY [BACKUP HEALTH CHECK]


RESTORE VERIFYONLY FROM DISK = 'E:\BACKUPS\FullBackup.BAK'
RESTORE VERIFYONLY FROM DISK = 'E:\BACKUPS\Diff_2.BAK'
RESTORE VERIFYONLY FROM DISK = 'E:\BACKUPS\LogBackup.trn'

-- STEP 2: VERIFY THE BACKUP FILE RESTORE INFORMATION (RESTORE HEADER)


RESTORE FILELISTONLY FROM DISK = 'E:\BACKUPS\FullBackup.BAK'

-- STEP 3: PERFORM THE ACTUAL RESTORE


RESTORE DATABASE [BANK_DATABASE] FROM DISK = 'E:\BACKUPS\FullBackup.BAK' with NORECOVERY
RESTORE DATABASE [BANK_DATABASE] FROM DISK = 'E:\BACKUPS\Diff_2.BAK' with NORECOVERY
RESTORE LOG [BANK_DATABASE] FROM DISK = 'E:\BACKUPS\LogBackup.trn' with RECOVERY

USE [BANK_DATABASE]
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM tblACCOUNTS; SELECT COUNT(*) FROM tblINSURANCE

-- ASSUME DATABASE CRASHED. [CLOSE ALL CONNECTIONS. RIGHT CLICK DATABASE > DELETE]

RESTORES USING USER INTERFACE RESTORES STEPS:


1. HOW TO RESTORE A DATABASE ?
LAUNCH SSMS > CONNECT TO THE SERVER > RIGHT CLICK DATABASES > RESTORE DATABASE > DEVICE >
SPECIFY THE BACKUP FILE PATH > OK.

2. HOW TO RESTORE A DATABASE TO A DIFFERENT FILE PATH ?


LAUNCH SSMS > CONNECT TO THE SERVER > RIGHT CLICK DATABASES > RESTORE DATABASE > DEVICE >
SPECIFY THE BACKUP FILE PATH > FILES > RELOCATE / REPOSTION THE DATA FILES AND LOG FILES TO
REQUIRED LOCATION(S) > OK.

3. HOW TO PERFORM PITR = POINT-IN-TIME RECOVERY ?


LAUNCH SSMS > CONNECT TO THE SERVER > RIGHT CLICK DATABASES > RESTORE DATABASE > DEVICE >
SPECIFY THE BACKUP FILE PATH > TIMELINE > SPECIFY THE REQUIRED TIMELINE > OK.

4. HOW TO RESTORE A DATABASE IN A STANDBY (READ ONLY) FORMAT ?


LAUNCH SSMS > CONNECT TO THE SERVER > RIGHT CLICK DATABASES > RESTORE DATABASE > DEVICE >
SPECIFY THE BACKUP FILE PATH > OPTIONS > SPECIFY "STANDBY" IN THE RESTORE OPTIONS > OK. THIS
AUTO CREATES ON STANDBY BACKUP FILE. DATABASE IN READ ONLY STATE.

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