To recover SQL databases to a SQL Server instance The peculiarities of system database recovery are described in 'Recovering system databases'. System databases are basically recovered in the same way as user databases. Recovering databases by using Agent for VMware (Virtual Appliance) is not possible. If you use only Agent for VMware (Windows), recovering databases as files is the only available recovery method. You can attach the SQL database files to a SQL Server instance, as described in 'Attaching SQL Server databases'. This can be useful if you need to extract data for data mining, audit, or further processing by third-party tools. You will need to provide credentials for an account that is a member of the Backup Operators or Administrators group on the machine and a member of the sysadmin role on the target instance.Īlternatively, you can recover the databases as files. You can recover SQL databases to a SQL Server instance, if Agent for SQL is installed on the machine running the instance. This section describes recovery from both database backups and application-aware backups.

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