To backup the database, use below query. Backup database <databaseName> to disk ='<backupLocation>.bak' with init; To backup the logs, use below query. Backup log <databaseName> to disk =' <backupLocation> .trn' with init; 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'; 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'