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tereško
tereško

Reputation: 759

The tail of the log for the database "DBName" has not been backed up

I tried to restore a database using the following query:

ALTER DATABASE [DatabaseName] SET Single_User WITH Rollback Immediate GO
RESTORE DATABASE DatabaseName FROM DISK = 'C:\DBName-Full Database Backup'
ALTER DATABASE [DatabaseName] SET Multi_User GO

but instead of restoring the database, I am getting this error:

Msg 3159, Level 16, State 1, Line 2

The tail of the log for the database "DatabaseName" has not been backed up. Use BACKUP LOG WITH NORECOVERY to backup the log if it contains work you do not want to lose. Use the WITH REPLACE or WITH STOPAT clause of the RESTORE statement to just overwrite the contents of the log. Msg 3013, Level 16, State 1, Line 2 RESTORE DATABASE is terminating abnormally.

Upvotes: 58

Views: 69613

Answers (5)

catcher
catcher

Reputation: 71

Alternatively, you can change the database recovery model to Simple instead of Full.

  1. Right click on the database
  2. Choose properties-> option
  3. Change recovery model to simple

Then what you have written should work without producing errors.

It worked good with me.

Upvotes: 7

Adil Malik
Adil Malik

Reputation: 6357

For those who are using Management Studio this should work:

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Upvotes: 34

tomfanning
tomfanning

Reputation: 9660

The error message you are getting tells you exactly what you need to do if you don't care about the existing database or log.

RESTORE DATABASE DAtabaseName FROM DISK = 'C:\DBName-Full Database Backup' 
WITH REPLACE

In SQL Server Management Studio (Tasks > Restore), you can add the WITH REPLACE option by opening the page "Options" on the left side and ticking "Overwrite the existing database".

Upvotes: 121

saeed khalafinejad
saeed khalafinejad

Reputation: 1133

Alternatively, you can change the database recovery model to "Simple" instead of "Full".

Right click on the database, choose 'properties', 'option', change "recovery model" to "simple".

Then what you have written should work without producing errors.

Upvotes: 2

Remus Rusanu
Remus Rusanu

Reputation: 294287

Use BACKUP LOG WITH NORECOVERY to backup the log if it contains work you do not want to lose.

Use the WITH REPLACE or WITH STOPAT clause of the RESTORE statement to just overwrite the contents of the log.

Really, that's the answer. Right there, in the message. What do you want to do? Backup the tail so is no lost? Replace the log that was not backed up? Your call.

Upvotes: 0

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