Restoring a database allows for the complete restoration of data over a wide range of potential system problems:

• Media failure . If one or more of the disk drives holding a database fail, you are faced with a complete loss of data unless you can restore an earlier copy of the data.
• User errors . If a user or application either unintentionally or maliciously makes a large number of invalid modifications to data, the best way to deal with the problem may be to restore the data to a point in time before the modifications were made.
• Permanent loss of a server .If a server is disabled permanently, or a site is lost to a natural disaster, you may need to activate a warm standby server or restore a copy of a database to another server.

Additionally, backing up and restoring databases is useful for non-system problems, such as moving or copying a database from one server to another. By backing up a database from one computer, and restoring the database to another, a copy of a database can be made quickly and easily.

This section provides the basic steps required to restore a database. Please select a topic

• Preparing works
• Configuring restore job
• Running job
• Scheduling Restores