Comments on: SQL SERVER – Backup Timeline and Understanding of Database Restore Process in Full Recovery Model http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/07/14/sql-server-backup-timeline-and-understanding-of-database-restore-process-in-full-recovery-model/ Personal Notes of Pinal Dave Wed, 22 May 2013 18:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Toukey http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/07/14/sql-server-backup-timeline-and-understanding-of-database-restore-process-in-full-recovery-model/#comment-470835 Tue, 07 May 2013 17:17:13 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/?p=5875#comment-470835 Great article and easily understandable. Require some advice though. Right now I have a request to backup up a heavily used database with 2 full backups at 3:00 am and 4:00 pm with differentials every 15 minutes except between 2:00 am and 6:00 am (maintenance/open window). Shouldn’t I be taking backups of the log files? They seem to be growing very fast (Full recovery model). If so, when is the best time also bearing in mind the fastest and most efficient recovery process?

Thanks in advance
Toukey

]]> By: monstar http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/07/14/sql-server-backup-timeline-and-understanding-of-database-restore-process-in-full-recovery-model/#comment-424898 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 04:53:53 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/?p=5875#comment-424898 Nice Article. You explain it very precisely and clear. Thanks

]]> By: SQL SERVER – Restore SQL Database using SSMS – SQL in Sixty Seconds #044 – Video « SQL Server Journey with SQL Authority http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/07/14/sql-server-backup-timeline-and-understanding-of-database-restore-process-in-full-recovery-model/#comment-424179 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 01:30:29 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/?p=5875#comment-424179 [...] Backup Timeline and Understanding of Database Restore Process in Full Recovery Model [...]

]]> By: SQL SERVER – Take Database Backup using SSMS – SQL in Sixty Seconds #037 – Video « SQL Server Journey with SQL Authority http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/07/14/sql-server-backup-timeline-and-understanding-of-database-restore-process-in-full-recovery-model/#comment-399245 Wed, 26 Dec 2012 01:31:03 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/?p=5875#comment-399245 [...] Backup Timeline and Understanding of Database Restore Process in Full Recovery Model [...]

]]> By: SQL801 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/07/14/sql-server-backup-timeline-and-understanding-of-database-restore-process-in-full-recovery-model/#comment-395308 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 06:56:40 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/?p=5875#comment-395308 Every time I post a question in google and see your name pop up as an option to get the answer, I always go to your blog. This explanation is very clear and has saved me a lot of time.

Thank You Kindly,

Marty

]]> By: janya http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/07/14/sql-server-backup-timeline-and-understanding-of-database-restore-process-in-full-recovery-model/#comment-390083 Sun, 09 Dec 2012 08:40:17 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/?p=5875#comment-390083 This article is really helpful for newbies like me.
Thanks for the article

Can you please suggest some article of your’s for Performance Tuning

]]> By: srni http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/07/14/sql-server-backup-timeline-and-understanding-of-database-restore-process-in-full-recovery-model/#comment-372212 Sat, 10 Nov 2012 14:33:50 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/?p=5875#comment-372212 Hi Sir Nice aritical, Must be readen by every DBA

]]> By: SQL SERVER – Recover the Accidentally Renamed Table « SQL Server Journey with SQL Authority http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/07/14/sql-server-backup-timeline-and-understanding-of-database-restore-process-in-full-recovery-model/#comment-357112 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 01:31:24 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/?p=5875#comment-357112 [...] Method 5: (It WORKS but try on a development server) There is no sure way to get you the name of the table which you accidentally renamed however, there is one way which will work for sure. You need to take your latest full backup and restore it on your development server (remember not on production or where you have renamed this column). Now restore latest differential file of the full backup. Now restore all the log files one by one making sure that you are restoring before the point of time of you renamed the tablename. Now go to explore and this will give you the name of the table which you have renamed. If you are confident that the same table existed with the same name when the last full backup was made, you do not have to go to all the steps. You can just get the name of the table directly from last backup’s restore. Read the article about Backup Timeline. [...]

]]> By: amit http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/07/14/sql-server-backup-timeline-and-understanding-of-database-restore-process-in-full-recovery-model/#comment-309824 Thu, 05 Jul 2012 19:11:32 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/?p=5875#comment-309824 how full backup works , whts its impact and wht hapend to other tranjections when backup is going on

]]> By: Subhakar http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/07/14/sql-server-backup-timeline-and-understanding-of-database-restore-process-in-full-recovery-model/#comment-308854 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 14:18:51 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/?p=5875#comment-308854 Nice article sir…its too clear for me to restore the db..Thanks much

]]> By: Surendrasinh Rathod http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/07/14/sql-server-backup-timeline-and-understanding-of-database-restore-process-in-full-recovery-model/#comment-290243 Tue, 29 May 2012 06:13:24 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/?p=5875#comment-290243 Hello Pinal Dave,
Please first understand my concept.In my windows application i want to restore Database from D:\\database.bak …After successful connection i want to do Entry using my .net application form…now Database with latest Entry should be saved at D:\\Database.bak without using Replace logic.can u help me..

]]> By: vinay http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/07/14/sql-server-backup-timeline-and-understanding-of-database-restore-process-in-full-recovery-model/#comment-271085 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 05:46:47 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/?p=5875#comment-271085 how to get differential backups that has done from the past one year.

]]> By: anil kumar http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/07/14/sql-server-backup-timeline-and-understanding-of-database-restore-process-in-full-recovery-model/#comment-265627 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:22:05 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/?p=5875#comment-265627 hi sir,
i want full sql and psql material clearly explan data please send me

]]> By: SQL SERVER – What is Piecemeal Restore – Quiz – Puzzle – 22 of 31 « SQL Server Journey with SQL Authority http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/07/14/sql-server-backup-timeline-and-understanding-of-database-restore-process-in-full-recovery-model/#comment-242414 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:31:58 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/?p=5875#comment-242414 [...] Server Interview Questions and Answers ISBN: 1466405643 Page#161 Backup Timeline and Understanding of Database Restore Process in Full Recovery Model Effect of Compressed Backup Setting at Server Level on Database Backup Target Recovery Time of a [...]

]]> By: Brigette http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/07/14/sql-server-backup-timeline-and-understanding-of-database-restore-process-in-full-recovery-model/#comment-183333 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:46:29 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/?p=5875#comment-183333 Hi Pinal

I have searched high and low but couldnt find anything.
Can you please help me with a restore database script from TSM; but via SQL Server agent job?

I manage to get it running for backups; but restores not working at all.

Any idea/advice?

Regards

]]> By: rajani http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/07/14/sql-server-backup-timeline-and-understanding-of-database-restore-process-in-full-recovery-model/#comment-156594 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:00:33 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/?p=5875#comment-156594 excellent article……..

]]> By: SQL SERVER – Database Worst Practices – New Town and New Job and New Disasters Journey to SQLAuthority http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/07/14/sql-server-backup-timeline-and-understanding-of-database-restore-process-in-full-recovery-model/#comment-147579 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 01:33:32 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/?p=5875#comment-147579 [...] Backup Timeline and Understanding of Database Restore Process in Full Recovery Model [...]

]]> By: prashant mishra http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/07/14/sql-server-backup-timeline-and-understanding-of-database-restore-process-in-full-recovery-model/#comment-131433 Wed, 27 Apr 2011 08:43:40 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/?p=5875#comment-131433 very nice
Thanks it is very helpfull , now it is very good.

]]> By: Stephen http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/07/14/sql-server-backup-timeline-and-understanding-of-database-restore-process-in-full-recovery-model/#comment-123330 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:45:46 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/?p=5875#comment-123330 How do you know how often to do the backups? Everywhere I turn, I see different examples of how often to do fulls, diffs, logs, etc.
What’s the practice of determining how often to do them? With the power of modern servers, and the cheapness of disks, the cost is low compared to the benefit of having a recent backup. If your databases are not huge, why not just do an hourly full? That would make a restore super-simple.

]]> By: zakaria sahafi http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/07/14/sql-server-backup-timeline-and-understanding-of-database-restore-process-in-full-recovery-model/#comment-109081 Sat, 01 Jan 2011 12:03:58 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/?p=5875#comment-109081 very nice
Thanks it is very helpfull , now it is very clear.

]]> By: Snehal http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/07/14/sql-server-backup-timeline-and-understanding-of-database-restore-process-in-full-recovery-model/#comment-87691 Mon, 13 Sep 2010 10:24:34 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/?p=5875#comment-87691 Nice and very much explanatory.

I think if someone reads your blog regularly he surely becomes dba very easily.

]]> By: pinaldave http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/07/14/sql-server-backup-timeline-and-understanding-of-database-restore-process-in-full-recovery-model/#comment-87079 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:42:37 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/?p=5875#comment-87079 There is no better way – at the end your data should be in condition you need.

I like differential backup as this way, I do not have to do laborious task to restore each log backup since the last backup. If any way I can get the database up, I will do it.

Kind Regards,
Pinal

]]> By: Adnan http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/07/14/sql-server-backup-timeline-and-understanding-of-database-restore-process-in-full-recovery-model/#comment-87077 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:37:17 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/?p=5875#comment-87077 Hi Pinal,

I am a regular reader of your articles and I really admire the amount of knowledge you have and dispense.

I do however agree with the guy who called you up as you mentioned that he said that “if he does not restore all the differential database backups and only restores log backups it just works fine.”

What you have explained in your article is a faster step to achieving the latest restore point, but it doesn’t conflict with his statement in any way.

The end result of the 2 procedures is the same, i.e:

His Way
1) Restore Full Backup >> Restore All Log Backups in proper sequence

Your Way (or better way)
2) Restore Full Backup >> Restore Last Diff. Backup >> Restore All Log Backups taken after the last Diff. backup

According to him this is an unnecessary step.

So why is it that what he said was, incorrect ?

It is an unncecessary step, only your way is presumably faster !

Please correct me if I have misunderstood.

Is there anything that can be achieved with a Diff. backup that cannot be achieved with Log backups ?

]]> By: amit kumar http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/07/14/sql-server-backup-timeline-and-understanding-of-database-restore-process-in-full-recovery-model/#comment-86950 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:57:48 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/?p=5875#comment-86950 this error is occuring while taking the transaction log backup on primary server….

]]> By: amit kumar http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/07/14/sql-server-backup-timeline-and-understanding-of-database-restore-process-in-full-recovery-model/#comment-86949 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:56:45 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/?p=5875#comment-86949 Hi,

while setting up the log shipping i am receiving this below error message in sql 2008, i have 2 instances, 1 is default and the other is named on same machine.

[298] SQLServer Error: 53, Named Pipes Provider: Could not open a connection to SQL Server [53]. [SQLSTATE 08001]
___________

another error:
165] ODBC Error: 0, Login timeout expired [SQLSTATE HYT00]

________
Message
[298] SQLServer Error: 53, A network-related or instance-specific error has occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. Server is not found or not accessible. Check if instance name is correct and if SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. For more information see SQL Server Books Online. [SQLSTATE 08001]

could you please suggest ?
amit

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