Greetings. I'm trying to get up the learning curve on Online restores, as it's been a few years since Ive done anything like this. I'm looking at this doc, and thinking its either inaccurate, or Im missing something vital.
What I'm doing is trying to simulate a damaged file, and then needing to restore it from backup:
- Create a multiple file DB.
- Isert some data.
- Take some backups,
- Repeat 2 & 3.
- Shut down my SQL instance.
- Rename one of the DB files, making the DB damaged.
- Bring up SQL Server.
- Attempting an Online file restore.
To create the DB and tables:
USE [master] GO /****** Object: Database [MultipleFilesDB] Script Date: 02/13/2013 11:09:29 ******/ CREATE DATABASE [MultipleFilesDB] ON PRIMARY ( NAME = N'MultipleFilesDB_Primary', FILENAME = N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\MultipleFilesDB_Primary.mdf' , SIZE = 4096KB , MAXSIZE = UNLIMITED, FILEGROWTH = 10%), FILEGROUP [Secondary1] ( NAME = N'MultipleFilesDB_Secondary1', FILENAME = N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\MulitpleFilesDB_Secondary1.ndf' , SIZE = 2048KB , MAXSIZE = UNLIMITED, FILEGROWTH = 1024KB ), FILEGROUP [Secondary2] ( NAME = N'MultipleFilesDB_Secondary2', FILENAME = N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\MultipleFilesDB_Secondary2.ndf' , SIZE = 2048KB , MAXSIZE = UNLIMITED, FILEGROWTH = 1024KB ) LOG ON ( NAME = N'MultipleFilesDB_log', FILENAME = N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\MultipleFilesDB_log.LDF' , SIZE = 1024KB , MAXSIZE = 2048GB , FILEGROWTH = 10%) GO ALTER DATABASE [MultipleFilesDB] SET COMPATIBILITY_LEVEL = 100 GO IF (1 = FULLTEXTSERVICEPROPERTY('IsFullTextInstalled')) begin EXEC [MultipleFilesDB].[dbo].[sp_fulltext_database] @action = 'enable' end GO ALTER DATABASE [MultipleFilesDB] SET ANSI_NULL_DEFAULT OFF GO ALTER DATABASE [MultipleFilesDB] SET ANSI_NULLS OFF GO ALTER DATABASE [MultipleFilesDB] SET ANSI_PADDING OFF GO ALTER DATABASE [MultipleFilesDB] SET ANSI_WARNINGS OFF GO ALTER DATABASE [MultipleFilesDB] SET ARITHABORT OFF GO ALTER DATABASE [MultipleFilesDB] SET AUTO_CLOSE OFF GO ALTER DATABASE [MultipleFilesDB] SET AUTO_CREATE_STATISTICS ON GO ALTER DATABASE [MultipleFilesDB] SET AUTO_SHRINK OFF GO ALTER DATABASE [MultipleFilesDB] SET AUTO_UPDATE_STATISTICS ON GO ALTER DATABASE [MultipleFilesDB] SET CURSOR_CLOSE_ON_COMMIT OFF GO ALTER DATABASE [MultipleFilesDB] SET CURSOR_DEFAULT GLOBAL GO ALTER DATABASE [MultipleFilesDB] SET CONCAT_NULL_YIELDS_NULL OFF GO ALTER DATABASE [MultipleFilesDB] SET NUMERIC_ROUNDABORT OFF GO ALTER DATABASE [MultipleFilesDB] SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER OFF GO ALTER DATABASE [MultipleFilesDB] SET RECURSIVE_TRIGGERS OFF GO ALTER DATABASE [MultipleFilesDB] SET DISABLE_BROKER GO ALTER DATABASE [MultipleFilesDB] SET AUTO_UPDATE_STATISTICS_ASYNC OFF GO ALTER DATABASE [MultipleFilesDB] SET DATE_CORRELATION_OPTIMIZATION OFF GO ALTER DATABASE [MultipleFilesDB] SET TRUSTWORTHY OFF GO ALTER DATABASE [MultipleFilesDB] SET ALLOW_SNAPSHOT_ISOLATION OFF GO ALTER DATABASE [MultipleFilesDB] SET PARAMETERIZATION SIMPLE GO ALTER DATABASE [MultipleFilesDB] SET READ_COMMITTED_SNAPSHOT OFF GO ALTER DATABASE [MultipleFilesDB] SET HONOR_BROKER_PRIORITY OFF GO ALTER DATABASE [MultipleFilesDB] SET READ_WRITE GO ALTER DATABASE [MultipleFilesDB] SET RECOVERY FULL GO ALTER DATABASE [MultipleFilesDB] SET MULTI_USER GO ALTER DATABASE [MultipleFilesDB] SET PAGE_VERIFY CHECKSUM GO ALTER DATABASE [MultipleFilesDB] SET DB_CHAINING OFF GO EXEC sys.sp_db_vardecimal_storage_format N'MultipleFilesDB', N'ON' GO USE [MultipleFilesDB] GO /****** Object: Table [dbo].[OrdersSecondary2] Script Date: 02/13/2013 11:09:30 ******/ SET ANSI_NULLS ON GO SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON GO CREATE TABLE [dbo].[OrdersSecondary2]( [OrderID] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL, [OrderDate] [datetime] NULL, CONSTRAINT [PK_OrdersSecondary2] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED ( [OrderID] ASC )WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON) ON [Secondary2] ) ON [Secondary2] GO /****** Object: Table [dbo].[OrdersSecondary1] Script Date: 02/13/2013 11:09:30 ******/ SET ANSI_NULLS ON GO SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON GO CREATE TABLE [dbo].[OrdersSecondary1]( [OrderID] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL, [OrderDate] [datetime] NULL, CONSTRAINT [PK_OrdersSecondary1] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED ( [OrderID] ASC )WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON) ON [Secondary1] ) ON [Secondary1] GO /****** Object: Table [dbo].[OrdersPrimary] Script Date: 02/13/2013 11:09:30 ******/ SET ANSI_NULLS ON GO SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON GO CREATE TABLE [dbo].[OrdersPrimary]( [OrderID] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL, [OrderDate] [datetime] NULL, CONSTRAINT [PK_OrdersPrimary] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED ( [OrderID] ASC )WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON) ON [PRIMARY] ) ON [PRIMARY] GO
To attempt everything else:
/* delete dbo.OrdersPrimary delete dbo.OrdersSecondary1 delete dbo.OrdersSecondary2 */ insert into ordersPrimary (orderDate) values ('01/01/13') insert into ordersSecondary1(orderDate) values ('01/01/13') insert into ordersSecondary2(orderDate) values ('01/01/13') BACKUP DATABASE [MultipleFilesDB] FILEGROUP = N'PRIMARY' TO DISK = N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Backup\multipleFilesPrimary.bak' WITH NOFORMAT, NOINIT, NAME = N'MultipleFilesDB-Primary Filegroup Backup', SKIP, NOREWIND, NOUNLOAD, STATS = 10 GO BACKUP DATABASE [MultipleFilesDB] FILEGROUP = N'Secondary1' TO DISK = N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Backup\multipleFilesSecondary1.bak' WITH NOFORMAT, NOINIT, NAME = N'MultipleFilesDB-Secondary1 Filegroup Backup', SKIP, NOREWIND, NOUNLOAD, STATS = 10 GO BACKUP DATABASE [MultipleFilesDB] FILEGROUP = N'Secondary2' TO DISK = N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Backup\multipleFilesSecondary2.bak' WITH NOFORMAT, NOINIT, NAME = N'MultipleFilesDB-Secondary2 Filegroup Backup', SKIP, NOREWIND, NOUNLOAD, STATS = 10 GO insert into ordersPrimary (orderDate) values ('01/01/13') insert into ordersSecondary1(orderDate) values ('01/01/13') insert into ordersSecondary2(orderDate) values ('01/01/13') BACKUP LOG [MultipleFilesDB] TO DISK = N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Backup\multipleFilesTLog.trn' WITH NOFORMAT, NOINIT, NAME = N'MultipleFilesDB-Transaction Log Backup', SKIP, NOREWIND, NOUNLOAD, STATS = 10 GO insert into ordersPrimary (orderDate) values ('01/01/13') insert into ordersSecondary1(orderDate) values ('01/01/13') insert into ordersSecondary2(orderDate) values ('01/01/13') /*stop instance, rename DB file secondary1, start instance . DB will be unavailable after restart*/
--attempt restore per link
RESTORE DATABASE [MultipleFilesDB] FILE = N'MultipleFilesDB_Secondary1' FROM DISK = N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Backup\multipleFilesSecondary1.bak' WITH NORECOVERY GO
But I get this error:
Msg 3159, Level 16, State 1, Line 2
The tail of the log for the database "MultipleFilesDB" has not been backed up. Use BACKUP LOG WITH NORECOVERY to backup the log if it contains work you do not want to lose. Use the WITH REPLACE or WITH STOPAT clause of the RESTORE statement to just overwrite the contents of the log.
Msg 3013, Level 16, State 1, Line 2
RESTORE DATABASE is terminating abnormally.
What gives? I can figure our other ways of restoring, but am now slightly obsessed with making this work.
TIA, ChrisRDBA