Computer database software such as Microsoft's SQL Server benefits all types of businesses, as it makes recordkeeping fast, flexible and secure. SQL Server lets you disconnect a database from the main ...

The ‘Suspect’ mode of the SQL database indicates that the recovery process has started but failed to complete. The database goes into suspect mode if the primary data file is damaged or the database ...

The transaction log file contains the SQL Server transactions of the database. It basically records the database transactions and the changes made by the transactions to the database. The logs are ...

The system administrator restoring a full database backup must be the only person currently using the database to be restored. Under the full or bulk-logged recovery model, before you can restore a ...

A solid database backup plan is just as critical in the cloud as it is on-premise, but running SQL Server on Azure virtual machine introduces a few new issues. Presented by Datavail's Andy McDermid ...

SQL Server backups cannot be restored to older versions directly. Use Export and Import Data-Tier Application for cross-version database migration. Reconfigure permissions, logins, and connection ...

A common issue encountered during database restoration in Microsoft SQL Server is a failure caused by insufficient disk space, even when the backup file size appears relatively small. This situation ...

If you perform regular log backups, any replication-related changes should be captured in the log backups. If you don't perform log backups, a backup should be performed whenever a setting relevant to ...

I have a SQL Server 2000 database and I need to put a functional copy of it on a laptop. I planned on doing a simple backup/restore to get it over there but I'm running into problems. 1st of all the ...