You can only restore system databases from backups that are created on the version of SQL Server® that the instance is running. For example, to restore a system database on an instance that is running on SQL Server 2005 SP1, use a backup that was created after the instance was upgraded to SQL Server 2005 SP1.
The master database must be accessible and at least partly usable for starting a SQL Server
® Instance. If the
master database becomes unusable, you can return the database to a usable state by either restoring the
master from a current database backup or
rebuilding the master.
You can restore the master database from a Full Database backup only if you are able to start the server instance. If severe damage to the
master database prevents you from starting the SQL Server, rebuilding the
master is the only option left. For more information, see
Rebuilding the master Database in the
SQL Server Books Online.
Restoring the model or
msdb database from a backup is required under the following circumstances:
Restoring model or
msdb is the same as performing a Complete Database restore of a user database.
Before restoring msdb, the
SQL Server Agent Service in the Control Panel must be stopped. Dell also recommends that you shut down applications, because the restore procedure disconnects users when necessary.
Replication supports restoring replicated databases to the same SQL Server® Instance and database from which the backup was created. If you restore a replicated database from a backup to a different instance, replication settings cannot be preserved. In this case, re-create all publications and subscriptions after backups are restored.
When you select a saveset, the following details are displayed in the Saveset Information area: Job ID, Job Title, server name, client name, plug-in name, saveset date and time, retirement setting, Incremental Backup or not, Archive or not, saveset size, and snapshot-based backup or not.