[dba-SQLServer] Restoring backups

Hello All,

Another link that may be useful is
Expressmaint<http://expressmaint.codeplex.com/>
I am using this for a year or two now on some express machines, but I
expect that it will work just as well on full SQL Server.

It does not help John with the restores, but the sproc is available on the
codeplex site and there may be code there worth reading.

I have a file in my documents named backup.sql and it simple contains the
code to backup a number of databases.  When I am working and want to make a
quick snapshot of my current db, I open the file, ensure that only one DB
is included in the Set statements of a variable and press F5.  I find it
faster than using the GUI.

Mark

On 29 February 2012 21:54, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Hi John:
>
> Here is something that was recently posted with compiled(bin) and source
> versions for download from Codeproject. It has modules for both backup and
> restore written in Server Management Objects.
>
>
> http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/123441/SQL-Server-2008-Backup-and-Restor
> e-Databases-using
>
> Whether it is a better solution or not I am not sure as I just use an
> automated drive image product and regular command line copies for data as I
> have no major databases on site.
>
> Thank Shamil for posting the original link.
>
> work?
>
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:dba-sqlserver-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
> Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:18 AM
> To: Sqlserver-Dba
> Subject: [dba-SQLServer] Restoring backups
>
> Does anyone know of a utility to track backups of a database from the full,
> each differential and
> the log file backups and allow you to just point to one of the above
> backups
> and restore each piece
> in order?  IOW if I do a full backup Sunday night, a differential every
> weekday night, and log
> backups every 1/2 hour, I would like to point to the a log file backup
> somehow (in a table?) and
> have the software understand that the backup chain for that log backup
> starts at the Sunday night
> full and progresses through each intermediary backup?  So I could click a
> button and restore down
> through the backup chain.
>
> Does such a thing exist?  Is such a thing even possible?
>
> For the moment I am using the scripts from here:
>
> http://ola.hallengren.com/sql-server-backup.html
>
> They appear to perform exactly as claimed.  I am able to get Full, DIFF and
> LOG backups easily and
> quickly.  What I am missing is the ability to restore these things easily
> and quickly.  Restoring a
> full is easy, after that not so easy.
>
> --
> John W. Colby
> Colby Consulting
>
> Reality is what refuses to go away
> when you do not believe in it
>
>
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