How to: Restore a Database

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Overview

Database backups are crucial for ensuring data integrity and disaster recovery. With AI-DBA's powerful backup feature, you can easily create backups of your databases. In this blog post, we will explore how to utilize the database backup feature in AI-DBA. We will provide step-by-step guidance on navigating to the backup feature, selecting the database, and choosing the destination storage, including local storage, Azure Blob storage, or remote storage using the SMB protocol.

Prerequisites

To restore a database to another SQL Server instance through the AI-DBA portal, the following privileges are required.

  1. The service account of "AI-DBA Data Gateway Service" must be member of local Windows administrators group. (If 'Data Gateway" is selected as staging)
  2. The source instance must have Azure Storage configuration for blob container. (If 'Azure Storage' is selected as staging).

Restore a Database

Restoring a database through the AI-DBA portal is a user-friendly process. Here is a step-by-step guide to help you through the process:

  1. Login to AI-DBA Portal. Navigate to the "Server" tab and select the appropriate server. 
  2. Click on the "Backup & Recovery" tab to access the restore functionality. 
  3. On the "Backup & Recovery" page, click on the "Restore" button to initiate the restore process. 
  4. In the "Restore Database" dialog box, select the database you want to back up from the dropdown list. 
  5. Choose the correct available backup file that suits your requirements.
  6. Configure the further options such as Recovery, Relocate and Replace.
  7. Click on the "Submit" button to initiate the restore process.
  8. Monitor the progress of the backup operation through the AI-DBA interface.
  9. Once the restore is complete, verify the database status.

AI-DBA's database restore feature simplifies the process of restoring backup file for your SQL Server databases. By following the step-by-step guidance provided in this blog post, you can effortlessly navigate to the restore feature, select the database, and choose the backup file that best suits your needs. AI-DBA provides a seamless restore database experience. With AI-DBA, database administrators can ensure lower RTO and RPO and peace of mind in the face of potential data loss or system failures.

See Also

 Solution Internals
 Data Gateway