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Since the evolution of SQL Server 2000 version the backup and restore methods have been enhanced for better performance to provide a better option for the DBA, as usual the backup and restore operations are an integral part of the Analysis Services infrastructure. The same methods/process has been completely rebuilt in SQL Server ...

Backup and restore practices are at the core of today's best business continuity plans. While backup and restore provides many benefits, it simultaneously presents a variety of challenges with lost data, the time it takes to restore data, and the costs of restoring lost data.This web seminar will explore SAN copy and replication methodologies, in ...

I know it sounds easy to upgrade a SQL Server Cluster environment from 2000 to 2005 version, as easy it mentioned within the Books Online for SQL Server 2005. When I have performed for the first time, my first thought was (do we need that or take out the reasons). But one thing is sure that SQL Server 2005 offers a number of ...

Interesting question: how can we know the difference between a native backup and backup taken by third party tool? Say you have started newly in a enterprise wide platform and your task is to find out what methods of BACKUP and RESTORE are followed to take care of data which is a prime task for every DBA. Usage of third party tools has been ...

What if I told you to take your latest production backup, restore it on a different machine and try using the database? Are you comfortable with that task? Do you think it will work? When was the last time you tested your backups? Denis Gobo has listed a best practice blogpost that you need to deploy in order to take care important ...

Normally the backup and restore operation will be quick enough or depends upon the server configuration to complete. Say if you have started with a 2GB size of database and over the time as that database is updated, the amount of data that is included in differential backups increases. This makes the backup slower to create and to restore. ...

Source: Knowledge Base Product: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise EditionNotification Contents: New and Major Modifications Error message when you try to restore a database by using SQL Server Management Studio in SQL Server 2005 after you use the Backup tool: ''Restore failed for Server '<ServerName>' ...

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