Download Creating A Back-Up & Recovery Plan

Backup and Recovery in
SQL Server
High Level View
Back-up and
Restore
Planning
Goals and
Objectives
Implementation
Execution
Training and
Testing
BACKING UP AND
RESTORING
Planning
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Needs assessment
Management expectations
Network architecture
Personnel
Implementation
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Training
 Who’s involved in the process?
Testing
 Failsafe your process
 Remember what the purpose of backups are!
The Role of Back-ups
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Data Recovery
Data Migration
Backing up your data
Backup Basics
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Data Files
 .MDF
 .LDF
Backup Devices
 Create
 Delete
Recovery Models
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Simple
 Most restrictive model.
 Can’t complete transaction log backups.
 Good if you only want to recover to your last full
backup.
Bulked Log
 Ability to recover to the end of a full backup or the
end of a transaction log.
 Lose the ability to restore to a specific point in
time.
Full
 Allows full, differential, transaction log and
filegroup recoveries.
 Provides the highest level of data protection.
 Point in time restores.
Types of Backups
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Full Database
Differential Database
Transaction Log
Filegroup
Full
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Completes a full backup up the database right up to the
point where the database finishes.
Backs up all tables, indexes, system tables and the
database object in those tables
Striping example
The Backup Database
Statement
BACKUP DATABASE { database_name | @database_name_var }
TO < backup_device > [ ,...n ]
[ WITH
[ BLOCKSIZE = { blocksize | @blocksize_variable } ]
[ [ , ] DESCRIPTION = { 'text' | @text_variable } ]
[ [ , ] DIFFERENTIAL ]
[ [ , ] EXPIREDATE = { date | @date_var }
| RETAINDAYS = { days | @days_var } ]
[ [ , ] PASSWORD = { password | @password_variable } ]
[ [ , ] FORMAT | NOFORMAT ]
[ [ , ] { INIT | NOINIT } ]
[ [ , ] MEDIADESCRIPTION = { 'text' | @text_variable } ]
[ [ , ] MEDIANAME = { media_name | @media_name_variable } ]
[ [ , ] MEDIAPASSWORD = { mediapassword |
@mediapassword_variable } ]
[ [ , ] NAME = { backup_set_name | @backup_set_name_var } ]
[ [ , ] { NOSKIP | SKIP } ]
[ [ , ] { NOREWIND | REWIND } ]
[ [ , ] { NOUNLOAD | UNLOAD } ]
[ [ , ] RESTART ]
[ [ , ] STATS [ = percentage ] ]
Differential Backup
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Creates a backup of the changes made to the database
since the last full backup
Does not keep track of individual transactions so it does
not provide the ability to restore to a point in time
The Transaction Log
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The transaction log keeps a log of each transaction
giving a DBA the ability roll forward or roll back to a
specific point.
When the transaction log is backed up the log is
truncated.
Transaction log backups are scheduled in intervals
typically 5 to 30 minutes.
Backs up the transactions since the last Full Backup,
Differential Backup or Transaction Log Backup.
Backup Log Statement
BACKUP LOG { database_name | @database_name_var }
{
TO < backup_device > [ ,...n ]
[ WITH
[ BLOCKSIZE = { blocksize | @blocksize_variable } ]
[ [ , ] DESCRIPTION = { 'text' | @text_variable } ]
[ [ ,] EXPIREDATE = { date | @date_var }
| RETAINDAYS = { days | @days_var } ]
[ [ , ] PASSWORD = { password | @password_variable } ]
[ [ , ] FORMAT | NOFORMAT ]
[ [ , ] { INIT | NOINIT } ]
[ [ , ] MEDIADESCRIPTION = { 'text' | @text_variable } ]
[ [ , ] MEDIANAME = { media_name | @media_name_variable } ]
[ [ , ] MEDIAPASSWORD = { mediapassword |
@mediapassword_variable } ]
[ [ , ] NAME = { backup_set_name | @backup_set_name_var } ]
[ [ , ] NO_TRUNCATE ]
[ [ , ] { NORECOVERY | STANDBY = undo_file_name } ]
[ [ , ] { NOREWIND | REWIND } ]
[ [ , ] { NOSKIP | SKIP } ]
[ [ , ] { NOUNLOAD | UNLOAD } ]
[ [ , ] RESTART ]
[ [ , ] STATS [ = percentage ] ]
]
Filegroups
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Allow a user to place tables, indexes and other database
objects into specific database files.
Can be backed up and restored individually or in groups.
Useful when time restraints prevent full backups.
Verifying the Backup
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Does not check the consistency of the database (i.e.
DBCC CHECKDATABASE).
Verifies the integrity of the database backup and checks
for corruption.
Makes sure all the data in the backup set is readable.
Restore Verify Only
RESTORE VERIFYONLY
FROM < backup_device > [ ,...n ]
[ WITH
[ FILE = file_number ]
[ [ , ] { NOUNLOAD | UNLOAD } ]
[ [ , ] LOADHISTORY ]
[ [ , ] PASSWORD = { password | @password_variable } ]
[ [ , ] MEDIAPASSWORD = { mediapassword |
@mediapassword_variable } ]
[ [ , ] { NOREWIND | REWIND } ]
Job Scheduling
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The most widely used way complete day to day and
week to week scheduled backup operations.
Creation of jobs though Enterprise Manager.
SQL Server Agent must be started.
Database Maintenance Plans
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Expanded job scheduling abilities.
Creates jobs managed by the SQL Server Agent.
Can schedule integrity checks, reorganize indexes and
delete unwanted database backups.
Storage
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Using a consistent method of keeping track of your
backups.
Using the system backup tables in the msdb database.
Archiving backups to tape and different considerations
for different industries
Recovering your data
Restore scenarios
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Data Migration
 Development
 Testing
Disaster Recovery
 Recovering Backups
 Standby Servers
Restore Basics
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Make sure you are using the correct backup set.
RESTORE LABELONLY: summarizes information about
the backup set.
RESTORE HEADERONLY: returns information about
each item in the backup set including the order in which
the backups were made.
RESTORE FILELISTONLY: returns the associated data
files in relation to a specific backup device.
Restoring a Full Backup and a
Differential Backup
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Restore a full backup.
Restoring a differential.
The WITH RECOVERY/NORECOVERY clause.
Files must be restored in order.
The Restore Statement
RESTORE DATABASE { database_name | @database_name_var }
[ FROM < backup_device > [ ,...n ] ]
[ WITH
[ RESTRICTED_USER ]
[ [ , ] FILE = { file_number | @file_number } ]
[ [ , ] PASSWORD = { password | @password_variable } ]
[ [ , ] MEDIANAME = { media_name | @media_name_variable } ]
[ [ , ] MEDIAPASSWORD = { mediapassword |
@mediapassword_variable } ]
[ [ , ] MOVE 'logical_file_name' TO 'operating_system_file_name' ]
[ ,...n ]
[ [ , ] KEEP_REPLICATION ]
[ [ , ] { NORECOVERY | RECOVERY | STANDBY = undo_file_name } ]
[ [ , ] { NOREWIND | REWIND } ]
[ [ , ] { NOUNLOAD | UNLOAD } ]
[ [ , ] REPLACE ]
[ [ , ] RESTART ]
[ [ , ] STATS [ = percentage ]
Restoring a Full Backup and
Tlogs
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Must restore files in order
Provides the ability to restore to a point in time
Provides the ability to restore to a marked transaction
Restore Log Statement
RESTORE LOG { database_name | @database_name_var }
[ FROM < backup_device > [ ,...n ] ]
[ WITH
[ RESTRICTED_USER ]
[ [ , ] FILE = { file_number | @file_number } ]
[ [ , ] PASSWORD = { password | @password_variable } ]
[ [ , ] MOVE 'logical_file_name' TO 'operating_system_file_name' ]
[ ,...n ]
[ [ , ] MEDIANAME = { media_name | @media_name_variable } ]
[ [ , ] MEDIAPASSWORD = { mediapassword |
@mediapassword_variable } ]
[ [ , ] KEEP_REPLICATION ]
[ [ , ] { NORECOVERY | RECOVERY | STANDBY = undo_file_name } ]
[ [ , ] { NOREWIND | REWIND } ]
[ [ , ] { NOUNLOAD | UNLOAD } ]
[ [ , ] RESTART ]
[ [ , ] STATS [= percentage ] ]
[ [ , ] STOPAT = { date_time | @date_time_var }
| [ , ] STOPATMARK = 'mark_name' [ AFTER datetime ]
| [ , ] STOPBEFOREMARK = 'mark_name' [ AFTER datetime ]
Point in Time Restore
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Allows user to restore to a point before a failure or
corrupt data
Allows user to restore without unwanted data
Restore to Mark
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STOPATMARK: Transactions can be ‘marked’ so that a
restore can take you up to that marked transaction.
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STOPBEFOREMARK: Restores can also restore up to
but not including that mark.
Using a Backup to Create a
New Database
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A new database can be created by using the backup
from an existing database.
This is made possible by using the ‘with move’ statement
which copies the data files and applies them to the new
database.
Consistency in Backing Up the
System Databases
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It is important to consistently backup up the master
database and the msdb databases.
In a restore scenario the master database should be
restored first and the msdb database should be restore
next followed by the model.
The user databases should be restored last.
Discussion
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Disaster Recovery scenarios.
Added input from user experience.
Discussion/Comments