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Backup and restore database in SQL Server

  1. To backup the database, use below query.
    Backup database <databaseName> to disk ='<backupLocation>.bak' with init;
  2. To backup the logs, use below query.
    Backup log <databaseName> to disk ='<backupLocation>.trn' with init;
  3. To restore from the database backup, use below query.
    restore database <databaseName> from disk =<backupLocation>.bak' with norecovery, replace, move 'testmirror' to 'DATA.mdf', move 'testmirror_log' to 'DATA_log.ldf';
  4. To restore from the transaction log, use below query.
    restore log
    <databaseName> from disk ='<backupLocation>.trn' with recovery, replace, move 'testmirror' to 'DATA.mdf', move 'testmirror_log' to 'DATA_log.ldf'

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