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How to restore database from backup to availability group?
Open SSMS on the primary SQL server. Expand AlwaysOn High Availability à Availability Groups à Availability Group Name à Availability Group Databases Right click on the data base and choose Remove Database From Availability Group…. On the window that opens click ok to remove the database. Restore the database from backup to the primary.
Is there a way to backup SQL Server to another server?
Skeleton code for how this looks is below. Unfortunately there currently is no way to set backup preferences for full backups to one server and transaction log backups to another server. The backup preferences are for backups in general, not the backup type.
How does the preferred backup work in SQL Server?
This is because the Back Up Database Task in a Maintenance Plan automatically adds a check to determine if the current replica is the preferred backup replica for databases in the AG. If the replica is the preferred replica for backup, then the BACKUP DATABASE command will execute, otherwise the database backup will be skipped.
Do you need to restore SQL AlwaysOn from backup?
You will eventually need to restore your SQL AlwaysOn Availability Groups from backup. Hopefully not on live production servers, but on test environment as a way of verifying that your last resort DR (Disaster Recovery) solution works.
How to restore a SQL Server 2012 database?
You will need to turn synchronization off, remove the DB from HA and perform the restore on the primary and replica, leaving the replica version in a restoring state by using WITH NORECOVERY. Once your backup is in place, put the DB back into HA and start synchronization again.
What to do when SQL Server is in restoring state?
Here is a link to change the state to avoid the restoring state: Change the restore mode of a secondary SQL Server database in Log Shipping with SSMS. Sometimes the database is in a restoring state after restarting the machine or for some other reason.