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How to extract striped backup of multiple files created by LiteSpeed to native SQL Server format -
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How to extract striped backup of multiple files created by LiteSpeed to native SQL Server format ?
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The additional parameter required is multiple -F occurrences toconvert a striped backup file to a native format, to be restored by SQL Server.
This process has been tested with 4.8.3.00025, using the following command line params:
C:\Program Files\Imceda\LiteSpeed\SQL Server>extractor.exe -Fc:\backups\pubs1.bak -Fc:\backups\pubs2.bak -Ec:\backups\pubsNATIVE.bak -L2
This completed successfully and created 3 native files (pubsNATIVE.bak0, pubsNATIVE.bak1, and pubsNATIVE.bak2) which restore successfully on native SQL 2005 instance.