Automating Restoring of *.BAK files

I have set up a Maintenance Plans on a SQL Server 2000 SP3a on one server to
create flat file backup of full databases to *.BAK files nightly.
Is it possible to automate the restoring of such BAK files on another SQL
Server 2000 SP3a on another server (assume I have in place scripts for
copying the BAK files from the source server to the destination server)? If
so, how?http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/e...tomate_42r7.asp
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David Portas
SQL Server MVP
--|||Yes, I know how to create a job in general, but what exactly do I run to
restore a BAK file?
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> David Portas
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>|||Use the RESTORE DATABASE command in a Transact SQL job step. See Books
Online for details of the RESTORE DATABASE command.
David Portas
SQL Server MVP
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> I have set up a Maintenance Plans on a SQL Server 2000 SP3a on one server
to
> create flat file backup of full databases to *.BAK files nightly.
> Is it possible to automate the restoring of such BAK files on another SQL
> Server 2000 SP3a on another server (assume I have in place scripts for
> copying the BAK files from the source server to the destination server)?
If
> so, how?
>
Yes.
In my case I wrote a stored proc on the restoring server and called it from
the backing up server.
CREATE procedure restore_FOO as
declare @.backup_file as varchar(255)
select @.backup_file=physical_device_name from
nell.msdb.dbo.backupmediafamily where media_set_id in (select
max(media_set_id) from BAR.msdb.dbo.backupset where database_name='foo')
print @.backup_file
restore database FOO from disk=@.backup_file with
move 'SearchActivity_Data' to 'e:\sql_data\FOO_data.mdf',
move 'SearchActivity_Log' to 'f:\SQL_LOGs\FOO_log.ldf',
move 'SearchActivity_Index' to 'g:\sql_index\FOO_Index_Data.NDF',
replace
GO

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