Diff Backup / Restore (part 1)

Although Ola’s Backup solution works great …
https://ola.hallengren.com/sql-server-backup.html

For this project I needed a corresponding Restore procedure, so I could setup nightly Diff Backup / Restores (from Prod to Reporting). Without having to write too much code 🙂

I modified the code from here for our environment (see below).
http://jason-carter.net/professional/restore-script-from-backup-directory-modified.html

In my next posts I will detail the SQL Jobs for this project.

USE [master]
GO

CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[DatabaseRestore]
		@dbName sysname,
		@SourceServer NVARCHAR(500),
		@backupPath NVARCHAR(500)

AS

/* To restore backups created from ola.hallengren's backup solution (RS) */

	SET NOCOUNT ON
	DECLARE @cmd NVARCHAR(500),
			@lastFullBackup NVARCHAR(500),
			@lastDiffBackup NVARCHAR(500),
			@backupFile NVARCHAR(500)

	DECLARE @fileList TABLE (backupFile NVARCHAR(255))
	DECLARE @directoryList TABLE (backupFile NVARCHAR(255))

/* Kill any connections */

	DECLARE @kill VARCHAR(8000) = '';
	SELECT  @kill = @kill + 'kill ' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(5), spid) + ';'
		FROM [master].[dbo].[sysprocesses]
		WHERE dbid = DB_ID(@dbName)
		AND spid > 50;
	EXEC (@kill);

/* Match that of Olas output */

	SET @backupPath = @backupPath + '\' + @SourceServer + '\' + @dbName + '\'

/* Get List of Files */

	SET @cmd = 'DIR /s /b /O D ' + @backupPath
	IF (SELECT value_in_use
		FROM sys.configurations
		WHERE name = 'xp_cmdshell') = 0
	BEGIN /* cmd shell is disabled */
		EXEC sp_configure 'show advanced options', 1 RECONFIGURE
		EXEC sp_configure xp_cmdshell, 1 RECONFIGURE
		INSERT INTO @fileList(backupFile) EXEC master.sys.xp_cmdshell @cmd
		EXEC sp_configure 'xp_cmdshell', 0 RECONFIGURE
		EXEC sp_configure 'show advanced options', 0 RECONFIGURE
	END
	ELSE /* cmd shell is enabled */
		INSERT INTO @fileList(backupFile) EXEC master.sys.xp_cmdshell @cmd

/* Find latest full backup */

	SELECT @lastFullBackup = MAX(backupFile) 
	FROM @fileList 
	WHERE backupFile LIKE '%' + @SourceServer + '_' + @dbName + '_FULL_%.bak'

	SET @cmd = 'RESTORE DATABASE [' + @dbName + '] FROM DISK = ''' 
	   + @lastFullBackup + ''' WITH NORECOVERY, REPLACE'
	SELECT (@cmd); EXEC (@cmd)

/* Find latest diff backup */

	SELECT @lastDiffBackup = MAX(backupFile)
	FROM @fileList 
	WHERE backupFile  LIKE '%' + @SourceServer + '_' + @dbName + '_DIFF_%.bak'
	AND RIGHT(backupfile, 19) > RIGHT(@lastFullBackup, 19)

/* check to make sure there is a diff backup */

	IF @lastDiffBackup IS NOT NULL
		BEGIN
		SET @cmd = 'RESTORE DATABASE [' + @dbName + '] FROM DISK = ''' 
			   + @lastDiffBackup + ''' WITH NORECOVERY'
		SELECT (@cmd); EXEC (@cmd)
		SET @lastFullBackup = @lastDiffBackup
		END

--/* check for log backups */

--	DECLARE backupFiles CURSOR FOR 
--	SELECT backupFile 
--	FROM @fileList
--	WHERE backupFile LIKE  '%' + @SourceServer + '_' + @dbName + '_LOG_%.trn'
--	AND RIGHT(backupfile, 19) > RIGHT(@lastFullBackup, 19)

--	OPEN backupFiles 

--/* Loop through all the files for the database */

--	FETCH NEXT FROM backupFiles INTO @backupFile 

--	WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0 
--		BEGIN 
--		   SET @cmd = 'RESTORE LOG [' + @dbName + '] FROM DISK = ''' 
--			   + @backupFile + ''' WITH NORECOVERY'
--		   SELECT (@cmd); EXEC (@cmd)
--		   FETCH NEXT FROM backupFiles INTO @backupFile 
--		END

--	CLOSE backupFiles 
--	DEALLOCATE backupFiles 

/* put database in a useable state */

	SET @cmd = 'RESTORE DATABASE [' + @dbName + '] WITH RECOVERY'
	SELECT (@cmd); EXEC (@cmd)

GO

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