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Which backup option should you use?

You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 instance that contains a financial database hosted on a
storage area network (SAN).
The financial database has the following characteristics:
A data file of 2 terabytes is located on a dedicated LUN (drive D).
A transaction log of 10 GB is located on a dedicated LUN (drive E).
Drive D has 1 terabyte of free disk space.
Drive E has 5 GB of free disk space.
The database is continually modified by users during business hours from Monday through Friday
between 09:00 hours and 17:00 hours. Five percent of the existing data is modified each day.
The Finance department loads large CSV files into a number of tables each business day at 11:15
hours and 15:15 hours by using the BCP or BULK INSERT commands. Each data load adds 3 GB of
data to the database.
These data load operations must occur in the minimum amount of time.
A full database backup is performed every Sunday at 10:00 hours. Backup operations will be
performed every two hours (11:00, 13:00, 15:00, and 17:00) during business hours.
On Wednesday at 10:00 hours, the development team requests you to refresh the database on a
development server by using the most recent version.
You need to perform a full database backup that will be restored on the development server.
Which backup option should you use?

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A.
NORECOVERY

B.
FULL

C.
NO_CHECKSUM

D.
CHECKSUM

E.
Differential

F.
8ULK_LOGGED

G.
STANDBY

H.
RESTART

I.
SKIP

J.
Transaction log
K.
DBO ONLY
L.
COPY_ONLY
M.
SIMPLE
N.
CONTINUE AFTER ERROR

15 Comments on “Which backup option should you use?

  1. Rafael DBA says:

    L. COPY_ONLY for sure. So you don’t break the log chain. There are places saying the correct answer is “log backup” but you can’t restore a log backup without the full.




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