T-SQL - Get runduration from a restore job - sql-server

Question

I'm using the code below to pull 3 columns:
Server Name
Database Name
Date/Time Restore started
Code:
WITH LastRestores
AS
(
SELECT
##SERVERNAME AS [ServerName],
[d].[name] AS [DatabaseName],
CONVERT(VARCHAR, r.restore_date, 100) AS [RestoreDateTime],
RowNum = ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY d.NAME
ORDER BY r.[restore_date] DESC)
FROM
master.sys.databases d
LEFT OUTER JOIN
msdb.dbo.[restorehistory] r ON r.[destination_database_name] = d.NAME
)
SELECT
[ServerName], [DatabaseName], [RestoreDateTime]
FROM
[LastRestores]
WHERE
[RowNum] = 1
AND DatabaseName NOT IN ('master', 'model', 'msdb', 'tempdb')
AND CONVERT(VARCHAR(12), [RestoreDateTime]) = CONVERT(VARCHAR(12), GETDATE())
What I'd like to do is get the RunDuration that is tied in with the msdb..sysjobhistory table. I can't, for the life of me, see how to tie that table in with my code above. I'm sure there is a round about way to get the info I am looking for.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!

Answer 1

You can find the end datetime of a restore in the SQL Server logs. You can use xp_readerrorlog to read the logs. Please note that the format of the message may be different depending on your version. This code works in SQL Server 2012.
CREATE TABLE #t (LogDate DATETIME, ProcessInfo VARCHAR(100), RowVal VARCHAR(512));
INSERT INTO #t
EXEC master.dbo.xp_readerrorlog;
WITH RestoreDate AS (
SELECT
LEFT(REPLACE(RowVal, 'Database was restored: Database: ', ''), CHARINDEX(', creation', REPLACE(RowVal, 'Database was restored: Database: ', '')) - 1) AS DbName,
LogDate
FROM
#t
WHERE
RowVal LIKE 'Database was restored: Database: %'),
LastRestores AS (
SELECT
##SERVERNAME AS [ServerName],
[d].[name] AS [DatabaseName],
CONVERT(VARCHAR, r.restore_date, 100) AS [RestoreDateTime],
RowNum = ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY d.NAME
ORDER BY r.[restore_date] DESC)
FROM
master.sys.databases d
LEFT OUTER JOIN
msdb.dbo.[restorehistory] r ON r.[destination_database_name] = d.NAME)
SELECT
l.[ServerName],
l.[DatabaseName],
l.[RestoreDateTime],
MAX(r.LogDate) AS LogDate,
CONVERT(VARCHAR, MAX(r.LogDate), 100) AS FormattedLogDate
FROM
[LastRestores] l
JOIN
RestoreDate r
ON l.DatabaseName = r.DbName
WHERE
l.[RowNum] = 1
AND l.DatabaseName NOT IN ('master', 'model', 'msdb', 'tempdb')
AND CONVERT(VARCHAR(12), [RestoreDateTime]) = CONVERT(VARCHAR(12), GETDATE())
GROUP BY
l.[ServerName],
l.[DatabaseName],
l.[RestoreDateTime];
DROP TABLE #t;