Restore and Recovery Overview (SQL Server) [!INCLUDE SQL Server] To recover a [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] database from a failure, a database administrator has to restore a set of [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] ...

Microsoft SQL Server uses a Master Data File (MDF) to store its primary data files. Considered the backbone of SQL Server, it acts as an SQL database accommodated into a file. This MDF file comprises ...

You can use SnapCenter to restore backed-up SQL Server databases. Database restoration is a multiphase process that copies all of the data and log pages from a specified SQL Server backup to a ...

The transaction log file contains the SQL Server transactions of the database. It basically records the database transactions and the changes made by the transactions to the database. The logs are ...

Have you ever started SQL Server only to discover your database labeled “In Recovery,” you know how upsetting it can be—especially when the process appears to ...

So I've had a case open with Microsoft since October concerning SQL databases that I cannot restore from DPM unless I run a consistency check on them first. Today, it seems they assigned to me yet ...

Several scenarios and reasons exist for regularly backing up an Exchange Server database, from data corruption to accidentally deleting files to system crashes to cybersecurity attacks. Microsoft's ...