Backups from previous versions of Redgate

ChrisAVWoodChrisAVWood Posts: 361
edited June 9, 2008 5:25PM in SQL Backup Previous Versions
Hi,

I have been asked about being able to recover long term backups. We are using SQLBackup 5.2 and 5.3. If we take a backup using one of these versions of an SQL2005 database will I be able to restore it to say SQL2008 and with say SQLBackup 6.1 or 7.0?

From what I understand about SQLBackup being able to restore an SQL2005 backup to SQL2008 should not be a problem but what about using different versions of SQLBackup taking the backup and doing the restore?

Thanks

Chris
English DBA living in CANADA
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  • peteypetey Posts: 2,358 New member
    Up to version 5, we have always maintained backward compatibility with every major version of SQL Backup since version 3 (that was the first release anyway).

    I cannot say for sure if this will be the case going forward, but if it turns out otherwise, you have the following options:

    - use the corresponding version of the command line interface to perform the restore, since that does not depend on the SQL Backup Agent service

    - use the conversion utilities (sqb2mtf, sqb2mtfGUI) to convert the files to native SQL Server backup files, and restore using SQL Server
    Peter Yeoh
    SQL Backup Consultant Developer
    Associate, Yohz Software
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  • ChrisAVWoodChrisAVWood Posts: 361
    Just what I wanted to know Petey.

    Thanks

    Chris
    English DBA living in CANADA
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