Trying to restore a SQL .bak file created from one SQL server (2008) to a new database on another SQL server (2012). It's failing and saying that it is unable to get exclusive rights. Here's what I ...

In SQL Server, the database can be stored in different files and filegroups. If your database is small (100 MB or less), you do not need to worry too much about files and filegroups. But if you have a ...

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You can use SnapCenter to restore backed-up SQL Server databases. Database restoration is a multiphase process that copies all of the data and log pages from a specified SQL Server backup to a ...

Learn how to back up SQL Server to Azure Storage. Explains the benefits of backing up SQL databases to Azure Storage. Starting with SQL Server 2012 SP1 CU2, you can now write SQL Server backups ...