Re: TDP for SQL - restoring to different server

2006-07-19 Thread Del Hoobler
Paul, You will need the SQL Server on the alternate machine. SQL Server backups are simply a stream of bytes. They are not "files", like Exchange, for example. At restore time, Data Protection for SQL gives the "stream of bytes" back to the SQL Server. The SQL Server knows exactly how to put the d

TDP for SQL - restoring to different server

2006-07-18 Thread Paul Dudley
We have just started using TDP for SQL (version 5.2.1) I need to restore an SQL database backup from 7 days ago to another Windows server. I have a few questions regarding this. If I install TSM and TDP for SQL on another Windows server, does the server I restore it too have to have SQL installe