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How long does it take to restore a SQL Server database?
Restoring to a point in time with SQL Server, could take a significant amount of time, depending on the size of your database. SQL Server is basically doing a complete restore from the last full backup, and all the log backups up to the point to which you want to get to.
How to restore a database to a point in time?
In Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio, right-click Databases, and click Restore Database. In the Source for restore section, select From Device, and click the browse button. Click Add in the Specify Backup window.
How to restore database from a different server?
If the backup is taken from a different server, the destination server will not have the backup history information for the specified database. In this case, select Device to manually specify the file or device to restore. Click the browse ( …) button to open the Select backup devices dialog box.
How to revert to a specific SQL Server database?
Using SQL Server Management Studio. To use SQL Server Management studio, you can follow the following procedure: Right click on the database you wish to revert back to a point in time. Select Tasks/Restore/Database. SSMS will automatically check all available backups starting from the latest full backup.
What is the full recovery model for SQL Server?
Under the full recovery model, after you restore your data backup or backups, you must restore all subsequent transaction log backups and then recover the database. You can restore a database to a specific recovery point within one of these log backups.
How to restore the most recent SQL Server Backup?
Restore the most recent full database backup without recovering the database (RESTORE DATABASE database_name FROM backup_device WITH NORECOVERY). If differential backups exist, restore the most recent one without recovering the database (RESTORE DATABASE database_name FROM differential_backup_device WITH NORECOVERY).
How to perform a point in time restore in SQL Server?
SQL Server allows you to perform the point in time restore by using either T-SQL or SSMS. To be able to perform a point in time restore you need to restore the full back up which ended prior to the point you would like to restore to, and then restore all the log backups including the one which contains the point you want to get to.