Once you disconnect a database, you must restore it from its .MDF file in a process called "attachment." SQL Server offers two ways to attach the .MDF file: via the Management Studio program's ...

Joey on SQL Server. The Right Approach to Database Backups. Elaborate backups might seem like a good idea at first, but they add unnecessary complexity to your recovery process.

We also discussed the ways to restore database backups using SSMS and T-SQL commands. In case the database backup gets corrupted, you can use a third-party tool, such as Stellar Repair for MS SQL ...

Database backups and restores are key to developing a secure environment for users’ information. A trusted backup plan is a requirement for on-premise and cloud instances. SQL Server database backups ...

So I've had a case open with Microsoft since October concerning SQL databases that I cannot restore from DPM unless I run a consistency check on them first. Today, it seems they assigned to me yet ...

Building on the strength of the backup and restore process that is defined, dbatools has commands to automatically configure database mirroring and log shipping, requiring minimal manual ...