Skip to content

Latest commit

 

History

History
77 lines (57 loc) · 3.63 KB

example-online-restore-of-a-read-write-file-full-recovery-model.md

File metadata and controls

77 lines (57 loc) · 3.63 KB
title description author ms.author ms.reviewer ms.date ms.service ms.subservice ms.topic helpviewer_keywords
Online restore of a read-write file (full recovery model)
This example shows an online restore in SQL Server of a read-write file for a database using the full recovery model with multiple filegroups.
MashaMSFT
mathoma
randolphwest
09/22/2023
sql
backup-restore
conceptual
full recovery model [SQL Server], RESTORE example
online restores [SQL Server], full recovery model
restore sequences [SQL Server], online

Example: Online restore of a read-write file (full recovery model)

[!INCLUDE SQL Server]

This article is relevant for [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] databases under the full recovery model that contain multiple files or filegroups.

In this example, a database named adb, which uses the full recovery model, contains three filegroups. Filegroup A is read/write, and filegroup B and filegroup C are read-only. Initially, all of the filegroups are online.

File a1 in filegroup A appears to be damaged, and the database administrator decides to restore it while the database remains online.

Note

Under the simple recovery model, online restore of read/write data isn't allowed.

Restore sequences

The syntax for an online restore sequence is the same as for an offline restore sequence.

  1. Online restore of file a1.

    RESTORE DATABASE adb FILE = 'a1' FROM backup
WITH NORECOVERY;

    At this point, file a1 is in the RESTORING state, and filegroup A is offline.

  2. After you restore the file, take a new log backup to make sure that the point at which the file went offline is captured.

    BACKUP LOG adb TO log_backup3;

  3. Online restore of log backups.

    You restore all the log backups taken since the restored file backup, ending with the latest log backup (log_backup3, taken in the previous step). After the last backup is restored, the database is recovered.

    RESTORE LOG adb FROM log_backup1 WITH NORECOVERY;
RESTORE LOG adb FROM log_backup2 WITH NORECOVERY;
RESTORE LOG adb FROM log_backup3 WITH NORECOVERY;
RESTORE DATABASE adb WITH RECOVERY;

    File a1 is now online.

Additional examples

Related content