OS differences shouldn't matter.

But it looks like you're trying to restore a backup from a SQL2008 R2 (10.50.1600) server to a SQL2008 (10.00.1600) server which I'm pretty sure you can't...

Are you trying to restore a full backup, or a log backup?

What's the exact message you are getting, and the command you are running to restore it?

Nice!

Just out of curiosity, why would you want to do this?

Is there going to be a .pdf version of this book?

Good read. Thanks!

I've found 7-zip to pretty much be the...

Gail - you zinged me yesterday for the same thing.

In this case and in mine, I think the questions were right in line with the thread.

Is it the fact that...

Do you have a guestimate of the size of the database(s) you're talking about here?

I know this is an old thread, but a question.

If you have a SQL job running DBCC checks, and a check finds an error, does it raise an error so...

They aren't really necessary in this example, but won't affect performance, and never hurts to use them.

You need to put the # sign inside the bracket though.

That will vary based on your environment, but the permissions should be the minimum required to still be able to get done what needs to get done.

I'd forgotten all about this thread, sorry.

There were a couple of things that I found and tweaked that fixed our issue without adjusting any mirroring settings.

I finally figured out that...

Oh, switching topics.

We had the best Mongolian BBQ place in town a few years back. Now it's gone. I miss it so much. I need to track down a new...

But...you can be sneaky and use windows schedules tasks to get around that "limitation" if you really need to use Express edition.