Replication Vs Backup/Restore
Apr 17, 2008What is/are the major differences bewteen replication vs backup/restore?
What is/are the benefits of replication vs backup/restore?
What is/are the major differences bewteen replication vs backup/restore?
What is/are the benefits of replication vs backup/restore?
SQL Transaction replication, specifically SQL backup and restore Transaction replication. So Scenario,
S1 = Primary Server 1
R1 = T - Replication Server 1
R2 = T - Replication Server 2
So we have S1 replicating to R1, and we want to build another subscriber which is R2.
Can I take the Replicated Database from R1, backup it up, then restore it to R2, and create the publication/subscription?
Will that work? if not, is there an easier way to avoid the snapshot? the reason i ask this is because we do have replication snapshot, but takes long. One of my Colleagues stated he tried this, however replication made duplicate rows on R2, which is why he had to use replication snapshot.
I am looking for a SQL Backup/Restore tools which can restore multiple environments. Here is high level requirements.
1. We have 4 DBs, range from 1 TB - 1.5 TB Each Database. When we restore to QA, DEV, or Staging, we usually restore 4 of them.
2. I am looking for the speed to complete restoring between 1 - 2 hours for 4 DBs.
I am evaluating the Dephix Software but the setup is very complex and its given us a lot of issues with Windows Authentions, and failure in the middle of the backup. I used Guess Software many years ago but can't find it on the web site any more. Speed is very important for us mean complete restoring as fast as possible. We are on SQL 2012 and SQL 2008 R2.We are currently using NETAPP Technology and I have Redgate Backup Tool but I am mainly looking for fast Restore Process.
Need to restore database,here's the scenario:
Data got deleted on Friday evening, need to have database restored to FRiday afternoon and also some data has been entered on Monday, which needs to be there.
I should restore a SQL Server 2005 Database from backup. The backup contains three files, named user.bak0, user.bak1 and user.bak2.
How is the syntax of the restore filelistonly and the restore database ... ?
I usualy write
restore filelistonly from disk = 'path and filenam.bak'
restore database. zy
from disk = 'path and filename.bak'
with replace,
move.....
move....
This works but I cannot use it with a splitted backup file. The files are much too big to put together to one file.
Thanks in advance for any help.
I have a full backup and several diff backup,now i want to restore
firstly,I restore full backup
RESTORE DATABASE ***
FROM DISK = 'D:databackup200610140000.bak'
WITH NORECOVERY
GO
it's working,then i don;'t know how to continue
Thanks in advance
Hi,I have transactional replication set up on on of our MS SQL 2000 (SP4)Std Edition database serverBecause of an unfortunate scenario, I had to restore one of thepublication databases. I scripted the replication module and droppedthe publication first. Then did a full restore.When I try to set up the replication thru the script, it created thepublication with the following error messageServer: Msg 2714, Level 16, State 5, Procedure SYNC_FCR ToGPRPTS_GL00100, Line 1There is already an object named 'SYNC_FCR To GPRPTS_GL00100' in thedatabase.It seems the previous replication has set up these system viewsSYNC_FCR To GPRPTS_GL00100. And I have tried dropping the replicationmodule again to see if it drops the views but it didn't.The replication fails with some wired error & complains about thisviews when I try to run the synch..I even tried running the sp_removedbreplication to drop thereplication module, but the views do not seem to disappear.My question is how do I remove these system views or how do I make thereplication work without using these views or create new views.. Whyis this creating those system views in the first place?I would appreciate if anyone can help me fix this issue. Please feelfree to let me know if any additional information or scripts needed.Thanks in advance..Regards,Aravin Rajendra.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI neglected to backup the transaction log as part of the process of backing up the database. Now i only have the backup file for the database and no transaction log backup. When i try to do a restore on the database, i get the error on a "tail log missing" message (which i'm assuming is that it's looking for the t-log backup?).
Is it possible to restore or even restore to a new database? I'm only looking to retreive data from 2 tables within the backup file.
Thanks!
SQL Server 2005 on Windows 2003 Server x64.
I had to replace my hard drive which was going bad. I reinstalled Sql 2005 and now need to restore the backup that I have. I selected Restore Database and chose From Device, and selected the backup location on J: drive and selected the backup file which has no extenstion. I checked the checkbox next to the backup set to restore. Click OK and then I get this error message:
Restore failed for Server
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlError: Directory lookup for the file "C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQLdataMyDB_Data.MDF" failed with the operating system error 3(The system cannot find the path specified.). (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo)
I don't know why it is looking for a MDF file as this was never in the Backup folder. Can someone please help me on this? I thought I was doing the right thing making a backup all along and now I can't restore it!
Is it possisable to restore from tape when the backup was taken from a
different server. ServerA has the tape drive which performs the backups
to tape, but ServerB which is under a different domain wants to restore ServerA database on ServerB, both databases on the two servers are the same
is it possiable to restore a database on ServerB using ServerA file?
hello all !!
I suffered a crash on one of my disks on a server runing MS-sql 7.0,and found out my backupexec dosnt really restore a runing version of my database.
which solution would you recomend ,taking in acount i may have a copy of the database on another computer,which files i can restore?
thanks
yochai lam
Hi I am operating my databases under "trunc log on checkpoint" mode as I do not need point of failure recoverability.I was performing a recovery test using a backup which resulted in it being unsuccessful .Error Message received was
"Recovery has failed because a nonlogged operation could not be redone.Use the RESTORE statement to restore all data in filegroup PRIMARY to a pt beyond the nonlogged changes"
Isnt sql*server supposed to prevent a non-logged operation while a backup is in progress?Also how do i prevent such a situation from recurring.
If i switch to single user mode before a backup how do i prevent exisiting users from accessing ... without bouncing my sql*server?
Hi Everyone,
I did a restore of database the user the original database is admin where it says the user is dbo.
After i did the restore i was able to add admin as user and dbowner but when i tried to change the user it said the user already exists.
How do i create the same..enviroment as or the original system with users..i saw a problem i i drop the user and them recreate it then it cannot find the object or the object which are owned by it are lost..could any one help me with this ...so as how to and what do i need to keep track of while restoring the database and configure the server back with same user names and permissions.
Thanks.
Kavitha
Hi,
I have two databases on two different SQL Servers,our application is updating these two databases simultaniously.So every time these two databases will be in synchronized state.
Now i want to schedule backup for these two Databases.How can i take backup of these two databases at single point of time.
so that if i restore these two backups on corresponding servers,There should not be any conflicts.
Any suggetions please....
Ananth
How can I backup and restore a database from one server to another. I am new in this business. I need your help please!!!
View 3 Replies View RelatedI'm trying to backup a database to remote server first i did add a device using USE master
EXEC sp_addumpdevice 'disk', 'NetworkDevice', 'cabaanpubs.bak'
then
BACKUP DATABASE pubs TO NetworkDevice
it gives me an error saying
Server: Msg 3201, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Cannot open backup device 'NetworkDevice'. Device error or device off-line. See the SQL Server error log for more details.
Server: Msg 3013, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Backup or restore operation terminating abnormally.
I don't really understand what's goin.
basically i need to synchronize my production database so what am i planning is to take a full backup on that server everynight and then restore it back.
Can some one guide me to take a backup as well as restore on the remoteserver with syntax and what does it mean to add a device...i could not understand.
Is there any other process that's much faster to implement.
i appriciate your support and help .
Whenever I restore a backup on sqlserver 7.0 and create a new database from it, I always end up having problems with the users existing in the backup.
To enable those users to have access, I end up creating logins with those names and when I try granting those users Database access, I get the error message that the user already exists in the database.
Could some one tell me the right way to restore the backup and having all the users of the database also restored in the proper manner.
WE are using sqlserver 7.0 & backing full database using Seagate backup ver 7.2 on a tape drive.
I have following questions if anybody could help
1]How do I restore a single table backup from the tape backup without restoring the full database first on the disk & then running import/export
utility to transfer/ copy that particular table to production database.
Is there any third party backup utility which allows for a single / selected table restore?
2]What are the steps or if anybody has the script for tansfering logins/users
with permisssions & without deencrypting the passwords when transfering from one server to another server.
Hi there,
I am new to administration. i would like to create a development environment out of production database.
for this i have to backup the production database on a regular basis. then use this backup and restore it to a database on different. i can do this task, but i want to automate this task to do it on regular basis.
i would like to schedule my backup time. and immediately after backup i want to restore it to the database on other server, over writing existing data. what is the best way to do this???
thanks,
kishore
I have a question related to SQL 6.5. We have a SMS 1.2 server which uses SQL 6.5. Two months ago, one of the NT admins did a NT backup of SMS database(sms.db) and then formatted the HD. Now, we need the SMS server back again. We installed the NT server, SMS server snd SQL server on that machine. The problem is, we now want the SQL server to recognize our SMS database (SMS.db file). We don't have any SQL backup of any database (that means, no copy of master database, no copy of other databases. IS THERE A WAY TO RECOVER SO THAT SQL SERVER RECPGNIZE THE SMS DATABASE(SMS.DB FILE)
Please help me out.
I would really appreciate that
Jazib Frahim
Does some one know how to back up a dts and then restore from a backup?
View 5 Replies View RelatedI have a database xxxx on server a, I want to copy this DB to server b.How can I do this By back and restore.
WHere can take this back up?I want to take this to a personal folder and wanted to restore to server b from this folder.Is it possible?
Thanks.
Hi all.,
How to take Backup for whole database and how to restore it.,
which would be the efficient way.,
Hi,
Can a SQL server 2005 db be backed up and restored on a SQL Server 2008 db ?
Thanks
Hi
I have 2 databases namely A & B respectively..... I have written a stored procedure that takes the backup of database A ....... Both the databases are operational .... Can I restore this Backup of Database A ...to Database B .... Is it possible. ....
I have read soimething that we can do it but with the Restore command we have to use the with move option...
I dont seem to understand this can someone please help me on this one....
Thanks .......
Kid.
I am trying to restore the backup from enterprise management studio
i have selected the source of resource from device.Its not displaying the mdf etc files in the select the backup sets to restore..
I can't proceed further.
Please suggest me..
Hi everyoneI have this situation with backup and restore.I have two instances of sql, sql1 and sql2.Production server is sql1 and test server is sql2.I created database maintenance plan that makes full backup every nighton tape.I would like to make some kind of job or to add steps to job that wascreated with DMplan which will make restore of backuped database to sql2server.How can i do this? How can i read which is the last file backuped ontape?Thanks very muchAlex*** Sent via Devdex http://www.devdex.com ***Don't just participate in USENET...get rewarded for it!
View 2 Replies View RelatedHi All,
I've been working developing database on my PC @ work, and sadly enough would like to spend some time on it at home. To these ends I backed up the database at work where it restored fine. However have tried to restore the file at home and am getting an error saying the operating system cannot access the file. Is this something to do with NTFS permissions?
Thanks in advance
Alex
hi,
I want to know if there is a way - other than backup and restore database (because restore takes too much time as the DB size grows) - to transfer all the data from one database on the server to another on a local SQLServer. it has to be done daily, so that the manager will always have an updated copy of the data on his machine.
Any help?
Thanks in advance
I need to take the backup of existing development database and restore it in test database using scripts.
My database consists of 1 primary file,30 secondary files and 1 logfile.
So i am succesfull in taking the complete backup using
backup database sample to disk = 'sample.bak'
Now how do i restore this .Through command line I am unable to do it.
Please guide me.Or suggest me some other methods do this work better.
I have been backing up my SQL Server 2005 databases for some time without needing to restore. Today, I attempted to restore a backup on another server and received the following message:
Restore failed for Server 'MGLENOVOSQLEXPRESS'. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Express.Smo)
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlError: The backup set holds a backup of a database other than the existing 'walls_Template' database. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Express.Smo)
HOWEVER, the name is in fact the same. BESIDES, what if I wanted to restore a copy of the database, shouldn't I be able to restore to a different name????
I am running SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition on a Windows XP Professional machine. Today the computer hung and when it came back up, the SQL Server Services will not start. There is not error message. If I try to start the service it starts but immediately stops.
I tried to rebuild the registry through the setup but that is not an option since the server components were not installed on my machine.
Is there a way to reinstall SQL Server without losing my data?
Thanks!
Hi, I'm from Argentina. I want to restore a database using Developer Ed. 2005 and I get the following error:
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlError: The tail of the log for the database "practicadb" has not been backed up. Use BACKUP LOG WITH NORECOVERY to backup the log if it contains work you do not want to lose. Use the WITH REPLACE or WITH STOPAT clause of the RESTORE statement to just overwrite the contents of the log. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo)
Any ideas? Thanks.