• Database Backup and

s
Recovery
 Learning Objectives
• At the end of this topics the students able to
Understand the importance of backup and
recovery
Difference between backup and recovery
 Identify the back methods and recovery
Learn the different types of recovery
 Introduction
• People are advised to take backup of their
important data from the hard drive and then use
removable storage media devices. like flash
drive, memory card, CD/DVD etc to store the
backup file.
• This can help people in making data available in
future even if the hard drive has replaced or any
hardware equipments become failing.

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• Backup and recovery is the set of concepts,
procedures, and strategies involved in protecting
the database against data loss caused by media
failure or users errors.
• In general, the purpose of a backup and recovery
strategy is to protect the database against data
loss and reconstruct lost data.
• Data can be lost as a result of many different
problems such as:

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  Hardware failures
 Viruses
 Incorrect use of UPDATE and DELETE
statements
 Software bugs
 Disasters, such as fire or flood
• To prevent data loss, you can implement a backup
and recovery strategy for your databases.
• This topic explains the database backup and
recovery techniques.

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 • Methods of Database Backup
• Database backup is the process of dumping
data (from a database, a transaction log, or a
file) into backup devices that system creates
and maintains.
• A backup device can be a disk file or a tape.
• Database Engine provides both static and
dynamic ways to take backups.

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 Static backup means that during the backup
process, the only active session supported by
the system is the one that creates the backup.
 In other words, user processes are not allowed
during backup.
Dynamic backup means that a database backup
can be performed without stopping the database
server, removing users, or even closing the files.
(The users will not even know that the backup
process is in progress.)

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• Database Engine provides four different backup
methods.
• They are:
1. Full database backup
2. Differential backup
3. Transaction log backup
4. File (or file group) backup

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 • Performing Backup
 You can perform backup operations using SQL server
management studio.
 All types of backup operations can be executed using two
Transact-SQL statements:
BACKUP DATABASE
BACKUP LOG
 Database engine allows you to back up databases,
transaction logs, and files to the following backup
devices:
o Disk
o Tape

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• Disk files: are the most common media used for
storing backups. Disk backup devices can be
located on a server’s local hard disk or on a
remote disk on a shared network resource.
• Tape backup devices are generally used in the
same way as disk devices. However, when you
back up to a tape, the tape drive must be attached
locally to the system.

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 Syntax for database backup
• It is possible to Backup database in a single
line code
• The Syntax for database backup
backup database database_name to disk
=‘disk_name\DBS name.bac ‘;
Example:
• backup database assignement to
disk=‘e:\assi.bak';
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 To see the contents of assignment Database
• use assignment;
• select *from cours;
• select *from instructor;
• select *from student;
To take up backup of assignment Database
backup database assignment to disk='e:\assi.bak';
use master;
drop database assignment;
 Database Recovery

 Database Recovery is the process of reconstructing

the database after any kind of data loss.
 A major responsibility of the database administrator is
to prepare for the possibility of hardware, software,
network,process, or system failure.
 If such a failure affects the operation of a database
system, you must usually recover the database and
return to normal operation as quickly as possible.
Recovery

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 Cont…
 Database Recovery should protect the
database and associated users from unnecessary
problems and avoid or reduce the possibility of
having to duplicate work manually.
 Syntax for database recovery

• It is possible to Recover database in a single line

code
• The Syntax for database Recovery
• Restore database database_name from
disk=‘disk_name\DBS name.bac‘;

• Restore database infolink from disk='d:/xx.bak';

• Restore database assignment from disk='e:\assi.bak';
Stapes to take LDF and MDF file(detaching)

• Go to start
• Type service
• Make it stop sql service
• Go to local disk c
• Program file(x86)
• Microsoft SQL Server
• MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER
• MSSQL
• Data
• Copy the MDF and LDF file you want
 Stapes to attach Database
• Right click on Database
• Click to attach
• Click to add
• Go to the destination you put LDF and MDF
file
• Select mdf file then
• Click to ok
• Click to ok
 Activities/exercise
1. What is a backup mean?
2. Describe the use of backup and
recovery?
3. Briefly identify the backup Medias.
4. What causes data loss?

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