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You administer a Microsoft SQL Server server that hosts a transactional database and a reporting database. The transactional database is updated through a web application and is operational throughout the day. The reporting database is only updated from the transactional database.
The recovery model and backup schedule are configured as shown in the following table:

The differential backup of the reporting database fails. Then, the reporting database fails at 14:00 hours.
You need to ensure that the reporting database is restored. You also need to ensure that data loss is minimal.
What should you do?

A. Restore the latest full backup, and restore the latest differential backup. Then, restore the latest log backup.
B. Perform a point-in-time restore.
C. Restore the latest full backup.
D. Restore the latest full backup, and restore the latest differential backup. Then, restore each log backup taken before the time of failure from the most recent differential backup.
E. Restore the latest full backup. Then, restore the latest differential backup.
F. Restore the latest full backup. Then, restore each differential backup taken before the time of failure from the most recent full backup.
G. Perform a page restore.
H. Perform a partial restore.

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Suggested Answer: C 🗳️

by Varad at Sept. 25, 2019, 2:10 p.m.

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King_W

4 years, 4 months ago

The correct answer is C.

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Fame

4 years, 8 months ago

The correct answer is C: The reason is that the scheduled differential backup plan is already failed prior to the time the database failed.

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Varad

5 years, 7 months ago

Answer should be "E. Restore the latest full backup. Then, restore the latest differential backup."Reporting database failed at 14:00 hours. We have Full back taken at 01:00AM and DiffBackup taken at 13:00PM. To have MINIMAL data loss, you need to restore FULL & then DIFF backup.

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bubba

5 years, 5 months ago

You're incorrect. It Clearly states at the start of the question that "The differential backup of the reporting database fails" making the differential backup for that day obsolete. Therefore you'd only restore the Full backup because it is the most recent successful backup.

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