I am trying to accomplish the following:
- Take a snapshot of the original database, create and exact a duplicate on another server?
- Take a snapshot of the original database, create a duplicate on the same server under a different DB name
However, I cannot due to very limited experience with MSSQL. Any suggestions?
Additional info:
Origin DB server: SQL Server 2000
Destination DB server: SQL Server 2005
Best Answer
Both these operations can be performed from Enterprise Manager (SQL2000) or its replacement SQL Management Studio (SQL2005+), or the TSQL commands BACKUP and RESTORE.
Note: you can restore a database backed up from SQL2000 on SQL2005 with not issues in most cases, but not the other way around.