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SQL Server 2008 Administration in Action
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SQL Server 2008 Administration in Action

by Rodney C. Colledge
August 2009
Intermediate to advanced
464 pages
13h 59m
English
Manning Publications
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11.2. Transaction log shipping

Log shipping was first introduced in SQL Server 2000, although many DBAs implemented it before then using a series of custom jobs. Put simply, log shipping automates the backup, copy, and restore of a source database's transaction logs to one or more secondary server instances seeded with a full backup of the source database restored in recovering mode.

A commonly referenced backup best practice is to restore backups on a regular basis to ensure they're valid. Until they're restored you can't be 100 percent sure that they'll work in an emergency restore scenario. The problem a lot of organizations have with this recommendation is the time and equipment required to carry it out. Manually copying and restoring backup ...

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