

Ĭheck the Contents of the BAK File RESTORE FILELISTONLY FROM DISK = 'T:\DIRECTORY\DATAWAREHOUSE_FULL_20200115_190000.bak'

This should provide you with a result set that looks like this: BackupName BackupDescription BackupType ExpirationDate Compressed Position DeviceType UserName ServerName DatabaseName DatabaseVersion DatabaseCreationDate BackupSize FirstLSN LastLSN CheckpointLSN DatabaseBackupLSN BackupStartDate BackupFinishDate. Reference: RESTORE Statements - VERIFYONLY (Transact-SQL) (Microsoft | SQL Docs) Check the BAK Fileheader RESTORE HEADERONLY FROM DISK = 'T:\DIRECTORY\DATAWAREHOUSE_FULL_20200115_190000.bak'

Verify BAK File RESTORE VERIFYONLY FROM DISK = 'T:\DIRECTORY\DATAWAREHOUSE_FULL_20200115_190000.bak' Perform the following commands in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) on the SQL Server instance you are trying to restore the database to.
