Standby Database

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Standby Database
It can minimize the down time
It restore DB from the backup of Production SQL Server

In this lab, EX01 is production, EX02 is standby.

Preparation
1. Create Database for lab.

How to setup Standby Server:
1. EX01 create a full, differential and Log BK

2. Restore at Standby MSSQL with STANDBY

At this point of time, STANDBY DB in EX02 will show as (Standby/Read-Only).

How bring DB at EX02 to production:
Since Standby server is based on the backup of production server,
we need to run backup again before we bring standby server to production.

Author: Joe Chan