Comments on: Restoring SQL 2005 Master Using LiteSpeed https://thomaslarock.com/2009/12/restoring-sql-2005-master-using-litespeed/ Thomas LaRock is an author, speaker, data expert, and SQLRockstar. He helps people connect, learn, and share. Along the way he solves data problems, too. Wed, 18 Dec 2013 02:05:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Lessons Learned From An Exploding Strip Club | SQLRockstar | Thomas LaRock https://thomaslarock.com/2009/12/restoring-sql-2005-master-using-litespeed/#comment-7580 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 17:58:04 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=3275#comment-7580 […] the mistake. I’ve written before about incidents where I’ve screwed something up, like not being able to easily recover the master database in the middle of the night.I admitted I wasn’t perfect, that I was not prepared and as a result it took me longer than […]

]]> By: DBA Nightmare: SQL Server Down, No Plans https://thomaslarock.com/2009/12/restoring-sql-2005-master-using-litespeed/#comment-1134 Tue, 03 May 2011 12:16:25 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=3275#comment-1134 […] 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 https://thomaslarock.com/2009/12/restoring-sql-2005-master-using-litespeed/#comment-1133 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:18:34 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=3275#comment-1133 […] 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 https://thomaslarock.com/2009/12/restoring-sql-2005-master-using-litespeed/#comment-1132 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:29:12 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=3275#comment-1132 […] 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 https://thomaslarock.com/2009/12/restoring-sql-2005-master-using-litespeed/#comment-1131 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:05:28 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=3275#comment-1131 […] 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 https://thomaslarock.com/2009/12/restoring-sql-2005-master-using-litespeed/#comment-1130 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:49:09 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=3275#comment-1130 In reply to Jerry Hung.

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 https://thomaslarock.com/2009/12/restoring-sql-2005-master-using-litespeed/#comment-1129 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:51:19 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=3275#comment-1129 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

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