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Restore.SqlRestore Method

Performs a restore operation on the specified server.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.SmoExtended (in Microsoft.SqlServer.SmoExtended.dll)
public void SqlRestore(
	Server srv
)

Parameters

srv
Type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server
A Server object that represents the instance of SQL Server that is targeted by the restore operation.

The Database property and one or more Devices containing database information must be declared before this method can be called successfully.

The following code example demonstrates how to back up and restore a database.

VB

Dim srv As Server = New Server("(local)")
Dim res As Restore = New Restore()
Dim backup As Backup = New Backup()

backup.Devices.AddDevice("C:\AdventureWorks2012Backup.bak", DeviceType.File)
backup.Database = "AdventureWorks2012"
backup.Action = BackupActionType.Database
backup.Initialize = true
backup.SqlBackup(srv)
srv.Databases("AdventureWorks2012").Drop()

res.Devices.AddDevice("C:\AdventureWorks2012Backup.bak", DeviceType.File)
res.Database = "AdventureWorks2012"
res.NoRecovery = true
res.SqlRestore(srv)

Powershell

$srv = new-object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server("(local)")
$res = new-object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Restore
$backup = new-object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Backup

$backup.Devices.AddDevice("C:\AdventureWorks2012Backup.bak", [Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.DeviceType]::File)
$backup.Database = "AdventureWorks2012"
$backup.Action = [Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.BackupActionType]::Database
$backup.Initialize = $TRUE
$backup.SqlBackup($srv)
$srv.Databases["AdventureWorks2012"].Drop()

$res.Devices.AddDevice("C:\AdventureWorks2012Backup.bak", [Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.DeviceType]::File)
$res.Database = "AdventureWorks2012"
$res.NoRecovery = $TRUE
$res.SqlRestore($srv)
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