How Do I Determine The Backup Date Of A Restored Database..?
Feb 1, 2007
Hi All,
I have to a few backups restored from a set of backup files. The
backup files have been removed from the drive because of some storage
constrains...
For some data comparison reasons, I need to figure out the actual date
of these backup files that is used to restore these databases. Is
there any system table I can query to figure the actual backup times
of these databases...
Any help will be much appreciated.. Thanks in advance.
- Aravin
We replicate a SQL2000 database (DataBaseA) to a SQL2000 database (DataBaseB) by using the Restore function and hasn't change its logical name but only the physical data path and file name. It is running fine for a year. We use the same way to migrate the DataBaseB to a new SQL2005 server with the Restore function and the daily operation is running perfect. However, when we do the Backup of DatabaseB in the SQL2005, it just prompt the error message
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlError: The backup of full-text catalog 'DataBaseA' is not permitted because it is not online. Check errorlog file for the reason that full-text catalog became offline and bring it online. Or BACKUP can be performed by using the FILEGROUP or FILE clauses to restrict the selection to include only online data. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo)
Please note we left the DataBaseA in the old SQL2000 server.
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Hope this makes sense €“ please let me know if it doesn€™t.
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And also i tried like
RESTORE DATABASE <DATABASENAME> FROM DISK = 'D:DATAMYTEST.DAT_BAK'
WITH REPLACE
When i use like this,
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