• Not entirely.

    What messages?

    The backup copies the data pages as it encounters them. It also copies the portion of the tran log it needs to make the restore consistent.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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