Restore Options

There are many ways to restore your Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services databases, all of which require that you have administrator permissions for both the server computer and the Analysis Services database. To restore an Analysis Services database, you can open the Restore Database dialog box in SQL Server Management Studio, select the appropriate options configuration and then run the restore from the dialog box. Or, you can create a script using the settings already specified in the file; the script can then be saved and run as often as needed. In this way, the restore is completed by using XMLA, as described in the next section.

Restoring Databases Using XMLA

The XMLA Restore command is a way to automate the restore process by running a restore based on an .abf file. The Restore command has a number of properties that can be set to specify security definitions, where remote partitions should be stored, and the relocation of relational OLAP (ROLAP) objects. For more information, see Restore Element (XMLA).

Security Note

For each backup file, the user who runs the restore command must have permission to read from the backup location specified for each file. To restore an Analysis Services database that is not installed on the server, the user must also be a member of the server role for that Analysis Services instance. To overwrite an Analysis Services database, the user must have one of the following roles: a member of the server role for the Analysis Services instance, or a member of a database role with Full Control (Administrator) permissions on the database to be restored.

See Also

Reference

Restore Database Dialog Box (Analysis Services - Multidimensional Data)

Restore Element (XMLA)

Concepts

Backup and Restore of Analysis Services Databases

Backing Up, Restoring, and Synchronizing Databases (XMLA)