If the database already exist in the new server and if you wish to overwrite it then you can make use of the below command,

Restore database dbname from disk='Path\filename.bak' WITH...

[font="Verdana"]Ensure that you have applied Sql Server 2005 SP2 for management studio as well.

Open SSMS

Goto Help-->About in SSMS

There you can get the version of "Microsoft SQL Server...

You can check the job activity monitor which will display all the details..

No it is not possible because to restore system databases you need to have the same build and same edition. Sometime back I tried this in Sql 2000 enterprise edition...

Right click on the job and click view history. Refer this link for more info,

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181046.aspx

Check the job history for some clues and also check if the job owner has permissions to other databases.

Thanks Steve thats absolutely right.

My only concern is that if somebody searches in google for an issue wrt to Sql Server one among the solution is from this website. What...

Are you able to connect to your destination server from your source server using SSMS or Query analyzer. You can check the port number in the Sql Server configuration manager...

Please confirm if you have enabled remote connections for the destination server which you are trying to query. Also check if you have created proper aliases for connecting to the...

If your database is highly critical you need to go for High Availability mode which requires witness server and facilitates automatic failover.

The below command might work and will overwrite the existing database, ensure that Sql service account has permissions to that network drive. It might take some time and resource intensive....

You need to check the Sql Server error log where there will be an entry for the success or failure of backup. Also check the event viewer for any information,

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187885.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms191008.aspx

Your only option is to rebuild the system databases in order to change the server level collation. Before commencing it you can script all the logins using the below...

In order to change the server level collation you need to rebuild the system databases. For changing database collation you can make use of alter database statement.

Checkpoints flush dirty data and log pages from the buffer cache of the current database, minimizing the number of modifications that have to be rolled forward during a recovery.

It happens...