script to restore database sql server from bak file, doesn't work
You need to use WITH REPLACE
option in order to overwrite the existing database.
RESTORE DATABASE DB_Clients
FROM DISK = 'C:\OldDBClients.bak'
WITH REPLACE
Probably you also need to specify WITH MOVE
options; in this case:
- use
RESTORE FILELISTONLY FROM DISK = 'C:\OldDBClients.bak'
to know logical name of your MDF/LDF - use
WITH MOVE
options in your RESTORE
For example:
RESTORE DATABASE DB_Clients
FROM DISK = 'C:\OldDBClients.bak'
WITH REPLACE,
MOVE 'YourMDFLogicalName' TO '<MDF file path>',
MOVE 'YourLDFLogicalName' TO '<LDF file path>'
Please note that you can also DROP
your empty DB_Clients
database and use a simple RESTORE
.
You should this syntax:
USE [master]
GO
RESTORE DATABASE DB_Clients FROM DISK = 'C:\OldDBClients.bak' WITH
MOVE 'DB_Clients' TO 'D:\SQLServer\Data\DB_Clients.mdf',
MOVE 'DB_Clients_log' TO 'D:\SQLServer\Log\DB_Clients.ldf', REPLACE
It instructs SQL Server to overwrite the existing copy and specifies a valid location for your data and log files
Step 1: Check the logical file names with the help of the following command:
RESTORE FILELISTONLY
FROM DISK = 'E:\DBBackups\mydb.bak'
Step 2: Use the logical names you get from the above query in the below query:
RESTORE DATABASE [mydb_new]
FILE = N'<MDFLogicalName>'
FROM DISK = N'E:\DBBackups\mydb.bak'
WITH
FILE = 1, NOUNLOAD, STATS = 10,
MOVE N'<MDFLogicalname>'
TO N'E:\DBBackups\mydb_new.mdf',
MOVE N'<LDFLogicalName>'
TO N'E:\DBBackups\mydb_new_0.ldf'
After running the above commands with the correct values you will see the output like this:
10 percent processed.
20 percent processed.
30 percent processed.
40 percent processed.
50 percent processed.
60 percent processed.
70 percent processed.
80 percent processed.
90 percent processed.
100 percent processed.
Processed 7672 pages for database 'mydb_new', file '<MDFLogicalname>' on file 1.
Processed 5 pages for database 'mydb_new', file '<LDFLogicalName>' on file 1.
RESTORE DATABASE ... FILE=<name> successfully processed 7677 pages in 0.780 seconds (76.893 MB/sec).
Completion time: 2019-10-20T11:35:31.8343787+05:30