When performing a tail log backup to an online database through SSMS, the database is placed in restoring state. Is there a proper procedure to take the database out of restoring state after the backup is completed?
View 1 RepliesI have a small doubt.
full backup F1 6 am
t-log backup T1 7 am.
t-log backup T2 8 am.
suppose if the system crashes at 8.30 am
the restore order is F1 T1 T2.
through this we can restore up to 8 am . then what abt 30 min data.
how can we eliminate that data loss.
generally people say we have to use tail log backup.
if we are not able to acess to sql server how can we take tail log backup.
I am trying to work with a sample database to better understand disaster recovery. I have setup a scenario with a full backup, several differential backups and several transaction log backups.
In order to simulate a crash, I renamed one of the '.ndf' files and restarted the sql server service. Ideally this would put the database in 'offline' or 'suspect' mode. I should then be able to go in via Mgmt Studio and perform a final backup log to get all the records at the tail of the log.
However, when i am unable to access the database via SSMS - I get the following error:
Msg 945, Level 14, State 2, Line 1
Database 'xxx' canot be opened due to inaccessible files or insufficient memory or disk space. See the SQL Server errorlog for details.
I wonder how do I shrink log file in a specific database which in Mirror/Synchronized/Restoring state..So that database is in Mirror server ( High availability ).
View 4 Replies View RelatedHi!
i have a question regarding tail log backup.
I have set up logshipping between primary and secondary servers. Now when i want to fail-over to secondary, I am planning to take the tail log backup on primary
backup log primarydb
to disk=N'..',
with norecovery
and then I will restore this tail log backup to secondary
restore log secondarydb
from disk=N'',
with recovery
Will there be any issue with this approach?
Will I be able to recovery the primarydb if i want to, in future? Taking tail log backup doesnt cause any issues? Or do i need to take the full backup of primary before I take tail log backup..in case if I can not recover the primary db after taking the log backup?
How big the tail log backup can be? Will it be of similar size of other normal transactional log backups.?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
After a manual backup, I attempted to restore, and got the following error:
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlError: The tail of the log for the database "MSC" 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)
suggested link to Microsoft site had no articles. How can I fix?
I did tried the encryption on server "A" for database "AdventureWorks2012". Then I tried to restore to server "B". There was the certificate issue, and I thought "of course : it's encrypted ! Let's deactivate it". So here I go "ALTER DATABASE AdventureWorks2012 SET ENCYRPTION OFF".I look at sys.databases : not encrypted.I backup using no encryption, I verify using msdb.dbo.backupset : not encrypted.
I move my backup to my other server where encryption was never configured (so no certificate, nothing...), and I have the error :
Msg 33111, Level 16, State 3, Line 1
Cannot find server certificate with thumbprint '0xFA130E58C999C4919B8975999C83A75A403B11D8'.
Msg 3013, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
RESTORE DATABASE is terminating abnormally.
We have mirroring setup for 5 dbs, 4 of which are synchronized and 1 which is in "synchronizing" state on the principal and "restoring" state on the mirror. Mirroring for all dbs has been working fine for the past several months and we have a witness that has allowed automatic failover in the past without problems.
This database has several bulk inserts performed throughout the day and am sure there is some latency due to the size of these transactions.
Not sure as to why this is happening all of a sudden, but the db in question has been in this state for the past 12 hrs. I checked the mirroring status on the principal and it states that it is "synchronizing: data is being transferred from principal to mirror", but the mirror server states that db is in "restoring" state. Can anyone suggest as to how I can get the database on the mirroring server to get back to "mirror, synchronizing/restoring..." state? Or suggest on how I can troubleshoot this?
Thanks in advance.
Hi all,
My question is:
If I need to restore a database when all I have is the backup file, do I need to recreate all the tables, or is it possible to restore into a new database ?
Is it possible to restore a sql server 2000 database into a sql server 2005 database ?
Thanks in advance.
I am trying to replicate a client's environment on my home development machine in order to develop some reports. At the client (SQL 6.5) I did a complete backup to a .dat file. How can I restore from this file into my home (SQL 7) server to create a duplicate database?? I tried restoring from a device, specified the file, but I get an "not a valid tape format ....." error. Help!
View 5 Replies View RelatedHI everybody,
I hv taken a backup of 'pubs' DB both 'full backup' and 'differential backup', and I have created a new DB called 'TEST'. Now I want to restore the 'pubs' db's backup files into 'TEST' DB(Full backup followed by Differential Backup).
I want to do this in 'T-SQL' not through 'Enterprise Manager'. The following is the command I have given,
"restore database test from pubs_backup with norecovery,file=5,replace"
Error:
======
Server: Msg 4038, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Cannot find file ID 5 on device 'pubs_backup'.
Server: Msg 3013, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Backup or restore operation terminating abnormally.
Can anyone please help me to solve this.
tks in advance
Srinivasan
I am in the process of moving a database to a new location. My problem is that I do not have the most recent full backup file. I have a previous full backup file and I also have all of the transaction log backups from the time of the old backup to the present time.
My question is, do I need the most recent backup to restore the database, or can I do it with the older backup plus the transaction log backups?
Thanks in advance.
I am needing to restore a SQL server 7 database. I had a backup, but the media it was on has failed. I have copies of the folder the original database was in (.mdf files and such), but I was wondering if there is a way to re-integrate these files in order to pick up where we left off. Thank you.
View 3 Replies View RelatedHello,
Every hour I make a backup of the log files of a database to a backup device. Each backup is appended to this backup device.
Now to restore at a point in time I normally use the following script;
RESTORE DATABASE mcs_carolus
FROM disk='E:sqlserver_databasesmcs_carolus_data.bak'
WITH REPLACE,
NORECOVERY
go
RESTORE LOG MCS_CAROLUS
FROM disk='E:sqlserver_databasesmcs_carolus_log.bak'
WITH FILE = 1, NORECOVERY
GO
RESTORE LOG MCS_CAROLUS
FROM disk='E:sqlserver_databasesmcs_carolus_log.bak'
WITH FILE = 2, NORECOVERY
GO
RESTORE LOG MCS_CAROLUS
FROM disk='E:sqlserver_databasesmcs_carolus_log.bak'
WITH FILE = 3, NORECOVERY
GO
RESTORE LOG MCS_CAROLUS
FROM disk='E:sqlserver_databasesmcs_carolus_log.bak'
WITH FILE = 4, NORECOVERY
GO
RESTORE LOG MCS_CAROLUS
FROM disk='E:sqlserver_databasesmcs_carolus_log.bak'
WITH FILE = 5, NORECOVERY
GO
RESTORE LOG MCS_CAROLUS
FROM disk='E:sqlserver_databasesmcs_carolus_log.bak'
WITH FILE = 6, NORECOVERY
GO
RESTORE LOG MCS_CAROLUS
FROM disk='E:sqlserver_databasesmcs_carolus_log.bak'
WITH FILE = 7, RECOVERY,STOPAT = 'Nov 25, 2004 11:59 AM'
Is there a simpler way of restoring without going through this long process.
Regards,
Albert
I want to read certain data from the backup file of MS SQL 2000 without restoring the database backup file. Based on the data selected I will manage the further functionality such as restoration of the backup file.
Is it possible to read some data from MS SQL 2000 backup file without restoring? If yes then please let me know how?
I have a Subscriber database updated using transactional
replication and want to create a copy for development & testing. The Distribution database is running on the
same 2005 instance as the Subscriber and the Publication database on another
server running SQL Server 2005.
If I use a TSQL script to run the restore, the database is
restored to a usable state but I get the following messages:
Msg 15247, Level 16, State 1, Procedure
sp_MSrepl_check_job_access, Line 112
User does not have permission to perform this action.
The replication agent job [job name] was not removed because
it has a non-standard name; manually remove the job when it is no longer in use.
(I€™ve removed the job name from the message)
RESTORE DATABASE successfully processed 46219 pages in
935.413 seconds (0.404 MB/sec).
It looks like an attempt is being made to restore
replication information too. I note that
the RESTORE statement has a KEEP_REPLICATION options which implies (I would have
thought) that by default the replication information is not be restored.
Incidentally, before implementing replication, backing up
the live database and restoring the backup to a new database took < 7
minutes but running the same process with a Subscriber database backup takes
about 15 minutes.
I€™d be interested to know if anyone has any idea what I€™m
overlooking or doing wrong.
ThanksTim
I am backing up a database as follows:
backup database PPLicense to disk = 'D:License.bak'
I have run this 5 times. If I know run this command:
restore headeronly from disk = 'D:License.bak'
I can see 5 entries returned this all looks good. In SQL Management studio I try and restore this database by selecting the file. The Restore Database dialog only shows the last backup set position i.e. position 5 and now the 4 before it. Why is this not showing the 4 previous backups?
I am using SQL Server 2012 SP 2 (Version 11.0.3460).
Hi there,
I'm new to this forum but was wondering if you could advise me on getting the DB back to an accessible state. I tried restoring the DB but unfortunately I don't have enough disk space. The error message appeared instantly informing me of the lack of disk space. Now it says its in (Loading state) and I cannot access the DB. Is there anyway I can manually change it back??
The database in Mirrored server is always in the state of restoring only.
the database in mirrored server is restored with norecovery
then we started mirroring.
the status of mirroring is successfull and is synchronized.
but the Mirrored server is always in the state of restoting
not allowing use to open the database.
could any one know why this problem is comming and give some solution for this problem so that the mirrored database can be accessible opened and queryed to really verfiy that the changes made in principal database is mirrored to Mirrored database.
I'm testing log shipping locally and had it running between two boxes. I tried to remove log shipping so on the primary I unchecked "Enable this as a primary database in a log shipping configuration" as per another thread. The primary stopped after a bit but the secondary never came out of the (Restoring...) state.
I'm obviously missing a step that needs to be run on the secondary because what I did wouldn't work if site A exploded but I can't figure out what the last step is.
Thanks,
Jeff
I am new to this environment and was asked to ensure that the transaction log shipping for SQL 2005 on W2K3 boxes is working properly. I noticed the db's on the secondary server are show "Restoring..." I am not sure if these were set up in No Recover Mode or Standby Mode. I have no access to the secondary db's. I get an error message when trying to access them (error 927). Monitoring was not set up initially and as you may or may not know can't be turned on after the fact...unless you delete the job and start over.
My question is is "Restoring..." normal and what does it indicate?
I have a database called PrimaryJunk that is being log shipped to another location, secondary database is secondaryjunk. From PrimaryJunk to SecondaryJunk logs ship and apply fine with no issues. So I figured lets make sure that I am able to perform a role change and swap the roles and that is not working well. My original primary db is stuck in restoring state.
I manually backed up the active transaction log on primary server by performing a transaction log backup with the option 'backup the tail of the log and leave the db in restoring state'
MS site has the same step but mentions NORECOVERY. I am not sure if my step above does that automatically. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms191233.aspx
Wonder if thats the reason my original primary db is still in restoring state. any idea?
Hi guys, right now I am having insufficient hard disc space at the secondary server (Mirror side) due to the large db that I have. Therefore, I get a new HDD on the server (Assuming located at drive G) and would like to shift the current mirroring db to that new drive. Is it possible for me to do that ? Hope able to get any suggestion from here ASAP. Thanks.
Best Regards,
Hans
I noticed that after a SQL AlwaysOn failover, one of the DB in the secondary replica is stuck in Restoring state. The primary replica shows that it is in a synchronized state. These are the error logs from SSMS. How do I trace the cause of the problem?
Error: 5901, Severity: 16, State: 1.
Nonqualified transactions are being rolled back in database for an AlwaysOn Availability Groups state change. Estimated rollback completion: 0%. This is an informational message only. No user action is required
Error: 18400, Severity: 16, State: 1.
One or more recovery units belonging to database  failed to generate a checkpoint. This is typically caused by lack of system resources such as disk or memory, or in some cases due to database corruption. Examine previous entries in the error log for more detailed information on this failure.
The background checkpoint thread has encountered an unrecoverable error. The checkpoint process is terminating so that the thread can clean up its resources. This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
Why do I leave my DB in Restoring State after attaching to the instance? Could not this fire a redo activity on Transaction Log?
Or, How does sql server undo all uncommitted transactions on active vlf during recovery?
I got full backup on daily schedule its taking more space on Drive because each file has more than 25GB.I am using SLQ server 2008R2 so I'm looking to take the backup with compression instead of uncompressed Backup. What are the impacts of compressed backup. Is there any problems with compressed backup while restoring the backup file.
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Is there any official support line on this? If not, can anyone comment on whether or not you'd expect it to work and why?
Thanks.
I did a full backup of a db from one server(Express2005) and trying to restore it to a different instance of SQL2005 on the same development machine. (Also had some fulltext columns if that means anything)
Many failures but finally got it to report all was successful except the icon in Object Explorer shows (Restoring...) with no indication of any real activity going on. It's a tiny database with hardly any data in it.
Just not sure what the heck is going on there. It also won't let me into the database until this the (Restoring...) goes away.
Any advice on how to get this thing finished out?
I'm experiencing a very annoying failure when trying to do a backup - I hope you can help where others (including me) have failed.
The setup is a SharePoint Portal Server 2003 version 11.0.8126.0 running on Windows server 2003 Standard edition Service pack 1; it has a SQL-server 2005 version 9.0.2047 running on Windows server 2003 Standard edition Service pack as a back-end.
When I issue a backup of the SharePoint database XXX_SITE which holds round 4 gb. of data (mainly documents) the backup process hangs with a Wait Type 'MSSEARCH', it makes no difference whether I issue it as a single job, or through a maintenance plan.
I tried to stop the MsSearch service on the SharePoint-server, and disabled the Full-Text search on the database but it makes no difference.
The only way I can get a backup is to reboot the server on which SQL-server resides (restarting the SQL-server makes it rather unstable), and do a manual back-up shortly after.
Hello. We recently ran into extremely large transaction log sizes on our SQL 2005 box...turns out they were not being backed up. After doing some research, I found that they should be backed up very frequently in order to kee their sizes down. I kind of inherited the mess, but got three maintenance plans set up:
FULL Backup that runs weekly
DIFFERNTIAL Backup that runs nightly
TRANSACTION LOG backup that runs hourly
However, since I implemented the plans there has been high CPU utilization at all times. I finally figured out what was causing it today...the BACKUP LOG process is hanging in "Suspended" mode when I view processes. I have to manually kill them to release the CPU utilization.
How can I trace the cause of the hang? Is there a better way to backup/truncate the log files?
Regards,
Matthew
I am new to this environment and was asked to ensure that the transaction log shipping for SQL 2005 on W2K3 boxes is working properly. I noticed the db's on the secondary server are show "Restoring..." I am not sure if these were set up in No Recover Mode or Standby Mode. I have no access to the secondary db's. I get an error message when trying to access them (error 927). Monitoring was not set up initially and as you may or may not know can't be turned on after the fact...unless you delete the job and start over.
My question is is "Restoring..." normal and what does it indicate?
HI everybody,
I have a problem in restoring a backup. In the restore command there is one option called <file> = 'file_number'. Where do we get this 'file_number'?.
tks in advance
Srini
Hi Everyone, I was prototyping a DB and made a backup of all the files in the data directory of sql server, thinking that I would be able to restore the system from another installation when I made it to the US. I have the cd with the archives on and a full backup of the DB I want but I have no idea how to get sql server to initialise it.
Any ideas???
Steve