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markle
Starting Member
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 Posted - 10/01/2012 : 12:38:43
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Hi all, thank you for all the help so far learning to use SQL Server. I have searched for an answer on the following procedure but not found enough description. The devil seems to be in the details so I need to ask for your help:
I have an sql2008 server that I would like to recover data for.
The DB is in full recovery mode and I have a full database backup from Monday and full log back up from Monday at the same time. The Tuesday backup failed to run at all (no DB, no log) and I need to roll back to Tuesday afternoon. I have the working .ldf file for the database up to Wednesday afternoon. (There were some data changes Wednesday morning, which when discovered resulted in the server being taken offline).
I have tried backing up the log with NO_TRUNCATE to a .trn file and then restoring the Monday backup of the DB, the Monday log and then the above .trn to a point in time (Tuesday 1pm) but every time I end up with the Wednesday afternoon data (no errors during restoring).
I am using the SQL Management Studio (as I'm a very green beginner) and first do Tasks->Restore->Database using "WITH REPLACE" and "RESTORE WITH NORECOVERY". My back up source is the DB in question (not a device/file) and I am writing to an empty DB with another name that I alter in the "Restore the database files as" grid. At this point I am restoring to the most recent time (Monday Night).
I then do Tasks->Restore->Transaction Log and select the Tail-end log that I produced earlier (from file or tape) and specify a time earlier than when the data was changed. In options I choose RESTORE WITH RECOVERY and begin. after 100% completion / success, the STOPAT is still ignored. I have tried choosing Restore->Database rather than Transaction Log in that last step above but with the same result.
What am I doing wrong?
Cheers,
Mark |
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