Acronis Solution; Restore Databases Immediately Using Rolling Snapshots (For Microsoft Sql Server 2005 Enterprise Only); Scenario; Manual Backup (Before Crucial Changes In Databases) - ACRONIS RECOVERY - FOR MS SQL SERVER Manual

Acronis solution

While creating a backup task, the database administrator should specify a Disaster
Recovery Plan option, so that it would be sent to the business owner's email. In case
of a disaster, the staff can restore databases according to the instructions contained in
the Disaster Recovery Plan.
A.7 Restore databases immediately using rolling snapshots
(for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise only)

Scenario

Database administrator must be able to restore databases in the shortest amount of
time.
Acronis solution
While creating a backup task, the database administrator should specify the option
Create rolling snapshots immediately after differential backup is created and
set the required number of snapshots to store.
To restore from a rolling snapshot the database administrator should use
Microsoft SQL Server tools.
A.8 Manual backup (before crucial changes in databases)
Scenario
The company is preparing to make extensive changes to the databases. To avoid
possible loss, the databases must be backed up.
Acronis solution
The database administrator can use previously created backup tasks and start them
manually from the Acronis Recovery for MS SQL Server Management Console.
Another option is to start a new task for creating full backups. The administrator can
specify it so that it will only be executed manually.
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