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/en-us/adminsql/ad_automate_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?
"David Portas" <REMOVE_BEFORE_REPLYING_dportas@.acm.org> wrote in message
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> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/adminsql/ad_automate_42r7.asp
> --
> David Portas
> SQL Server MVP
> --
>|||Use the RESTORE DATABASE command in a Transact SQL job step. See Books
Online for details of the RESTORE DATABASE command.
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David Portas
SQL Server MVP
--|||Taking a step back, I am just wondering whether a flat-file backup-restore
would be the best way to synchronise 2 SQL Server 2000 databases? Or should
I go for a DTS package to export database on the source server to an Access
mdb file and import it on the other end? Sometimes, I find that the users
in an exported flat file, following an import on another server is not
"usable" even if the referenced user are already defined on the destination
server.
"Patrick" <patl@.reply.newsgroup.msn.com> wrote in message
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> Yes, I know how to create a job in general, but what exactly do I run to
> restore a BAK file?
>
> "David Portas" <REMOVE_BEFORE_REPLYING_dportas@.acm.org> wrote in message
> news:1106572451.019746.272450@.f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/adminsql/ad_automate_42r7.asp
> > --
> > David Portas
> > SQL Server MVP
> > --
> >
>|||"Patrick" <patl@.reply.newsgroup.msn.com> wrote in message
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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
>

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/en...omate_42r7.asp
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?
"David Portas" <REMOVE_BEFORE_REPLYING_dportas@.acm.org> wrote in message
news:1106572451.019746.272450@.f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...omate_42r7.asp
> --
> David Portas
> SQL Server MVP
> --
>
|||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
|||"Patrick" <patl@.reply.newsgroup.msn.com> wrote in message
news:%23S0tVOhAFHA.3416@.TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> 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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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
--
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?
"David Portas" <REMOVE_BEFORE_REPLYING_dportas@.acm.org> wrote in message
news:1106572451.019746.272450@.f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/e...tomate_42r7.asp
> --
> David Portas
> SQL Server MVP
> --
>|||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
--|||"Patrick" <patl@.reply.newsgroup.msn.com> wrote in message
news:%23S0tVOhAFHA.3416@.TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> 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

>

AutoGenerate Table Schema in SSIS

I have a database that has few tables whose table Schema changes oftenly based on a flat file specification and I wanted to automate the process where I drop the table and recreate it with the new schema using an SSIS package. Any Ideas on how I can achieve this?SSIS can't handle changing metadata. Once built, it's set. (Unless you edit it and resave it.) Unless you are going to build the package using .Net, I don't believe this is possible.|||

Leo Mwangi wrote:

I have a database that has few tables whose table Schema changes oftenly based on a flat file specification and I wanted to automate the process where I drop the table and recreate it with the new schema using an SSIS package. Any Ideas on how I can achieve this?

Are you just wanting to drop and recreate the table, or do you want to populate it with data as well? If you want to populate it, Phil's comment applies. If you just want to drop and recreate the table based on info from a flat file, you could use a script task to read the file, create the appropriate SQL statements to DROP and CREATE the table and store them in variables, then call them from an Execute SQL task.

|||True statement, John!|||I want to drop and recreate them then push data. I think i have a working script which I will be pushing using script task. thanks for the suggestions guys.

AutoGenerate Table Schema in SSIS

I have a database that has few tables whose table Schema changes oftenly based on a flat file specification and I wanted to automate the process where I drop the table and recreate it with the new schema using an SSIS package. Any Ideas on how I can achieve this?SSIS can't handle changing metadata. Once built, it's set. (Unless you edit it and resave it.) Unless you are going to build the package using .Net, I don't believe this is possible.|||

Leo Mwangi wrote:

I have a database that has few tables whose table Schema changes oftenly based on a flat file specification and I wanted to automate the process where I drop the table and recreate it with the new schema using an SSIS package. Any Ideas on how I can achieve this?

Are you just wanting to drop and recreate the table, or do you want to populate it with data as well? If you want to populate it, Phil's comment applies. If you just want to drop and recreate the table based on info from a flat file, you could use a script task to read the file, create the appropriate SQL statements to DROP and CREATE the table and store them in variables, then call them from an Execute SQL task.

|||True statement, John!|||I want to drop and recreate them then push data. I think i have a working script which I will be pushing using script task. thanks for the suggestions guys.

AutoGenerate Table Schema in SSIS

I have a database that has few tables whose table Schema changes oftenly based on a flat file specification and I wanted to automate the process where I drop the table and recreate it with the new schema using an SSIS package. Any Ideas on how I can achieve this?SSIS can't handle changing metadata. Once built, it's set. (Unless you edit it and resave it.) Unless you are going to build the package using .Net, I don't believe this is possible.|||

Leo Mwangi wrote:

I have a database that has few tables whose table Schema changes oftenly based on a flat file specification and I wanted to automate the process where I drop the table and recreate it with the new schema using an SSIS package. Any Ideas on how I can achieve this?

Are you just wanting to drop and recreate the table, or do you want to populate it with data as well? If you want to populate it, Phil's comment applies. If you just want to drop and recreate the table based on info from a flat file, you could use a script task to read the file, create the appropriate SQL statements to DROP and CREATE the table and store them in variables, then call them from an Execute SQL task.

|||True statement, John!|||I want to drop and recreate them then push data. I think i have a working script which I will be pushing using script task. thanks for the suggestions guys.

AutoGenerate Table Schema in SSIS

I have a database that has few tables whose table Schema changes oftenly based on a flat file specification and I wanted to automate the process where I drop the table and recreate it with the new schema using an SSIS package. Any Ideas on how I can achieve this?SSIS can't handle changing metadata. Once built, it's set. (Unless you edit it and resave it.) Unless you are going to build the package using .Net, I don't believe this is possible.|||

Leo Mwangi wrote:

I have a database that has few tables whose table Schema changes oftenly based on a flat file specification and I wanted to automate the process where I drop the table and recreate it with the new schema using an SSIS package. Any Ideas on how I can achieve this?

Are you just wanting to drop and recreate the table, or do you want to populate it with data as well? If you want to populate it, Phil's comment applies. If you just want to drop and recreate the table based on info from a flat file, you could use a script task to read the file, create the appropriate SQL statements to DROP and CREATE the table and store them in variables, then call them from an Execute SQL task.

|||True statement, John!|||I want to drop and recreate them then push data. I think i have a working script which I will be pushing using script task. thanks for the suggestions guys.

Auto Import into sql from a Tab Delmited flat file

i was wondering if there was a way to auto import my file everyday and then process the deminsions and cube i have made in the analysis service program

I suggest looking at the integration services feature in SQL 2005 and DTS in SQL 2000.

You could also use BCP or Bulk Insert.

All of these are covered in books online.