Restore Class

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12/03/2008

The Restore object provides programmatic access to restore operations.

Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in microsoft.sqlserver.smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class Restore
    Inherits BackupRestoreBase

public sealed class Restore : BackupRestoreBase

public ref class Restore sealed : public BackupRestoreBase

public final class Restore extends BackupRestoreBase

public final class Restore extends BackupRestoreBase

Remarks

With a Restore object you can:

Restore all or part of a database.
Restore backup images of transaction log records.
Verify the integrity of backup media.
Report the contents of backup media.
Monitor a restore operation, reporting status to the user.

Microsoft SQL Server can write a backup to one of four media types: disk, tape, named pipe, or a backup device. SQL Server supports backup striping. A striped backup is one directed to more than a single device. Striping is supported to a single media type only. That is, a backup can be written to two tape devices. Half of a backup cannot be written to a tape device and the other half to a disk.

At a minimum, supply values for a restore source when using a Restore object. Use one media type property to specify the restore operation source.

Setting other properties in the Restore object may be required by the restore operation desired.

This namespace, class, or member is supported only in version 2.0 of the Microsoft .NET Framework.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.BackupRestoreBase
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Restore

Example

How to: Back Up Databases and Transaction Logs in Visual Basic .NET

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

Target Platforms