• I would not recommend restoring master to other servers. Not least because you overwrite that server's master DB which you then have to go and restore from its backups later.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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