Posted in Pinal Dave, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Backup and Restore, SQL Data Storage, SQL Query, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQLServer, T SQL, Technology on September 2, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Introduction
This article is based on a real life experience of the author while working with database backup and restore during his consultancy work for various organizations. We will go over the following important concepts of database backup and restore.
Conventional Backup and Restore
Spilt File Backup and Restore
Mirror File Backup
Understanding FORMAT Clause
Miscellaneous details about Backup and Restore
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Posted in Best Practices, Pinal Dave, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Backup and Restore, SQL Query, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQLServer, T SQL, Technology on August 12, 2009 | 14 Comments »
During a recent consultancy project, I was asked to review a Database Backup plan. While going through the plan, I noticed that there was no backup for the master database. When I questioned this, the DBA informed me that it was not necessary. I was startled and couldn’t resist explaining to him that the master [...]
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Posted in Pinal Dave, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Backup and Restore, SQL Data Storage, SQL Query, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, T SQL, Technology on July 16, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Perhaps, the best thing about technical domain is that most of the things can be executed in more than one ways. It is always useful to know about the various methods of performing a single task. Today, we will observe four different ways to find out recovery model for any database.
Method 1
Right Click on Database [...]
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Posted in Pinal Dave, Readers Question, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Backup and Restore, SQL Data Storage, SQL Query, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, T SQL, Technology on July 15, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I maintain a spreadsheet of questions sent by users and from that I single out a topic to write and share my knowledge and opinion. Unless and until I find an issue appealing, I do not prefer to write about it, till the issue crosses the threshold. Today the question that crossed the threshold is [...]
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Posted in Pinal Dave, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Backup and Restore, SQL Query, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQLServer, T SQL, Technology on July 14, 2009 | 20 Comments »
I assume you all know that there are three types of Database Backup Models, so we will not discuss on this commonly known topic today. In fact, we will just talk about how to restore database that is in full recovery model.
In general, databases backup in full recovery mode are taken in three different kinds [...]
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Posted in Pinal Dave, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Backup and Restore, SQL Data Storage, SQL Query, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, T SQL, Technology on July 11, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Standby servers – Standby Server is a type of server that can be brought online in a situation when Primary Server goes offline and application needs continuous (high) availability of the server. There is always a need to set up a mechanism where data and objects from primary server are moved to secondary (standby) server. [...]
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Posted in Database, Pinal Dave, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Backup and Restore, SQL Data Storage, SQL Error Messages, SQL Query, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, T SQL, Technology on April 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »
This article revolves around a trivial yet common issue. There might be a set of people for whom the current topic might appear to be insignificant. But I have been asked this question innumerable times, particularly from people who are frequenting using forums or have blog related to storage and highly availability, which instigated me [...]
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Posted in Pinal Dave, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Backup and Restore, SQL Data Storage, SQL Query, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, T SQL, Technology on April 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Introduction
This article is based on a real life experience of the author while working with database backup and restore during his consultancy work for various organizations. We will go over the following important concepts of database backup and restore.
Conventional Backup and Restore
Spilt File Backup and Restore
Mirror File Backup
Understanding FORMAT Clause
Miscellaneous details about Backup and Restore
Conventional [...]
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Posted in Database, Pinal Dave, SQL, SQL Add-On, SQL Authority, SQL Backup and Restore, SQL Data Storage, SQL Query, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQL Utility, T SQL, Technology, tagged FTP on April 2, 2009 | 21 Comments »
It goes without saying that Database Backup is the most important task for any Database Administrator (DBA). Naturally, large organizations always have a team of DBAs who execute Database Backup tasks. No matter how big or small an organization is, the importance of database backup remains the same across the board. It’s a common practice [...]
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Posted in Pinal Dave, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Backup and Restore, SQL Documentation, SQL Query, SQL Scripts, SQL Security, SQL Server, SQL System Table, SQL Tips and Tricks, T SQL, Technology on February 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
As I am doing lots of experiments on my SQL Server test box, I sometime gets too many files in SQL Server data installation folder – the place where I have all the .mdf and .ldf files are stored. I often go to that folder and clean up all unnecessary files I have left there [...]
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