Access the SQL Virtual Database Release Notes

Access the SQL Virtual Database Release Ntes SQL Virtual Database helps yu quickly and easily access data and bjects frm yur backup files withut perfrming cstly restre peratins r impacting yur prductin servers. Yu can get a quick glimpse int the newest features, fixed issues, and knwn issues in this release f SQL Virtual Database by accessing the Release Ntes. Review issues fixed by this release Review previus features and fixed issues See knwn issues See list f recmmended Idera Slutins Updated: 7/17/2014 12:39 PM

Get Started Use the fllwing checklist t get started with SQL Virtual Database. Get Started Checklist Steps Lcate the backup files fr the database yu want t attach. Decide whether yu want t attach a full backup file r attach multiple data files such as transactin lg backups. Create the virtual database accrding t yur specific recvery needs. Use the Query tl t verify yur virtual database was attached crrectly. Use SQL Server Management Studi r anther database management tl t view, cmpare, recver, and reprt n bjects and data frm yur virtual databases. Decide whether yu want t update yur existing SQL Server backup jbs t create file maps autmatically after the regularly scheduled backup peratin is cmpleted. This imprves the virtual database perfrmance, allwing yu t mre quickly access future backups. Mnitr the amunt f disk space used by yur virtual databases.typically, virtual databases require a fractin f the disk space cnsumed by a fully restred backup. If yu are virtualizing large databases, yu may need t allcate additinal disk space ver time. Welcme t SQL Virtual Database SQL Virtual Database is a pwerful ne-f-a-kind slutin that lets yu quickly and easily attach SQL Server backup files and query them like real databases. Need help using SQL Virtual Database? See the fllwing sectins: Cnfigure yur deplyment Create virtual databases Learn hw t use virtual databases See Tips and Tricks What is SQL Virtual Database? Idera SQL Virtual Database (SQL VDB) is a pwerful ne-f-a-kind slutin that lets yu attach SQL Server backup files and query them like real databases. With its revlutinary, patent-pending technlgy, yu gain instant access t critical data in a backup file withut spending the time and strage previusly required fr restre. In minutes, yu can create a virtual database and then use any native SQL Server r third-party tls t query and extract the data yu need. SQL Virtual Database ffers: Virtual recvery Prvides instant, feature-rich access t all data frm within SQLsafe backup and native SQL Server backup files. Pint-in-time selectin Prvides pint-in-time selectin and recvery, allwing granular cntrl ver the state f the data displayed in the virtual database.

Native SQL Server and third-party applicatin access Use existing SQL Server tls such as SQL Server Management Studi and third-party applicatins t interact with the new virtual database as thugh it were an actual physical database. Intuitive Cnsle Allws virtual databases t be quickly and easily created, edited, r remved. N impact t prductin servers Installs t a single nn-critical server and attaches all virtual databases t a single SQL Server instance. Hw SQL Virtual Database helps Database administratrs are ften asked t recver a backup in rder t recver bjects and data, cmpare tw systems, r run a reprt. Previusly, the nly way t d this is t restre the database, a cnsuming activity that requires time and strage. SQL Virtual Database lets yu create a virtual database that appears t SQL Server and third-party applicatins as a physical database. This virtual database prvides direct access t the data withut a restre. This direct access greatly reduces the time required fr data recvery,increases yur prductivity, and reduces resurce requirements. With SQL Virtual Database, yu can: Eliminate lng restre times Access a backup file and retrieve the bjects r data yu need immediately Save massive amunts f strage Execute any query Use backups fr reprting, data extractin, data analysis, and mre Take the lad ff yur prductin servers and experience zer impact n prductin databases Access full, differential, and transactin lg backup files made by Idera SQL Safe Backup and SQL Server Hw SQL Virtual Database wrks SQL Virtual Database is driven by a unique, patent-pending recvery technlgy that makes backup files behave like regular physical databases. This technlgy allws yu t create virtual databases by directly attaching backup files t SQL Server withut requiring a restre peratin. Each virtual database is hsted by the SQL Server instance yu specify. All bjects and data in the virtual databases are accessible t SQL Server jbs and stred prcedures, T-SQL scripts, and ther third-party applicatins. The SQL VDB Engine, which cnsists f the Filter Driver and Filter Service, manages the virtual database and services the SQL Server I/O requests t the virtual data files. As the SQL VDB Engine attaches yur selected backup files and creates the virtual database, it cnslidates all the transactins and presents them t SQL Server fr recvery. During this prcess, SQL Virtual Database "maps" the data frm the backup files. If the data is already "mapped", such as thrugh SQL Safe r the Map Generatin CLI actin, then SQL Virtual Database prceeds t the virtual database creatin.yu can create a virtual database by attaching specific data sets frm multiple full, differential, and transactin lg backups. Yu can then use the SQL VDB Cnsle, r any ther third-party tl, t perfrm queries against specific virtual databases r simply check the status f yur virtual databases. Fr mre infrmatin, see ur instructins n hw t use yur virtual database, as well as tips and tricks.

The prduct features, such as the virtual database creatin, are als available thrugh the SQL VDB CLI. Fr mre infrmatin, see the prduct cmpnent descriptins. Hw SQL VDB wrks with SQL Safe Backup SQL virtual database seamlessly cnverts SQLsafe backup files int virtual databases. Yu can use SQL virtual database with any backup file generated by SQLsafe 5.0 r later. Fr mre infrmatin, see the prduct requirements. When yu attach a backup file previusly created by SQLsafe 5.0, the SQLvdb Engine perfrms the same steps as it des with the native SQL Server backup. T ptimize perfrmance fr large databases, use the Map Generatin CLI actin t generate the required metadata befre attaching the backup files. With SQLsafe 6.0 r later, yu can cnfigure yur backup peratin t autmatically generate the metadata. By default, this ptin is enabled when yu perfrm a new manual backup r define a new backup plicy. Fr mre infrmatin, see the SQL Safe nline Help. Virtual data files created by SQL VDB Fr each virtual database yu create, several files are als created t supprt the new virtual database. These virtual data files are: File Descriptin Lcatin Can yu mve it? When is it deleted? *.xbm *.xcm *.xdm *.xtm Files that the SQ VDB Driver creates t map the data in the selected backup files. In the same flder where yu stre yur backup files. N. Mving these files will cause errrs when yu attempt t access the virtual database. Never... After yu have retrieved the data yu need frm the virtual database, yu can use the grm feature t delete unused data files, manually delete these files, r schedule a jb t peridically grm ld files. *.lcf *.mcf *.ncf Files that the SQL VDB Service creates when reading changed pages frm the transactin lg fr the selected backup files. In the VDB/Sparse flder under the Prgram Files directry n the client cmputer. N, but yu can specify a new lcatin... Mving these files when the virtual database is attached will cause errrs when yu attempt t access its data. T chse a different lcatin fr these files, delete yur virtual databases, and then specify a new directry path. When yu create the next virtual database, the SQL VDB Engine will use the new path. When the virtual database is remved (drpped) frm the SQL Server instance. *.lxf *.mxf *.nxf Virtualized versins f the.lcf and.mcf files assciated with the selected backup set. Nne... These files are placehlders fr SQL Server. N, these files d nt exist n yur disk. When the virtual database is remved (drpped) frm the SQL Server instance.

File Descriptin Lcatin Can yu mve it? When is it deleted? *.vdb An XML file that cntains the cnfiguratin infrmatin fr the virtual database. In the Repsitry flder under the Prgram Files directry n the client cmputer. N. Mving these files will cause errrs when yu attempt t access the virtual database. When the virtual database is remved (drpped) frm the SQL Server instance. Disk space allcatin The amunt f disk space cnsumed by the virtual data files depends n the size and cntent f yur backup files. Fr mre infrmatin, see the recmmended disk space allcatins. TIP The size fr these files may display incrrectly in tls such as Management Studi. T see the crrect size, use Windws Explrer t navigate t the file and then view the file prperties. SQL VDB tips and tricks Idera prvides several tips and tricks s yu can get the mst value frm SQL Virtual Database. Yu can watch a vide demnstratin r read custmer testimnials n the Idera Web site (http://www.idera.cm/prducts/sql-tlbx/sql-virtual-database/). The fllwing tasks are a small sample f the many ways yu can use yur virtual database: Create DDL scripts fr entire databases, tables, r rws Identify rws that were added, mdified, r deleted since yur last backup Recver stred prcedures Recver tables using bulk cpy Reprt n data changes using T-SQL queries Run histrical reprts using Micrsft Reprting Services View user, rle, r schema changes All f these tasks can nw be dne withut restring the database! Find answers This dcumentatin set includes a cmprehensive nline Help system as well as additinal resurces that supprt yu as yu install and use the prduct. Yu can als search the Idera Slutins knwledge base, available at the Idera Custmer Service Prtal (idera.secure.frce.cm). Cntact Idera Please cntact us with yur questins and cmments. We lk frward t hearing frm yu. Fr supprt arund the wrld, please cntact us r yur lcal partner. Fr a cmplete list f ur partners, please see ur Web site.

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Installatin and deplyment Deply an installatin f SQL Virtual Database t each SQL Server cmputer that hsts the databases yu want t virtualize. Install all f the prduct cmpnents n the same cmputer. Yu can deply SQL Virtual Database t a clustered SQL Server envirnment using Windws Server 2003, Windws Server 2008, r Windws Server 2012. T install SQL Virtual Database: 1. Review the prduct requirements. 2. Lg nt the target cmputer using an accunt with administratr privileges. 3. Dwnlad and install the SQL tlbx. 4. Frm the Tls available fr install list, select SQL Virtual Database. 5. Click Install. 6. Start the SQL VDB Cnsle. When yu start the Cnsle, the licensing cnsle displays. 7. Chse the apprpriate licensing ptin. Yu will need a prductin license fr each cmputer n which yu install SQL Virtual Database. Fr mre infrmatin, see prduct licensing. Upgrade t this release Yu can easily and quickly upgrade t the latest versin f SQL Virtual Database. Fr mre infrmatin abut this release, see what s new. TIP If yu have mdified yur virtual databases, such as inserting table data r deleting schema bjects, and want t keep yur changes, back up yur virtual databases befre upgrading. T upgrade: 1. Use an administratr accunt t lg nt the target cmputer. 2. Use the SQL VDB Cnsle t remve any virtual databases yu have previusly attached. Remving a virtual database will delete it. 3. Start SQL Tlbx. 4. Click the Updates tab. 5. Select SQL Virtual Database, and then click Install. SQL Tlbx silently installs the latest versin. 6. Update any previusly defined SQL Server Agent jbs t use the new CLI actins and ptins. Yu may have created SQL Server Agent jbs t: Use the Map Generatin utility Grm ld virtual database files Autmate virtual database creatin fr new SQL Server backups 7. Start the SQL VDB Cnsle, and begin attaching virtual databases. Prduct cmpnents and architecture Befre installing SQL Virtual Database, check the fllwing prduct cmpnent definitins and architecture, and review hw the prduct wrks.

SQL VDB cmpnents CLI Is the cmmand line interface. The SQL VDB CLI calls the Management Service t manage the creatin, mdificatin, and remval f yur virtual databases. Yu can call the CLI frm new r existing T-SQL scripts, such as yur SQL Server backup jbs. T access the SQL VDB CLI, start the Windws Cmmand Prmpt, and then enter sqlvdbcmd t see which ptins yu can use. Cnsle Is the user interface that allws yu t manage yur virtual databases and query any data r bject frm the virtual databases. Yu can als use the SQL VDB Cnsle t change yur prduct cnfiguratin and access nline Help. Filter Driver Is a cmpnent f the SQL VDB Engine that is attached t a specific drive n the target SQL Server cmputer. The driver handles the SQL Server I/O requests required t create the virtual database. T ptimize perfrmance, the driver finds and attaches t the first available drive each time it receives a request t create a virtual database. Engine Cnsists f the SQL VDB Filter Driver and the Filter Service. The engine cmpnents cmmunicate with SQL Server, and create and maintain yur virtual database. Filter Service Is a cmpnent f the SQL VDB Engine that is installed n the target SQL Server cmputer. The SQL VDB Filter Service uses the cnfigured Windws accunt r SQL Server lgin credentials t cmmunicate with SQL Server. This service als crdinates with the driver t retrieve data frm the specified backup files and then create data files fr yur virtual database. Yu can specify a different flder in which t stre the virtual data files. Virtual Data Files Is a set f files that includes infrmatin abut yur prduct cnfiguratin, virtual database settings, and ther data. Fr mre infrmatin abut these files, review hw SQL VDB wrks. SQL VDB architecture The fllwing graphic illustrates the relatinship between the prduct cmpnents. All SQL VDB cmpnents are installed n the same physical SQL Server cmputer.

Prduct requirements Yu can easily and quickly install SQL Virtual Database n any cmputer that meets r exceeds the fllwing hardware, sftware, and permissin requirements. Als review the prduct cmpnents and architecture as well as hw the prduct wrks. TIP The SQL VDB Filter Service n lnger requires prts fr cmmunicatin between cmpnents. The Filter Service nw uses Inter-prcess cmmunicatin (IPC) t cmmunicate with the Filter Driver and Cnsle. Cnsle requirements Ensure the cmputer n which yu want t install the SQL VDB Cnsle meets r exceeds the fllwing requirements. Hardware/Sftware CPU Memry 32-bit Operating System Requirement 2.0 GHz r higher 1 GB Either: Windws Server 2003 R2 Windws Server 2003 SP2 Windws XP SP2 r later Windws Vista Business and Enterprise Windws 7 Windws Server 2008 Windws Server 2008 R2

Hardware/Sftware 64-bit Operating System Requirement Plus:.NET Framewrk 2.0 r later MDAC 2.8 r later Either: Windws Server 2003 R2 (x64) Windws Server 2003 SP1 (x64) Windws XP Prfessinal (x64) Windws 7 Windws Server 2008 Windws Server 2008 R2 Plus:.NET Framewrk 2.0 r later MDAC 2.8 fr later SQL Server versins SQL Server 2005 SP1 r later Brwser Backup file requirements SQL Server 2008 SQL Server 2008 R2 SQL Server 2012 RTM Internet Explrer 7.0 r later (fr the nline Help) Backup File Attributes Requirements SQLsafe versins SQLsafe 5.0 r later SQL Server versins SQL Server 2005 SP1 r later SQL Server 2008 SQL Server 2008 R2 SQL Server 2012 RTM Backup Types Full Differential Transactin lg File Types Single file Multiple files Striped files Permissin requirements The SQL VDB Filter Service accunt requires the fllwing permissins. By default, setup prgram will assign the Lcal System accunt t the Filter Service. During install, yu can input credentials fr a Windws user accunt r SQL Server lgin.

Permissins Member f the Builtin Administratrs Windws grup n the SQL Server cmputer where the SQL VDB Engine is installed Read and write access rights n the flder where backup files are stred Actins Taken Create r edit virtual database Read backup files and write temprary files Disk space requirements Use the fllwing table t help yu set aside the apprpriate amunt f disk space fr yur virtual databases. Virtual databases typically require a fractin f the disk space cnsumed by a fully restred backup. Befre creating virtual databases, ensure yu allcate the recmmended additinal disk space fr each virtual database yu plan t create. Size f Backup Additinal Disk Space 1 TB 105 MB 500 GB 51 MB 100 GB 10 MB 1 GB 105 kb 500 MB 51 kb Fr mre infrmatin abut virtual data files, see hw SQL Virtual Database wrks. Deply t a Windws cluster Use the fllwing instructins t deply SQL Virtual Database in a clustered SQL Server envirnment. When deplyment is cmplete, yu can attach virtual databases t a virtual SQL Server instance lcated n an active Windws Server 2003, Windws Server 2008, r Windws Server 2012 cluster nde. T ensure virtual databases can be used after a failver ccurs, deply SQL Virtual Database n each nde in the Windws cluster. TIP Ensure the backup files yu want t virtualize are stred n either a netwrk share r the drive assigned t the SQL Server resurce grup. Enable fault tlerance fr virtual database access Use this prcess t enable fault tlerance fr yur virtual databases. Fault tlerance ensures yu can cntinue accessing any virtual database n yur Windws cluster when a nde fails. 1. Use an administratr accunt t remtely lg n t the active nde f yur cluster. 2. Open a new Cmmand Prmpt windw. 3. Fr each SQL Server instance hsted n that cluster nde, run the fllwing cmmand. This cmmand creates a Generic Script Resurce that cntrls failver fr all virtual databases fr that specific SQL Server instance, running this cmmand per each clustered instance (nt per nde). SQLvdbcmd Cluster FilterService SQLServerName where SQLServerName is the full SQL Server name f the clustered instance

Cnfigure yur deplyment After initially installing and setting up SQL VDB, there are several tasks yu might want t d in rder t further custmize and streamline yur deplyment. Update yur existing SQL Server Agent jbs t use new CLI actins Change where the SQL VDB Engine stres cached files during the virtual database creatin Cllect SQL VDB lgs fr trubleshting Grm unused virtual data files Increase perfrmance by preparing backup files fr future data retrieval Manage yur prduct license Cllect lgs fr trubleshting Use the System Diagnstics windw t cllect verbse lgs that can be used fr trubleshting by Idera Supprt. By default, high-level lgging is always enabled fr SQL Virtual Database activities and events. T access system diagnstics: 1. On the SQL Virtual Database Welcme windw, click Help & Mre. 2. Click System Diagnstics. T cllect the lgs: 1. Ensure the Enable Debug Mde ptin is selected. 2. Click the cllectin buttn. SQL VDB creates a zipped flder f the specified lg files and places this flder n the Windws desktp. By default, the zip flder is named IderaSQLvdbCllectinLgInstanceNameTimeStamp.zip. 3. Email the zipped lg flder t Idera Supprt. T cllect the lgs fr issues encuntered when installing SQL Virtual Database: 1. Start the Windws Cmmand Prmpt. 2. Navigate t the installer directry (by default, C:\Dcuments and Settings\User Name\My Dcuments). 3. Type ne f the fllwing cmmands: Server Type x86 (32-bit) x64 (64-bit) Installatin Cmmand msiexec /i SQLvdb.msi /l*v C:\MyFlder\SQLvdb_install.lg msiexec /i SQLvdb-X64.msi /l*v C:\MyFlder\SQLvdb_install.- lg 4. Step thrugh the setup prgram until yu recreate the issue. SQL Virtual Database generates the resultant lg file in the lcatin yu specified. 5. Email the lg file t Idera Supprt. Grm unused virtual data files Use the Settings windw t grm (delete) any unused virtual data files. T grm yur data files, click Clean Up. SQL Virtual Database autmatically detects and deletes any virtual data files that are nt being used r are nt needed t supprt yur existing virtual databases. By default, these virtual data files are lcated in the FilterMetaData flder under the Prgram Files directry (C:\Prgram Files\Idera\SQL virtual database).

TIP This feature is als available thrugh the Cleanup actin in the cmmand line interface (CLI). T get mre infrmatin, enter sqlvdbcmd in the Windws Cmmand Prmpt. Fr mre infrmatin abut ther cnfiguratin tasks, see Cnfigure yur deplyment. Manage yur license keys Use the Manage SQL VDB License ptin t view details abut yur trial r prductin license and perfrm actins such as activating a license. Frm the licensing cnsle, yu can: Verify current status f yur license Extend yur trial perid Register and activate yur license Deactivate yur license Fr mre infrmatin abut ther cnfiguratin tasks, see Cnfigure yur deplyment. Access the licensing cnsle Yu can access the licensing cnsle frm SQL VDB by clicking Help & Mre, and then clicking Manage SQL VDB License. Abut the SQL VDB trial license By default, SQL Virtual Database installs with a limited-time trial license key that is valid fr the cmputer n which yu have installed the tl. When yu decide t mve frm a trial implementatin f SQL virtual database t yur prductin envirnment, cntact and btain a license key frm Idera. Hw SQL VDB licensing wrks SQL Virtual Database checks fr a valid license each time yu start the tl. A valid license is a trial r prductin key that has been registered fr the cmputer n which yu have installed the SQL Virtual Database tl. If yur license expires, such as when the trial perid ends, the Cnsle functinality will be limited t remving previusly created virtual databases and managing yur prduct license. Yu can cntinue t access existing virtual databases using tls such as SQL Server Management Studi. If yur license is deactivated, yu will n lnger be able t use the tl. Yu can re-install the tl and reuse a previusly deactivated prductin key. Register yur sftware Use the Register Idera SQL virtual database windw t start the license activatin prcess and begin using this prduct. Once yur sftware is registered, yu have 14 days t cmplete the license activatin. Yu can cntinue using all the prduct features during that 2-week perid. After yur prduct registratin has expired, yu will n lnger be able t use the prduct. After the registratin perid expires, yu can still activate a valid prductin license nline r manually.

Hw d I access this windw? When yu start the tl's user interface, such as the SQL VDB Cnsle r SQL Admin Tlset Launchpad, the Licensing Cnsle will autmatically pen when yu start the tl. T prceed t this windw, click Register. Fields Name Type yur full name in this required field. Organizatin Type the name f yur cmpany, business unit, r department in this ptinal field. Serial Number Cpy the prduct serial number t this required field. Actins and Tasks Activate Autmatically when I am nline Select this ptin t allw the licensing engine t autmatically activate yur registered license key the next time yu are nline. This ptin requires an active Internet cnnectin. Register Try Registers this prduct with Idera. This actin starts the license activatin prcess by sending yur license key and cmpany infrmatin t Idera. Runs the prduct in trial mde, allwing yu t cntinue evaluating this prduct. Chse hw t activate yur license Use the Activate Idera SQL virtual database windw t chse hw and when yu want t cmplete the activatin prcess. Activate yur license as sn as pssible after registering yur sftware. Once yur sftware is registered, yu have 14 days t cmplete the license activatin. Yu can cntinue using all the prduct features during that 2-week perid. After yur prduct registratin has expired, yu will n lnger be able t use the prduct. TIP Yu can activate ne license per cmputer at a time. That is, each installatin f the tl requires a unique license key.

Hw d I access this windw? When yu start the tl's user interface, such as the SQL VDB Cnsle r SQL Admin Tlset Launchpad, the Licensing Cnsle will autmatically pen. T prceed t this windw, click Register, enter the required infrmatin n the Register Yur Sftware windw, and then click Register. Actins and tasks Activate ver the internet Cnnects t the Idera Web site and cnfirms that yu have entered a valid license key. N additinal actin is needed. This actin requires an Internet cnnectin. Activate by entering a cde Allws yu t activate yur license ver the phne r thrugh email. Use this ptin when yu d nt have Internet access frm cmputer n which yu installed the sftware. Activate later Allws yu t activate yur license at a later time. The prduct license remains registered with Idera. Cancel Stps the license prcess at this step. The next time yu start the prduct, the Licensing Cnsle will prmpt yu t activate yur license. Try a different serial number Allws yu t use a different license key. After selecting this ptin, click Register and the Register Idera SQL virtual database windw displays again. Activate yur license manually Use the Activate Offline windw t manually activate yur license key when the target cmputer (n which the prduct is installed) des nt have Internet access r is therwise ffline. Use the prvided buttns t cpy the necessary infrmatin and then email r call Idera Licensing t activate this license. Hw d I access this feature? When yu start the tl's user interface, such as the SQL VDB Cnsle r SQL Admin Tlset Launchpad, the Licensing Cnsle will autmatically pen. T prceed t this windw, click Register, enter the required infrmatin n the Register Yur Sftware windw and click Register, and then chse the Activate by Entering a Cde ptin. T manually activate yur license: 1. Use the prvided buttns t cpy the license key and machine cde. 2. Email r phne Idera Licensing, and prvide the Licensing Representative with the infrmatin yu cpied in Step 1. Idera

Licensing prvides yu with an activatin cde. 3. Enter the activatin cde in the crrespnding field n this windw. Actins and tasks Cpy license key and machine cde t email Idera Click Cpy t Email t pen a new email message, pre-ppulated with the license key and machine cde, that yu can immediately send t Idera Licensing t start the manual activatin prcess. Cpy license key and machine cde fr yur recrds Click Cpy t Clipbard t cpy yur license infrmatin and then paste it int an applicatin such as Micrsft Wrd. Return t the previus activatin windw Click G Back t return t the Activate Yur License windw and chse a different activatin rute. Cmplete the license activatin Click Activate t cmplete the license activatin prcess and begin using this prduct in prductin. Fields Activatin Cde Allws yu t enter the activatin cde prvided by Idera Licensing. Machine Cde Displays the serial number f the cmputer n which yu have installed the registered prduct.. Machine ID Displays the crrespnding ID number fr this cmputer.. Serial Number Displays the serial number yu entered when yu registered the prduct. Deactivate yur license Use the Deactivate License windw t disable the currently active license key. Yu shuld deactivate the prduct license when yu want t: Un-install the tl. Yu can re-install this tl n the same cmputer later. Migrate yur installatin frm ne cmputer t anther. After migrating this tl t anther cmputer, yu will be prmpted t cmplete the license activatin prcess fr the installatin n the new cmputer. T immediately deactivate the prduct license fr this tl, click Deactivate. TIP Deactivatin requires Internet access. If the cmputer des nt have Internet access r is therwise unavailable,cntact Idera Licensing t deactivate the license manually.

Hw d I access this windw? When yu start the tl's user interface, such as the SQL VDB Cnsle r SQL Admin Tlset Launchpad, navigate t the Help & Mre menu, select Manage SQL VDB, and then click Deactivate. Fr tls that use a cmmand line interface (CLI), such as SQL Safe Lite, deactivatin can be perfrmed thrugh the Start menu (fr example, Start > All Prgrams > Idera > SQL Safe > Deactivate SQL Safe Lite License). Actins and Tasks Cancel Stps deactivatin. Yu can cntinue t use this license key fr the prduct installatin n this cmputer. Deactivate Deletes the license key and activatin infrmatin fr the prduct installatin n this cmputer. If yu d nt use this license key fr anther installatin n a different cmputer, yu can later re-install the prduct n this cmputer and re-activate the license key. Extend yur trial perid Use the Extend License Use Perid windw t add mre time t yur trial perid fr this specific tl. Yu can extend yur trial befre r after the riginal time perid expires, and yu can nly extend yur trial license nce. If yur trial key has nt yet expired, r if yu previusly extended yur key, the Licensing Cnsle returns an errr. Hw d I access this windw? When yu start the tl's user interface, such as the SQL VDB Cnsle r SQL Admin Tlset Launchpad, the Licensing Cnsle will autmatically pen when yu start the tl. T prceed t this windw, click Extend. Actins and Tasks Cpy license key and limit cde t clipbard Click Cpy t Clipbard t cpy yur trial license infrmatin and then paste it int an applicatin such as Micrsft Wrd. Return t the previus trial license windw Click G Back t return t the main licensing windw and chse a different actin. Extend yur trial license nline Click Extend Online t cnnect t the Idera Web site, where the system validates that yur current trial license has expired, and then adds 7 mre days t the ttal trial time perid. This actin requires an Internet cnnectin.

Extend yur trial license manually Email yur trial license infrmatin t Idera Licensing, asking fr a trial extensin cde. Type the cde int the Extend Time field and click Extend. Fields Extend Time Allws yu t enter the new trial license key prvided by Idera. Limit Cde Displays the trial identificatin cde. Serial Number Displays the trial license key. Prepare backup files fr future data retrieval Use the Map Generatin CLI actin prepares yur backups fr future data retrieval. Yu can use this CLI actin t autmatically generate virtual data files fr specific backups n a rutine basis. Fr example, yu can schedule a SQL Server jb that searches fr new backup files and then generates the crrespnding virtual data. By building the virtual data befre attempting t attach the backup file, yu can decrease the time required t create the virtual database and get faster access t yur data and bjects. The larger the database is, the mre time yu can save by preparing yur backups. Fr mre infrmatin abut virtual data files, review hw SQL Virtual database wrks. Cnsider running this actin n backups fr missin-critical and sensitive databases, as well as databases that ften require bject recvery and data retrieval. Yu can specify any f the fllwing ptins: Individual backup files frm a single lcatin Striped back up files frm multiple lcatins Specific data sets cntained in the backup files Cnnectin credentials Passwrd used t decrypt an encrypted SQL Safe backup file Whether the SQL VDB CLI shuld retry this actin when a netwrk file errr ccurs T see a detailed descriptin f each ptin, enter sqlvdbcmd Map at the cmmand prmpt. When t use map generatin Yu shuld use the Map Generatin CLI actin whenever yu need t decrease the time required t create a virtual database. Cnsider using this actin fr the fllwing types f backups: Large SQL Server backups SQL Safe 5.0 backups SQL Safe 6.0 r later backups that were nt run with the Generate metadata ptin enabled

Nte that yu can run this CLI actin manually by pening the Windws Cmmand Prmpt, and then typing the apprpriate cmmand when the prmpt displays. T run the Map Generatin CLI actin in a jb: 1. Install the SQL VDB n the SQL Server cmputer that hsts the databases yu rutinely back up. 2. Use Micrsft Management Studi t cnnect t the assciated SQL Server instance. 3. Create a new jb fr this instance. 4. At the beginning f the jb, insert a new step. 5. Input the fllwing minimum cde fr this step. Additinal ptins are available. sqlvdbcmd Map MyFlder\MyBackupFiles\Name.bak -WindwsUsername targetdmain\accunt -WindwsPasswrd passwrd 6. Schedule the jb t run n a rutine basis, such as nce a week during ff-hurs. 7. Save the jb. 8. Test yur update by manually running the jb. Specify where the virtual data files are stred Use the Settings windw t specify which flder SQL VDB uses t stres data files when creating a virtual database. Fr mre infrmatin abut virtual data files, review hw SQL VDB wrks. Fr mre infrmatin abut ther cnfiguratin tasks, see Cnfigure yur deplyment. Yu can type the directry path fr the flder yu want t use r click the brwse buttn t navigate t the flder. Once yu have specified the apprpriate flder, click OK. TIP Ensure the SQL VDB Filter Service accunt has read and write access rights n the specified flder. Fr mre infrmatin, see the prduct requirements. Update SQL VDB jbs t use new CLI SQL VDB 2.0 and later includes a new cmmand line interface (CLI) that ffers new functins and replaces the previus Map Generatin utility. If yu are upgrading frm SQL VDB 1.x t SQL VDB 2.0 r later, yu must update any SQL jbs that use the previus SQLvdbCLI cmmands. Starting with SQL VDB versin 2.0, all SQLvdbCLI cmmands have been bsleted. Use the fllwing table t identify which SQLvdbCLI cmmands yu will need t replace with new CLI actins. Fr detailed descriptins and available ptins, see the CLI Help (sqlvdbcmd Help actin). CLI cmmands fr 1.x SQLvdbCLI -Create -Update -Remve -Cleanup Crrespnding actins fr 2.0 and later sqlvdbcmd Create Create Remve Cleanup

CLI cmmands fr 1.x -EncryptWindwsPasswrd Nne available Nne available -List SQLvdbMapGen Crrespnding actins fr 2.0 and later EncryptWindwsPasswrd EncryptSqlPasswrd EncryptRestrePasswrd Nne available Map TIP SQL VDB CLI actins and ptins are nt case-sensitive. Update jbs that call the Map Generatin utility The Map Generatin utility was used with SQL VDB versins 1.x. This utility has been replaced by the Map Generatin CLI actin that is included with the SQL VDB CLI. Fr each jb that calls the Map Generatin utility, update yur cde t use the Map Generatin CLI actin instead: 1. Use Micrsft Management Studi t edit the jb. 2. Find and delete this cde: sqlvdbmapgen -BackupFile MyFlder\MyBackupFiles\Name.bak -WindwsUsername targetdmain\accunt -WindwsPasswrd passwrd 3. Enter this new cde: sqlvdbcmd Map MyFlder\MyBackupFiles\Name.bak -WindwsUsername targetdmain\accunt -WindwsPasswrd passwrd 4. Save the jb, and then run it manually t validate that it cmpletes as expected. Update grming jbs Yu can use SQL Server Agent jbs t grm (delete) unused data files assciated with yur virtual databases. Fr each jb that grms virtual data files, update yur cde t use the new CLI actin: 1. Use Micrsft Management Studi t edit the jb. 2. Find and delete this cde: sqlvdbcli -Cleanup 3. Enter this new cde: sqlvdbcmd Cleanup 4. Save the jb, and then run it manually t validate that it cmpletes as expected. Update jbs that restre backups as virtual databases Yu can use SQL Server Agent jbs t prepare backup files fr future restratin as a virtual database.

Fr each jb that creates virtual databases, update yur cde t use the new CLI actin: 1. Use Micrsft Management Studi t edit the jb. 2. Find and delete this cde: sqlvdbcli -Create -Database MyNewVirtualDB -Full MyFlder\MyBackupFiles\Name.bak -InstanceName TargetServer -WindwsUsername targetdmain\accunt -WindwsPasswrd passwrd 3. Enter this new cde: sqlvdbcmd Create VirtualDatabaseName MyFlder\MyBackupFiles\Name.bak -WindwsUsername targetdmain\accunt -WindwsPasswrd passwrd 4. Save the jb, and then run it manually t validate that it cmpletes as expected.

Create Virtual Databases Create virtual databases t access, cmpare, recver, and reprt n data frm previus backups f databases in yur envirnment. Fr example, yu can create multiple virtual databases, at different pints in time, frm backups f the same live database. This strategy allws yu t cmpare clumn values and schema bjects frm ne versin f the database t anther versin several days later withut restring the database. Yu can create a virtual database by either: Attaching a single full backup file Attaching multiple backup files, including transactin lg backups Virtual databases can be created thrugh the SQL VDB Cnsle r CLI. T access the SQL VDB CLI: T access the SQL VDB CLI, start the Windws Cmmand Prmpt, and then enter sqlvdbcmd t see which cmmands and ptins yu can use. Fr mre infrmatin abut the SQL virtual database cmpnents, see the prduct cmpnents. Abut virtual databases A virtual database (vdb) is a patent-pending sftware implementatin f a database that allws fr data strage and retrieval like a physical database. Because a virtual database acts like a physical database, yu can access any data r bject in the virtual database using T-SQL scripts, third-party applicatins, reprting tls, and database management tls such as Micrsft SQL Server Management Studi. Database management tls interface with and display the virtual database as a physical database. Each SQL Server instance can hst multiple virtual databases. What yu can d with a virtual database Any peratin that yu can perfrm n a physical database can be perfrmed n a virtual database. Likewise, applicatins that rely n getting infrmatin frm this database can cntinue using the virtual versin. Yu can use the built-in query tl t execute cmmands n bjects in this virtual database. Yu can als access this virtual database using Micrsft SQL Server tls, such as Management Studi, and ther third-party applicatins. Fr mre infrmatin, see ur tip and tricks. TIP Yu can mdify the data and bjects in the virtual database. Hwever, because the virtual database is based n archived data, yur changes will nt persist when yu recreate the same virtual database later. T preserve yur changes, back up the mdified virtual database and then create a new virtual database using thse backup files. Attach a single backup file Use the Attach Full Backup windw t easily create a virtual database frm a single full backup file. Fr mre infrmatin abut hw yu can use the virtual database, see ur tips and tricks.

TIP When yu select a backup file, SQL Virtual Database pens the file in shared read mde. When Micrsft SQL Server r Idera SQL Safe attempts t append (write data t) r delete this file, the backup peratin will fail because the file is lcked fr read. If yur backup plicies r jbs are cnfigured t append new data sets t this file, change yur backup settings s that a new and unique file is created fr each backup. Yu can select any full backup files created by Micrsft SQL Server r Idera SQL Safe. Fr mre infrmatin, check the supprted backup file frmats. The Attach Full Backup windw includes the fllwing fields: Backup File Type r brwse t the directry path and filename f the backup file yu want t use. Yu can specify a single file fr any full backup perfrmed n the target database. Backup files can be lcated n the lcal cmputer r a netwrk share. T specify a netwrk path, use UNC snytax (\\MyServer\MyFlder\MyBackup.bak). Hst Instance Type the name f the SQL Server instance that shuld hst the virtual database. Yu can brwse fr instances running n the lcal cmputer. Virtual Database Name Type a unique name yu want t use fr yur new virtual database. This name will be displayed in the Cnsle and in ther database management tls, such as Micrsft SQL Server Management Studi. By default, SQL VDB stres the database files fr this new virtual database in the lcatin yu defined using the Settings windw. Attach multiple backup files The Attach Multiple Backups wizard lets yu build a live virtual database based n data frm specific backup files. With this wizard, yu will: Select the backup files yu want t include Select the date and time up t which yu want data Specify hw yu want the virtual database t display in the Cnsle and ther tls Fr mre infrmatin abut hw yu can use the virtual database, see ur tips and tricks. Select backup files Use the Backup Files tab t select which backup files yu want t use t create yur virtual database. TIP When yu select a backup file, SQL Virtual Database pens the file in shared read mde. When Micrsft SQL Server r Idera SQL Safe attempts t append (write data t) r delete this file, the backup peratin will fail because the file is lcked fr read. If yur backup plicies r jbs are cnfigured t append new data sets t this file, change yur backup settings s that a new and unique file is created fr each backup. Yu can select any full, differential, and transactin lg backup files created by Micrsft SQL Server r Idera SQL Safe. Fr mre infrmatin, check the supprted backup file frmats.

After yu add yur backup files, SQL virtual database checks the LSN (lg sequence number) range f each file t ensure it is in sequence. When the LSN range is ut f sequence, the affected files d nt cntain all f the lgged transactins required t create an accurate virtual database. If an LSN range is ut f sequence, such as a gap between ne file and the next, the affected files are displayed in range text. T reslve this issue, add mre backup files t fill the LSN gap. Als cnsider verifying the backup files t ensure a cmplete backup had been perfrmed. Fr mre infrmatin, see Micrsft SQL Server Bks Online. Actins and tasks Add a backup file t the list Click Add t select a backup file t use when creating this virtual database. T add a file, first type the path and filename in the prvided field, r brwse fr the files. Yu can als use wildcards t find flders r files that match a naming cnventin. If the selected backup file cntains data fr mre than ne database, yu will be prmpted t chse which data set yu want. If the selected backup file cntains encrypted data, yu will be prmpted t prvide the passwrd required t decrypt the file. If the backup was written (r striped) t multiple files, yu will need t add each file in the stripe. Brwse fr backup files Click the brwse buttn t find the files yu want t use. Cnfigure encryptin settings Select the listed backup files that are encrypted and then click Encryptin Settings t specify the passwrd required t decrypt the data. Remve a backup file frm the list Click Remve t delete a previusly selected backup file frm the list f files t use when creating this virtual database. Clumns and fields Created Prvides the date and time when the backup files were created (that is, when the crrespnding backup peratins were perfrmed). Database Prvides the name f the database whse data was archived in this backup file. Filename Prvides the name f the backup files yu selected. First LSN Prvides the LSN at which each backup file starts. Fr mre infrmatin abut LSN ranges, see Micrsft SQL Server Bks Online. Instance Prvides the name f the SQL Server instance hsting the archived database.

Last LSN Type Prvides the LSN at which each backup file ends. Fr mre infrmatin abut LSN ranges, see Micrsft SQL Server Bks Online. Indicates which type f backup was perfrmed when the selected files were created. Chse the target pint in time Use the Pint in Time tab t chse the exact date and time at which yu want t create the database. Yu can pick any date and time included in the data sets f the selected backup files. If yu d nt see the pint in time yu want, yu may need t chse different backup files. Fr example, t pick an hurly interval, select transactin lg backup files. Actins and tasks Pick a date and time Yu can use either the slider r the calendar t pick the exact date and time yu want t recver. After yu select a date and time, SQL virtual database lists which data sets will be used t create the virtual database up t the selected pint in time. Pick an LSN SQL Server 2005 and later allws yu t use a LSN (lg sequence number) t identify the pint at which yu want t recver data. T recver up t a specific LSN range, select LSN frm the drp-dwn menu, and then chse the apprpriate backup file. Verify data sets Use the grid t verify which data sets will be used t create the virtual database up t the selected pint in time. Depending n the pint in time yu selected, SQL virtual database may nt need t use all the data sets available in the backup files. Abut a pint in time A pint in time prvides a histrical perspective f a physical database at the specified date and time. Yu can create multiple virtual databases, representing different pints in time, frm the same set f backup files. Fr example, yu can create three virtual databases that represent the physical database n Mnday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Yu can then access data and bjects frm the database as it existed n Mnday, Tuesday, r Wednesday. A pint in time can help yu: Analyze different versins f the same database Cpy different versins f the same bject Cmpare changes in data and schema bjects frm ne time perid t anther Reprt n data that existed at a given date and time Use the slider t pick a pint in time during any hur f the mst recent day in the selected backup files. As yu hver ver the slider, the available time intervals display. T pick a time, click the crrespnding interval. Use the calendar interface t chse a date and time in any available mnth by selecting the apprpriate area n the displayed day. As yu hver ver a day, the available hur intervals display. T pick a time, click the crrespnding interval.

The calendar interface indicates whether data is available fr a given date and time, based n the backup files yu selected. The calendar shws when different types f backups were perfrmed t help yu chse the crrect files s that yu have the data yu need. Specify hw the Cnsle creates this database Use the Create As tab t specify hw SQL VDB shuld create yur new virtual database. TIP The specified name and descriptin will display in the Cnsle and in ther database management tls, such as Micrsft SQL Server Management Studi. Actins and tasks Specify the hst instance Type the name f the SQL Server instance that shuld hst the virtual database. Specify the virtual database name Type a unique name fr yur new virtual database. Chse where t stre yur database files Click Database Files t custmize the lcatin where SQL VDB stres the files fr yur new virtual database. By default, SQL VDB uses the lcatin defined in the Settings windw. On the Database File Lcatins windw, specify the apprpriate directry lcatins, and then click OK. The Database File Lcatins windw allws yu t manage the paths where SQL VDB restres new data files and lg files. SQL VDB creates the file name autmatically using the file type and destinatin database name fr easy identificatin. Specify a descriptin Type a descriptin fr this virtual database. Use a descriptin that includes details abut this data set t help yu trublesht issues, administer yur databases, r recver specific bjects. Review a summary f yur new virtual database cnfiguratin Review the prvided summary, and then click Finish. When yu finish this wizard, SQL Virtual Recvery will create a virtual database accrding t yur specificatins. After yu cmplete this wizard, the Cnsle will list yur new virtual database in the Welcme windw. Yu can use the built-in query tl t execute cmmands n bjects in this virtual database. Yu can als access this virtual database using Micrsft SQL Server tls, such as Management Studi, and ther third-party applicatins. If yu want t change a setting nw, click Back t return t the apprpriate windw. Yu can als change these settings later using the Edit buttn n the SQL VDB Cnsle Welcme windw. Edit cnnectin credentials Use the Edit Credentials windw t specify different cnnectin credentials.sql virtual database will use these credentials t cnnect t the target SQL Server instance, read the specified backup files, and create the virtual database.

By default, the SQL VDB Service credentials are used. Hwever, the service accunt credentials may nt have the apprpriate privileges n the target SQL Server instance r the directry where the backup files are stred. This issue is mre likely t ccur when backups have been striped acrss multiple files lcated in different netwrk shares. Ensure yu specify a Windws accunt that has the apprpriate permissins, and then click OK. Fr mre infrmatin, check the permissins requirements. Reslve missing backup files Use the Missing Striped Backups windw t reslve issues caused by missing data files. This windw displays when a backup file yu selected is ne f several files created by a striped backup and yu did nt select all f the files required t create the virtual database. T specify mre backup files, type the path and filename f each file (r use the brwse buttn t navigate t the target file), and then click Add. Fr mre infrmatin abut hw striped backups wrk, see Micrsft SQL Server Bks Online. Hw t use yur virtual database Yu can access yur virtual database using any third-party tl, such as: SQL Admin Tlset Multi Query tl SQL Cmparisn Tlset SQL Server Management Studi Fr mre usage ideas, see ur tips and tricks. T use the Multi Query tl in the Idera SQL Admin Tlset: 1. Click Multi Query frm the SQL Admin Tlset Launchpad. 2. Add a new query r pen an existing query. Fr mre infrmatin, see the SQL Admin Tlset nline Help. 3. Execute yur query against the selected targets. In this case, the selected targets shuld include the virtual databases yu want t query. T use SQL Server Management Studi: 1. Cnnect t the SQL Server instance that is hsting yur virtual database. 2. In the Object Explrer, expand the Databases nde. 3. Select yur virtual database frm the list. Each virtual database will display as a physical database. 4. Perfrm an actin r run a query. Fr usage ideas, see Tips and Tricks. Test yur virtual database Yu can test yur new virtual database using Micrsft SQL Server Management Studi (Management Studi) r the built-in Query Database tl. With either applicatin, yu can test yur virtual database by perfrming simple T-SQL queries, such as testing whether yu can select data frm a specific table. When yu click Run Queries n the Welcme windw f the SQL VDB Cnsle, SQL Virtual Database starts the Management Studi tl. If Management Studi is nt installed n the lcal cmputer, SQL Virtual Database starts the built-in Query Database tl instead.

Yu can immediately begin using the Query Database tl by typing r cpying a script in t the editr pane, picking the virtual database n which yu want t run yur script, and then executing the query yu entered. The fllwing actins and tasks are available frm this tl. Chse the target database Use the Target Database(s) field t select which virtual databases shuld be tested with this query. Run the query Click the execute buttn t run yur script. Cntrl hw yur query is run Use the Query tab n the Optins windw t set run prperties, such as the maximum number f returned rws and the executin timeut value. Change hw the editr pane displays yur cde Use the Editr tab n the Optins windw t set the editr pane prperties, such as whether t shw line numbers r highlight syntax errrs.

Edit yur Virtual Database Settings The Edit Virtual Database Optins wizard lets yu change the cnfiguratin f a virtual database. With this wizard, yu can: Change the data set by specifying different backup files Chse a different date and time Rename the virtual database r edit the descriptin Yu shuld edit yur virtual database cnfiguratin when: Yu need t query r recver bject data frm a different time perid Yu want t change hw the virtual database is displayed in the SQL VDB Cnsle and ther third-party applicatins Hwever, yu may want t cnsider creating a new virtual database t use alng side the existing virtual database. This strategy can be useful when: Yu want t query data frm the same database at tw different time perids Yu need t track changes ver time, such as daily values f sensitive data Yu want t cpy r mve bjects, such as a table, frm ne database t anther Fr mre infrmatin abut tasks yu can perfrm n a virtual database, see tips and tricks. Chse different backup files Use the Backup Files tab t change the backup files being used fr yur virtual database. Chsing different backup files allws yu t access a different data set, such as a different time perid. TIP When yu select a backup file, SQL virtual database pens the file in shared read mde. When Micrsft SQL Server r Idera SQLsafe attempts t append (write) data t this file, the backup peratin will fail because the file is lcked fr read. If yur backup plicies r jbs are cnfigured t append new data sets t this file, change yur backup settings s that a new and unique file is created fr each backup. Yu can select any full, differential, and transactin lg backup files created by Micrsft SQL Server r Idera SQL Safe. Fr mre infrmatin, check the supprted backup file frmats. Actins and tasks Add a backup file t the list Click Add t select a backup file t use when creating this virtual database. T add a file, first type the path and filename in the prvided field, r brwse fr the files. Yu can als use regular expressins t find flders r files that match a naming cnventin. If the selected backup file cntains encrypted data, yu will be prmpted t prvide the passwrd required t decrypt the file. If the selected backup file cntains data fr mre than ne database, yu will be prmpted t chse which data set yu want. If the backup was written (r striped) t multiple files, yu will need t add each file in the stripe. Brwse fr backup files Click the brwse buttn t find the files yu want t use.

Remve a backup file frm the list Click Remve t delete a previusly selected backup file frm the list f files t use when creating this virtual database. Specify cnnectin credentials Clumns Click Credentials t specify which Windws accunt credentials shuld be used t access the selected files. By default, the SQLvdb Filter Service credentials are used. Ensure yu specify a Windws accunt that has the apprpriate permissins. Fr mre infrmatin, check the permissins requirements. Created Prvides the date and time when the backup files were created (that is, when the crrespnding backup peratins were perfrmed). Database Prvides the name f the database whse data was archived in this backup file. Data Set Indicates which data set this backup type is. The selected backup file may cntain mre than ne data set, depending n whether this file was appended with data frm multiple backup peratins. Filename Prvides the name f the backup files yu selected. First LSN Prvides the LSN at which each backup starts. Fr mre infrmatin, see Micrsft SQL Server Bks Online. Instance Prvides the name f the SQL Server instance hsting the archived database. Last LSN Prvides the LSN at which each backup ends. Fr mre infrmatin, see Micrsft SQL Server Bks Online. Stripe Seq N Type Indicates which stripe sequence number the selected file has. If the backup did nt use striped files, the sequence number fr all selected files will be 1. Indicates which type f backup was perfrmed when the selected files were created. Chse a different pint in time Use the Pint in Time tab t change the date and time f the data included in the virtual database. Yu can pick any date and time included in the data sets f the selected backup files. If yu d nt see the pint in time yu want, yu may need t chse different backup files. A pint in time prvides a histrical perspective f a physical database at the specified date and time. Yu can create multiple virtual databases, representing different pints in time, frm the same set f backup files. Fr example, yu can create three virtual

databases that represent the physical database n Mnday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Yu can then access data and bjects frm the database as it existed n Mnday, Tuesday, r Wednesday. A pint in time can help yu: Analyze different versins f the same database Cpy different versins f the same bject Cmpare changes in data and schema bjects frm ne time perid t anther Reprt n data that existed at a given date and time Use the slider t pick a pint in time during any hur f the mst recent day in the selected backup files. As yu hver ver the slider, the available time intervals display. T pick a time, click the crrespnding interval. Use the calendar interface t chse a date and time in any available mnth by selecting the apprpriate area n the displayed day. As yu hver ver a day, the available hur intervals display. T pick a time, click the crrespnding interval. The calendar interface indicates whether data is available fr a given date and time, based n the backup files yu selected. The calendar shws when different types f backups were perfrmed t help yu chse the crrect files s that yu have the data yu need. Actins and tasks Pick a date and time Yu can use either the slider r the calendar t pick the exact date and time yu want t recver. After yu select a date and time, SQL virtual database lists which data sets will be used t create the virtual database up t the selected pint in time. Pick an LSN SQL Server 2005 and later allws yu t use a LSN (lg sequence number) t identify the pint at which yu want t recver data. T recver up t a specific LSN range, select LSN frm the drp-dwn menu, and then chse the apprpriate backup file. Verify data sets Use the grid t verify which data sets will be used t create the virtual database up t the selected pint in time. Depending n the pint in time yu selected, SQL virtual database may nt need t use all the data sets available in the backup files. Change yur display settings Use the General tab t specify a different descriptin fr the virtual database. TIP Each virtual database requires a unique name. T rename an existing virtual database, recreate the virtual database and assign a different name. Actins and tasks Specify a descriptin Type a descriptin fr this virtual database. Use a descriptin that includes details abut this data set t help yu trublesht issues, administer yur databases, r recver specific bjects.