Comments on: Restoring SQL 2005 Master Using LiteSpeed

By: DBA Nightmare: SQL Server Down, No Plans

DBA Nightmare: SQL Server Down, No Plans — Tue, 03 May 2011 12:16:25 +0000

[...] a third-party product to do your database backups, it’ll require separate instructions like Tom LaRock’s instructions on restoring master with Quest LiteSpeed. After restoring master, you’ll need to restore the msdb database, but fortunately that one [...]

By: Responsive Versus Responsible | DBA Survivor

Responsive Versus Responsible | DBA Survivor — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:18:34 +0000

[...] come into play when mistakes happen, or when your actions cause a delay. Once I was not able to restore master as quickly as I would have liked. It took me about 45 minutes longer than it should have. The next day I informed my managers that I [...]

By: A [DBA] Christmas Story | SQLRockstar

A [DBA] Christmas Story | SQLRockstar — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:29:12 +0000

[...] for the time I wrote about how thankful I was to not have to restore master only to find myself awake at 3AM restoring master. Of course there were other “disasters” spread throughout the year, not just in our [...]

By: Log Buffer #171: a Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs | The Pythian Blog

Log Buffer #171: a Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs | The Pythian Blog — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:05:28 +0000

[...] LaRock, SQL RockStar, describes the finer points of restoring SQL 2005 Master using LiteSpeed. “[Do] you know how to restore master from a LiteSpeed backup? . . . [...]

By: Thomas LaRock

Thomas LaRock — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:49:09 +0000

Jerry,

Yes, they do have an extractor. I have used it a handful of times in the past, typically when we would need to send a copy of a backup file to a vendor that does not use Litespeed.

By: Jerry Hung

Jerry Hung — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:51:19 +0000

This is by no means the Quest vs Red Gate debate, so please don’t take offense

We use Red Gate, and what comforts me is at least RG offers a SQLConverter to convert .sqb back to .bak files, where all the usual SQL tricks work without RG working

Is there similar tool for LiteSpeed?

Knock on wood, we just started for a month and haven’t needed to restore ANY system database

By: Thomas LaRock

Thomas LaRock — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:57:32 +0000

Thanks Michael, I also hope that this quick blog post can help someone else at 3AM.

By: Michael J Swart

Michael J Swart — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:22:00 +0000

Although you wrote a pre-emptive “you’re welcome”. I want to say “thank you” any way. I think many people know the hell associated with troubleshooting at 3am. If this article helps reduce someone’s pain by a bit. It’s well worth it.