Disaster Recovery with Full Database Backup in SQL Server

Index View of Topics

• Introduction• When to Use it?• Advantages of using Full Database Backup• How to Create a Full Database Backup• Conclusion• Resources

Introduction to Full Database Backup

In SQL Server a full database backup helps in reserving the entire database. Also it contains the transaction logs of the database, by which the entire database can be recovered at the time of recovery or Disaster.

A database can be redesigned by restoring it from full database backup.

When to Use it?

A full database backup can be used when you don’t want to lose your data by executing a commit command for a transaction.

Even the other database recovery features like Transaction Replication , Database Mirroring, Transaction Log Shipping requires the database is set into the full recovery model

Advantages of Using Full Database Backup

• A full database backup provides a full safety against data loss.

• You can restore the database to the point-in-time if suddenly there is an error occurs in the database.

• The full database backup backs up the detail of every transaction so that it can be restored at the time of recovery.

How to Create a Full Database Backup The below steps shows how to create a full database

backup using SSMS.• Click on "Databases”.

• Right click on the database that you want to backup Then, Select "Tasks" and click on "Back Up”.

• Now, Select the Backup type “Full” to create a full database backup.

• Then, Click on "Add" button to add the location of the backup file.

• Give file name and Click "OK“.

• Again, Click on “Ok” to create full database backup.

Conclusion

Creating a full database backup in SQL Server creates the whole backup of a database and also it creates the transaction log backup in case if you need to recover only transactions.

A full database backup needed when a user lost his data and there is no option other than restoring the database from full database backup.

Resources