By mistakenly i have delete few record from SQL database on azure, it is possible to recover from there, as azure take auto back of database, so its possible to recover.
Azure SQL Database has this amazing built-in feature to restore the database at any point of time to undo the unwanted changes made in the past or get the database back after mistakenly deleted.
The Restore option is available in Overview menu bar.
Fill the required details as shown in below image and click on Review + create option to restore the database.
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I need to restore the database from a different environment where different logins are used but I want to keep permission to this database for already existing login on this server.
Now, after restoring my login on the targeted server it lost mapping for this database (and owner role)
I want to restore everything inside the database and same time I don't want to map the database and add owner role to the login.
Is it even possible?
I've tried different ways of restore - deleting before restore, as well as delete but not to close existing connections. The result is the same, I need to map new restored DB again and add the owner role.
Normally database users have to be mapped to instance logins to work, but if you want to make your DB more instance independent and control your database from the inside of it then the solution for you would be a Contained Databases.
From MS BOL:
A contained database is a database that is isolated from other
databases and from the instance of SQL Server that hosts the database.
SQL Server 2017 helps user to isolate their database from the instance
in 4 ways.
Much of the metadata that describes a database is maintained in the database. (In addition to, or instead of, maintaining metadata in the
master database.)
All metadata are defined using the same collation.
User authentication can be performed by the database, reducing the databases dependency on the logins of the instance of SQL Server.
The SQL Server environment (DMV's, XEvents, etc.) reports and can act upon containment information.
I'm setting up an Azure SQL DB for our Web App. We have enabled Point In Time Retention (PITR) and Long Term Retention (LTR). Our process is to keep backups for 1 year.
Periodically, we need to upgrade the DB by applying SQL scripts. Sometimes there is a problem with the upgrade scripts and the upgrade fails. We need to rollback the database to the previous version.
To rollback the DB I tried the restore feature. However, the restore feature seems to only create new DBs; therein lies the problem. Restoring to a new DB and removing the old one works great, but we lose all our backup history. It appears backups are tied to the DB (probably to the ResourceId).
So, how can I use Azure SQL DB and periodically restore a DB and still maintain all the back up history?
Unfortunately, restoring from a backup in Azure SQL Database always creates a new database. The secret here may be to rename the newly restored database with the name of the original database. You will even see that the restored database once renamed it then shows all the security recommendations, automatic tuning recommendations of the original database.
So delete existing database, restored the database, and rename it as the original database.
You can reference this document Recover an Azure SQL database using automated database backups , it gives the answer that all the recover are creating new database.
By default, SQL Database backups are stored in geo-replicated blob storage (RA-GRS). The following options are available for database recovery using automated database backups:
Create a new database on the same SQL Database server recovered to a specified point in time within the retention period.
Create a database on the same SQL Database server recovered to the
deletion time for a deleted database.
Create a new database on any SQL Database server in the same region
recovered to the point of the most recent backups.
Create a new database on any SQL Database server in any other region
recovered to the point of the most recent replicated backups.
If you configured backup long-term retention, you can also create a new database from any LTR backup on any SQL Database server.
improtant:
You cannot overwrite an existing database during restore.
"So, how can I use Azure SQL DB and periodically restore a DB and still maintain all the back up history?"
You can use Database replacement:
If the restored database is intended as a replacement for the original database, you should specify the original database's compute size and service tier. You can then rename the original database and give the restored database the original name using the ALTER DATABASE command in T-SQL.
Hope this helps.
Brief background info
We´re moving a database from Windows Server 2012 to 2016 in a critical production environment and are experiencing problems where the database on the new server gets set to Restricted user after the restore is done.
This is the order things are done:
2012 db is manually set to restricted user
Backup is made from 2012 db
2016 db is restored using backup in step 2
2016 db is unwillingly set to restricted user
The reason that we set the 2012 db in restricted user in the first place is to force logged in users to a stand-by environment while the 2016 db is being set-up.
The team that is doing this backup and restore claims that the database state is included in the backup as well and that that's the reason the new database get's set into restricted user as soon as the restore is done.
The new database being set to restricted user is not a huge problem since it's possible to manually change it back to multi user, but since this environment is of such critical nature, we don't want to risk having our users on the backup system any longer then necessary
So here's the actuall question:
When restoring a database from a backup, is the database state included in the backup and brought to the newly restored database? And if so, is it possible to exclude this?
Thanks in advance! :)
The RESTORE documentation states:
During a restore, most of the database options that are settable using
ALTER DATABASE are reset to the values in force at the time of the end
of backup.
So if the source database is in RESTRICTED_USER, the database will be set to that mode during the restore. You can, however, specify the WITH RESTRICTED_USER option during the restore to set the restored database to RESTRICTED_USER if the source database was backed up with a different option.
But there is no RESTORE option to specify WITH MULTI_USER so you'll need to execute ALTER DATABASE after the RESTORE to change the option.
I'm trying to backup a live database to my computer and I can't find the option to do it. I'm connecting to it using Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 2008 R2. I'm a MySQL monkey, so I'm used to being able to backup to .sql files and move them around.
Anyone have any idea how I can create a file backup of the database? I've found the backup option which only backs up on the server, or the export, which seems to only allow a single table, or code an SQL query, which I'm not too sure on, short of putting in something like SHOW TABLES;
Anyone have any ideas? I'm limited to readonly access for various reasons, nothing bad, promise!
You will only be able to backup the database to a location the service account for SQL has access to. If you have access to a central share on the server/network that you can access and the service can, you might backup to that location and then browse from your computer to pull it down.
If you are just wanting the database structure you could script the database out to a file. This would let you save it locally. If you also want the data though doing a full backup is the quickest way I know of.
EDIT
I would use the T-SQL BACKUP comand and include WITH COPY_ONLY to backup the database, since you stated this is a "live" database. If a scheduled job is performing backups against the database and you break in to do an additional one you will effect the backup recovery chain of the database. Using the COPY_ONLY will allow you to get a backup of the database without requiring it in the event of a recovery need.
You can also create sql dumps with Management Studio.
Right-click the database and select Tasks - Generate Scripts. This will open a wizard that allows you to select what the dump should include (e.g. tables, indices, views, ...).
Make sure you set "Script Data" to true if you want your dump to include inserts.
You can enter a valid UNC path in the Backup option.
I need to check if a content database for SharePoint has been restored (as some point in the past).
Are there any log file entries - in SharePoint or SQL Server - I can check for to determine this? Or any other approach (apart from asking someone)?
If you want to know when was the last time a database was restored, look into msdb.dbo.restorehistory.
If you want to know if a current restore operation is complete, check the database status in sys.databases.
You could try connecting to it. You won't be able to if its in the middle of a restore.