Online Documentation for SQL Administrator for SQL Server

Setting recovery options


Use this step of the wizard to set recovery options.

 

Restore Database Wizard - Setting recovery options

 

 

Recovery options

This group of options allows you to specify the recovery options to be applied to the restore operation.

 

!RadioButton Recovery

This option specifies that the restore operation rolls back any uncommitted transactions. After the recovery process the database is ready for use.

 

!RadioButton No recovery

This option specifies that the restore operation does not roll back any uncommitted transactions.

Note: When this option is selected, the database is not usable in this intermediate, non-recovered state.

When used with a file or filegroup restore operation, this option forces the database to remain in the restoring state after the restore operation. This is useful in either of the following situations:

  • a restore script is being run and the log is always being applied;
  • a sequence of file restores is used and the database is not intended to be usable between two of the restore operations.

 

!RadioButton Standby

This option allows the database to be brought up for read-only access between transaction log restores and can be used with either warm standby server situations or special recovery situations in which it is useful to inspect the database between log restores.

 

Standby file name

Specify the undo file name, so that the recovery effects can be undone. The size required for the undo file depends on the volume of undo actions resulting from uncommitted transactions. The same undo file can be used for consecutive restores of the same database.

NB: If free disk space is exhausted on the drive containing the specified undo file name, the restore operation stops.

 

 

Click the Next button to proceed to the Running database restore step of the wizard.