May 19, 2009 · Then assign your properties, ensure that "Backup Type" is full. Then at the right there is a button "Add" press that and set your filename, ensure that you place the extension .bak at the end of the file name. Finally hit ok and wait for the backup to complete.

Jun 13, 2013 · To do a full database backup to File/Query you can use the 'Generate Scripts...' option on the Database. Open SQL Server Management studio, right click on the database and choose 'Tasks->Generate Scripts...' Then use the wizard to backup the database. You can script the whole database or parts of it.

Jun 7, 2011 · SQL Server 2008 R2: For an existing database that you wish to "restore: from a backup of a different database follow these steps: From the toolbar, click the Activity Monitor button. Click processes. Filter by the database you want to restore. Kill all running processes by right clicking on each process and selecting "kill process".

Here is an example one, it will take backup database, compress using 7zip and delete backup file so issue related to storage also solved. In this example I use 7zip, which is free. @echo off CLS echo Running dump ...

May 24, 2013 · Processed 23416 pages for database 'AdventureWorks2008R2', file 'AdventureWorks2008R2_Data' on file 1. Processed 1 pages for database 'AdventureWorks2008R2', file 'AdventureWorks2008R2_Log' on file 1. BACKUP DATABASE successfully processed 23417 pages in 4.052 seconds (45.148 MB/sec). .....

May 19, 2009 · Here's an example you can run as a batch script (copy-paste into a .bat file), using the SQLCMD utility in Sql Server client tools:

sql-bak-restore <bakPath> <dbName> <oldDbName> <owner> Arguments: bakpath, relative or absolute path to file; dbName, to which database to restore (!! database with this name will be deleted if exists !!) oldDbName, database name (if you don't know, specify something and run, you will see available databases after run.)

May 31, 2011 · I used the Export Data option on an old SQL Server 2008 R2 Database with SQL Server Management Studio, selecting the SQL Server Native Client 11.0 option as the destination, then just adding in the Azure SQL server address, with the username and password. Of course, I opened up the Azure SQL firewall to my IP first also.

Dec 30, 2013 · On the Specify Backup screen, click Add. This will bring up the Locate Backup File. Select the DBBackup folder and chose your BackUp File(s). On the Restore Database screen, under Select the backup sets to restore: place a check in the Restore box, next to your data and in the drop-down next to To database: select DbName. You're done.

Aug 19, 2014 · Than Attach the database back again (During the Attach process, you will see a little table with the first line being your MyDataBase.mdf file and the second line being your MyDataBase_log.ldf. Erase the MyDataBase_log.ldf before finishing the attach process. The Server will than re-create a new and very small MyDataBase_log.ldf and log file).