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How to make a point in time restore – SSMS

December 24, 2021March 29, 2014 by Omelchenko Alexander

The point-in-time restore is a feature of SQL Server databases that allows you to recover an exact state of your database that is specific to an exact point in time.

This option is available ever since the logging for this action has been activated (transaction log).

How to change the recovery model on a database

December 24, 2021March 26, 2014 by Omelchenko Alexander

In this post, we will take the path of understanding what a recovery model is and how it relates to your database and why it is important.

We will show you how to find out what is the current recovery model of your databases and how to change them.

Copy-Only backups

December 29, 2021March 25, 2014 by Omelchenko Alexander

You might have heard of this term, but you don’t know what it actually presumes.

Read this next article to understand what a copy-only backup is and how it fits in the big picture of SQL Server.

How to set expiration date on a backup

December 24, 2021March 24, 2014 by Omelchenko Alexander

The way you set the expiration date on a backup for SQL Server databases is quite easy.

You have two options for doing this. In order to find out, read the following article where we will show you both options.

Mirror Backups

December 24, 2021March 24, 2014 by Omelchenko Alexander

You might have heard of mirror backups, but you don’t know what they are exactly?

Well, in this article we will try to explain in the best way possible what they are, if you should use them and when you should use them.

Media errors during backup or restore

December 29, 2021March 23, 2014 by Omelchenko Alexander

Media errors during backup or restore operations are quite stressful because usually, these tasks should run smoothly.

But just in case you happen to have one such error, then it would be ready if you would be prepared or have a bit of knowledge about these errors before you see them.

Partial Backups

February 28, 2024March 5, 2014 by Omelchenko Alexander

Partial backups are a type of backup which was first introduced with SQL Server 2005.

These types of backups were designed for use with the simple recovery model in order to improve flexibility in terms of backing up very very large databases that can contain at least one read-only filegroup.

Recover deleted data in SQL Server

February 29, 2024March 5, 2014 by Omelchenko Alexander

If you ever have the misfortune of having data deleted from the production database, don’t get upset as there is a way you can recover most of the missing data with the aid of Transaction Logs and LSNs (Log Sequence Numbers).

Here is a step-by-step solution on how to achieve this.

Back up files and filegroups

February 28, 2024March 1, 2014 by Omelchenko Alexander

This article will go over the topic of how to back up files and filegroups in SQL Server using either SSMS or T-SQL queries.

Continue reading in order to find out why and when you should backup files and filegroups.

Backup History for SQL Server databases

February 29, 2024March 1, 2014 by Omelchenko Alexander

Having a complete backup history of all of your backup and restore operations can become quite useful at times.

All the data that you might need to be related to this, like who created the backup, at what time, on what media, and many other details are stored in the system databases of the SQL Server instance.