SQL Server Restore Tips

Great resources for SQL Server DBAs learning about SQL Server Restore with these valuable tips, tutorials, how-to's, scripts, and more.

SubCategory Tip Title Author
Administration How to migrate a SQL Server database to a lower version Basit Farooq
Administration How to Restart an Interrupted SQL Server Database Restore Ashish Kumar Mehta
Automation Automating a SQL Server Database Refresh Joe Gavin
Automation How to Automate SQL Server Restores for a Test Server K. Brian Kelley
Automation SQL Server Database RESTORE WITH MOVE or not WITH MOVE Mike Eastland
Calculations Script to find out when SQL Server recovery will finish Garrett Ellison
Corruption How to Perform an Online Page Level Restore in SQL Server Simon Liew
Database Automate Database Restore for SQL Server Joe Gavin
Database Getting exclusive access to restore SQL Server database Greg Robidoux
Database Restore TDE Enabled Azure SQL DB to On-Premises Server Mohammed Moinudheen
Database SQL Server Backup Size vs Database Size Script Alejandro Cobar
Features View Contents of SQL Server Backup Files with RESTORE LABELONLY, HEADERONLY and FILELISTONLY Kenneth Igiri
Monitoring Identify when a SQL Server database was restored, the source and backup date Thomas LaRock
Monitoring SQL Server Database Restore Verification Script Jeremy Kadlec
Monitoring When was the last time your SQL Server database was restored Thomas LaRock
Overview SQL Server Database Stuck in Restoring State Daniel Calbimonte
Overview SQL Server Restore Database Options and Examples Joe Gavin
Performance Optimize SQL Server Database Restore Performance Bhavesh Patel
Performance Restore a SQL Server Database to a New Database to Minimize Downtime Jeremy Kadlec
Point In Time Different Ways to Restore a SQL Server Database Simon Liew
Point In Time Point in Time Recovery Using New Timeline Feature in SQL Server 2012 Ashish Kumar Mehta
Point In Time SQL Server point in time recovery Greg Robidoux
Point In Time Table level recovery for selected SQL Server tables Tibor Nagy
Point In Time Time Testing SQL Azure Point In Time Database Restores Tim Smith
Processes Solve Common SQL Server Restore Issues Sergey Gigoyan
Scripts Auto generate SQL Server database restore scripts Greg Robidoux
Scripts Auto generate SQL Server restore script from backup files in a directory Greg Robidoux
Scripts Auto generate SQL Server restore scripts after each backup completes Ken Simmons
Scripts Automate a Database Restore Chad Boyd
Scripts Save Points for SQL Server Database Deployments as a Recovery Option Jim Evans
Scripts Simple Procedure to Make a Copy of a SQL Server Database Eli Leiba
Security SQL Server Database Restores Mapping Users to Logins Greg Robidoux
Snapshots How to revert a Database Snapshot to recover a SQL Server database Manvendra Singh
Snapshots Restore SQL Server databases using File Snapshot Backups Mohammed Moinudheen
SQL Server Management Studio Make Network Path Visible For SQL Server Backup and Restore in SSMS Ahmad Yaseen
Tables Restore Individual Tables Using SQL Server BACPAC Thomas LaRock
Transparent Data Encryption How to restore a SQL Server database to another server after disabling TDE Mohammed Moinudheen
Transparent Data Encryption Recovering a SQL Server TDE Encrypted Database Successfully K. Brian Kelley
Troubleshooting Issues with SQL Server Permissions to Restore a Database Sergey Gigoyan
Troubleshooting Why Can't I Restore a Database to an Older Version of SQL Server? K. Brian Kelley
Tutorials Understanding SQL Server Log Sequence Numbers for Backups Simon Liew
Versions The importance of SQL Server’s internal database version Aaron Bertrand
Tutorial Topic Author
SQL Server Restore Tutorial SQL Server Restore Options and Commands Tutorial Greg Robidoux
SQL Server Restore Tutorial SQL Server Restore Commands Greg Robidoux
SQL Server Restore Tutorial How to get the contents of a SQL Server backup file Greg Robidoux
SQL Server Restore Tutorial SQL Server RESTORE LABELONLY Greg Robidoux
SQL Server Restore Tutorial SQL Server RESTORE FILELISTONLY Greg Robidoux
SQL Server Restore Tutorial How to restore a SQL Server backup Greg Robidoux
SQL Server Restore Tutorial How to restore a SQL Server transaction log backup Greg Robidoux
SQL Server Restore Tutorial Checking to make sure a SQL Server backup is useable Greg Robidoux
SQL Server Restore Tutorial SQL Server Restore Options Greg Robidoux
SQL Server Restore Tutorial Recovering a SQL Server database that is in the restoring state Greg Robidoux
SQL Server Restore Tutorial Restore multiple SQL Server backup files to the same database Greg Robidoux
SQL Server Restore Tutorial Get SQL Server Restore Percentage Complete Greg Robidoux
SQL Server Restore Tutorial Restore SQL Server database and overwrite existing database Greg Robidoux
SQL Server Restore Tutorial Retore SQL Server database to different file name and location Greg Robidoux
SQL Server Restore Tutorial SQL Server point in time restore Greg Robidoux
SQL Server Restore Tutorial Exclusive database access for a SQL Server restore Greg Robidoux
SQL Server Restore Tutorial Get Free SQL Tips - SQL Server Restore Tutorial Greg Robidoux
CategoryGroup Category (articles)
Analysis Services Analysis Services Administration (31)
Analysis Services Analysis Services Development (95)
Analysis Services Analysis Services Dimensions (16)
Analysis Services Analysis Services Measure Groups (7)
Analysis Services Analysis Services Performance (14)
Analysis Services Analysis Services Security (7)
Analysis Services Analysis Services Tools (1)
Analysis Services Analysis Services Tutorials (6)
Analysis Services Cortana (5)
Analysis Services Performance Point (4)
Business Intelligence Big Data (25)
Business Intelligence Data Warehousing (4)
Cloud Amazon AWS (50)
Cloud Apache Spark (6)
Cloud Azure (150)
Cloud Azure Backup and Restore (25)
Cloud Azure Cosmos DB (13)
Cloud Azure Data Factory (70)
Cloud Azure Databricks (24)
Cloud Azure Integration Services (14)
Cloud Azure SQL Database (44)
Cloud Azure SQL Managed Instance (2)
Cloud Azure Synapse Analytics (38)
Cloud Cloud Strategy (16)
Data Quality Data Quality Services (9)
Data Quality Master Data Services (41)
Database Administration Amazon AWS RDS (1)
Database Administration Availability Groups (78)
Database Administration Backup (78)
Database Administration Central Management Servers (9)
Database Administration Clustering (74)
Database Administration Comparison Data and Objects (14)
Database Administration Compression (22)
Database Administration Contained Databases (4)
Database Administration Containers (12)
Database Administration Database Administration (195)
Database Administration Database Configurations (18)
Database Administration Database Console Commands DBCCs (25)
Database Administration Database Mail (18)
Database Administration Database Mirroring (33)
Database Administration DBA Best Practices (39)
Database Administration Dedicated Administrator Connection (4)
Database Administration Deprecated Features (5)
Database Administration DevOps (34)
Database Administration Disaster Recovery (23)
Database Administration Error Logs (11)
Database Administration Express Edition (16)
Database Administration Extended Events (22)
Database Administration FILESTREAM (9)
Database Administration Fragmentation and Index Maintenance (27)
Database Administration Google Cloud (2)
Database Administration Hardware (14)
Database Administration High Availability (3)
Database Administration Indexing (86)
Database Administration Install and Uninstall (32)
Database Administration Licensing (4)
Database Administration Linked Servers (18)
Database Administration Locking and Blocking (39)
Database Administration Log Shipping (18)
Database Administration Maintenance (34)
Database Administration Monitoring (117)
Database Administration Other Database Platforms (82)
Database Administration Partitioning (17)
Database Administration Performance Data Warehouse (4)
Database Administration Performance Tuning (123)
Database Administration Policy Based Management (29)
Database Administration PowerShell (129)
Database Administration Profiler and Trace (20)
Database Administration Query Store (7)
Database Administration Recovery Models (4)
Database Administration Replication (75)
Database Administration Resource Governor (5)
Database Administration Restore (42)
Database Administration SQL Server 2016 (100)
Database Administration SQL Server 2017 (44)
Database Administration SQL Server 2019 (20)
Database Administration SQL Server 2022 (17)
Database Administration SQL Server Configurations (75)
Database Administration SQL Server on Linux (76)
Database Administration StreamInsight (2)
Database Administration System Databases (31)
Database Administration Upgrades and Migrations (54)
Database Administration Virtualization (25)
Database Administration Windows Internal Database (1)
Database Development Application Development (39)
Database Development Change Data Capture (15)
Database Development Common Runtime Language (13)
Database Development Common Table Expressions (3)
Database Development Constraints (20)
Database Development Data Cleansing for Validation (2)
Database Development Data Science (3)
Database Development Data Types (18)
Database Development Database Design (75)
Database Development Dates (51)
Database Development Debugging (4)
Database Development Dynamic Management Views and Functions (33)
Database Development Dynamic SQL (7)
Database Development Entity Framework (13)
Database Development Error Handling (10)
Database Development Full Text Search (21)
Database Development Functions System (71)
Database Development Functions User Defined UDF (40)
Database Development Identities (17)
Database Development Import and Export (77)
Database Development In Memory OLTP (32)
Database Development JOIN Tables (21)
Database Development Language Integrated Query LINQ (7)
Database Development Microsoft Access Integration (8)
Database Development Microsoft Excel Integration (40)
Database Development Microsoft Flow (1)
Database Development Paging (5)
Database Development Python (59)
Database Development Query Optimization (14)
Database Development Query Plans (20)
Database Development R Language (11)
Database Development Scripts (35)
Database Development Service Broker (11)
Database Development Spatial Data Storage (9)
Database Development SQL Injection (5)
Database Development SQL Server Management Objects SMO (3)
Database Development Stored Procedures (29)
Database Development Synonyms (5)
Database Development Table Valued Parameters (4)
Database Development Temp Tables (9)
Database Development Temporal Tables (13)
Database Development Testing (31)
Database Development Transactions (9)
Database Development Triggers (45)
Database Development TSQL (337)
Database Development User Defined Type UDT (3)
Database Development Views (13)
Database Development XML (14)
Integration Services Data Transformation Services (5)
Integration Services Integration Services Administration (10)
Integration Services Integration Services Analysis Services Tasks (5)
Integration Services Integration Services Best Practices (12)
Integration Services Integration Services Configuration Options (22)
Integration Services Integration Services Connection Managers (5)
Integration Services Integration Services Control Flow Transformations (14)
Integration Services Integration Services Data Flow Transformations (19)
Integration Services Integration Services Development (110)
Integration Services Integration Services Email (3)
Integration Services Integration Services Error Handling (8)
Integration Services Integration Services Excel (14)
Integration Services Integration Services Execute Package Options (8)
Integration Services Integration Services Import and Export Wizard (2)
Integration Services Integration Services NULL Management (4)
Integration Services Integration Services Oracle (4)
Integration Services Integration Services Performance (12)
Integration Services Integration Services Security (7)
Integration Services Integration Services Upgrade (4)
Power Platform Power Apps (19)
Power Platform Power BI (143)
Power Platform Power BI Charts (48)
Power Platform Power BI Formatting (15)
Professional Development Professional Development Books (3)
Professional Development Professional Development Branding (13)
Professional Development Professional Development Career (18)
Professional Development Professional Development Career Planning (16)
Professional Development Professional Development Career Transition (4)
Professional Development Professional Development Certifications (49)
Professional Development Professional Development Community (15)
Professional Development Professional Development Conferences (2)
Professional Development Professional Development Interview Questions BI (18)
Professional Development Professional Development Interview Questions DBA (23)
Professional Development Professional Development Interview Questions Developer (9)
Professional Development Professional Development Interviewing (38)
Professional Development Professional Development Job Search (17)
Professional Development Professional Development Management (10)
Professional Development Professional Development Recruiters (6)
Professional Development Professional Development Resume (13)
Professional Development Professional Development Skills Development (18)
Reporting Services Reporting Services Administration (19)
Reporting Services Reporting Services Analysis Services (4)
Reporting Services Reporting Services Best Practices (6)
Reporting Services Reporting Services Charts (25)
Reporting Services Reporting Services Configuration (10)
Reporting Services Reporting Services Custom Report (2)
Reporting Services Reporting Services Dashboard (1)
Reporting Services Reporting Services Data Sources (10)
Reporting Services Reporting Services Development (38)
Reporting Services Reporting Services Drill Through (4)
Reporting Services Reporting Services Dynamic Reports (11)
Reporting Services Reporting Services Filtering (3)
Reporting Services Reporting Services Formatting (26)
Reporting Services Reporting Services Functions (5)
Reporting Services Reporting Services Images (2)
Reporting Services Reporting Services Installation (9)
Reporting Services Reporting Services KPI (5)
Reporting Services Reporting Services Maps (4)
Reporting Services Reporting Services Migration (5)
Reporting Services Reporting Services Monitoring (5)
Reporting Services Reporting Services Network Load Balancing (4)
Reporting Services Reporting Services Overview (5)
Reporting Services Reporting Services Parameters (15)
Reporting Services Reporting Services Performance (6)
Reporting Services Reporting Services Report Builder (9)
Reporting Services Reporting Services Report Models (1)
Reporting Services Reporting Services Security (8)
Reporting Services Reporting Services SharePoint (1)
Reporting Services Reporting Services Subreports (4)
Reporting Services Reporting Services Tutorials (1)
Security Auditing and Compliance (45)
Security Encryption (32)
Security Security (197)
Security Surface Area Configuration Manager (4)
SharePoint SharePoint (130)
SharePoint SharePoint Administration (46)
SharePoint SharePoint Configuration (27)
SharePoint Sharepoint Design (46)
SharePoint SharePoint Document Management (20)
Tools Azure Data Studio (17)
Tools SQL Operations Studio (11)
Tools SQL Server Agent (93)
Tools SQL Server Management Studio (77)
Tools SQL Server Management Studio Configuration (22)
Tools SQL Server Management Studio Shortcuts (9)
Tools Tools (34)










get free sql tips
agree to terms