Restoring the source db with log shipping.

Although BOL has good information on log shipping, I'm struggling to
understand what happens (or what you should do) when you restore the Source
database.
Does log shipping somehow automatically ensure that the Destination server
is updated when the Source server is restored? Or is a manual RESTORE
required on each Destination server as well?
Cheers,
Paul Ritchie.If you use the Log Shipping mechanism, it begins with a snapshot backup of
the primary database and restores it in standby mode. Then, as you ship
transaction log backups to the standby server, the transaction log backups
are automatically restored, again in standby mode, to the secondary server.
You could do this manually with FTP and scheduled tasks if you prefer, but
the log shipping features do automate this for you.
Sincerely,
Anthony Thomas
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Although BOL has good information on log shipping, I'm struggling to
understand what happens (or what you should do) when you restore the Source
database.
Does log shipping somehow automatically ensure that the Destination server
is updated when the Source server is restored? Or is a manual RESTORE
required on each Destination server as well?
Cheers,
Paul Ritchie.|||Thanks Anthony - much appreciated.
As you say "it begins with a snapshot backup...". However what I was
trying to ask was: what happens when I restore the primary database? eg I
go into EM and right click and restore a primary database.
Does this snapshot backup then get automatically created, shipped and
restored on the standby server, or would I have to perform this or some
other task manually as well?
cheers,
Paul.|||Once you begin the sequence, all you ever have to do is apply transaction
log backups; however, if you do major work on the primary database, it would
be a good idea to create another Full backup of the primary and restore it
to the secondary, in standby mode. I prefer to do this manually, but I
think the log shipping mechanism has a mechanism for this as well.
Sincerely,
Anthony Thomas
"Paul Ritchie" <pritREMOVEchie@.xtREMOVEra.co.nzREMOVE> wrote in message
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Thanks Anthony - much appreciated.
As you say "it begins with a snapshot backup...". However what I was
trying to ask was: what happens when I restore the primary database? eg I
go into EM and right click and restore a primary database.
Does this snapshot backup then get automatically created, shipped and
restored on the standby server, or would I have to perform this or some
other task manually as well?
cheers,
Paul.sql