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How can I restore a SQL database without using a .bak file?

  • March 26, 2025
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How can I restore a SQL database without using a .bak file? When I attempt to restore the database to disk or to an out-of-place location, the restore process generates a .bak file. I'm not sure how to restore the database as a regular database file with its associated transaction logs. Documentation hasn't provided any clear guidance. Can anyone help?

 

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Hello ​@Rehan Bari 

You can restore a database to disk if streaming backups this will be a .bak file. 

Otherwise, you can restore it out of place as a different database name and file location.

https://documentation.commvault.com/2024e/essential/restoring_sql_database_out_of_place.html

 


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