differenital backup

  • What is the backup and restore syntax you are using? What is the error? Did the restore fail when you tried to restore the full db, or when you tried to apply the differential?

  • You should have only restored two files.

    1. The latest FULL backup prior to the 23rd.

    2. The DIFFERENTIAL from the 23rd.

    AND you should have restored the full backup using the command WITH NORECOVERY.

    --restore full backup

    RESTORE DATABASE dbname

    FROM ......

    WITH NORECOVERY

    --restore differential

    RESTORE DATABASE dbname

    FROM ....

    WITH RECOVERY

    -SQLBIll

  • I am doing this restoration from enterprise manager.

     

    In the general tab I am selection restore as

    'database' and first backup to restore is the - full backup on 1/1/2006 and point in time restore is differentail backup on 2/23/2006.

     

  • You say you can't restore the database. What error are you getting?

    (By the way 'point in time' is used with LOG restores only. With 'point in time' you can restore to a specific time.)

    -SQLBill

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