{"id":1823,"date":"2013-10-24T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-24T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/dataplatforminsider\/2013\/10\/24\/backup-and-restore-enhancements-in-sql-server-2014-ctp2\/"},"modified":"2024-01-22T22:49:07","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T06:49:07","slug":"backup-and-restore-enhancements-in-sql-server-2014-ctp2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2013\/10\/24\/backup-and-restore-enhancements-in-sql-server-2014-ctp2\/","title":{"rendered":"Backup and Restore Enhancements in SQL Server 2014 CTP2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SQL Server 2014 CTP2 includes three SQL Server Backup and Restore enhancements.\u00a0 These enhancements enable using <a href=\"#WABackups\">Windows Azure for backups<\/a>, providing options to <a href=\"#EaseAutomate\">ease and automate backup management<\/a>, and improved security for backups through <a href=\"#Encryption\">encryption<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In addition, to enable backup to Windows Azure from previous versions of SQL Server, a <a href=\"#Tool\">stand-alone tool<\/a>\u00a0is now available.\u00a0 A brief description of the tool and the link to the download center is included at the end of this article.<\/p>\n<p>The three enhancements are described in detail below:<\/p>\n<h1>\n<a name=\"WABackups\"><\/a>SQL Server Management Studio Support for SQL Server Backup to URL (Windows Azure storage)<\/h1>\n<p>Support for SQL Server backup to and restore from the Windows Azure was introduced in SQL Server 2012 SP1 CU2 with Transact-SQL, SMO and PowerShell support. In the current release, the feature is further enhanced to include UI support.\u00a0 Backup and Restore tasks, and maintenance plans now include URL as a destination option when backing up or restoring a database.<\/p>\n<p>Following are the UI changes in SSMS:<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Backup UI Changes:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">When you right click a database and select <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 12px;\">Tasks<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">, and choose <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 12px;\">Backup<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">, the <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 12px;\">Back Up Database<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"> dialog that launches includes new options to support backup to Windows Azure. The dialog box has three pages, <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 12px;\">General<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">, <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 12px;\">Media Options<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">, and <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 12px;\">Backup Options<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">. The <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 12px;\">General<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"> page now includes <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 12px;\">URL<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"> as one of the destination options.\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/7725.Back20Up20Database.png\" original-url=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/cfs-file.ashx\/__key\/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles\/00-00-00-60-54\/7725.Back-Up-Database.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Backup Database\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/7725.Back20Up20Database.png\" original-url=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/resized-image.ashx\/__size\/550x0\/__key\/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles\/00-00-00-60-54\/7725.Back-Up-Database.png\" alt=\"Backup Database\" srcset=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ol>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<strong>File Name:<\/strong> Name of the backup file.<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>SQL Credential:<\/strong>\u00a0 You can either specify an existing SQL Server Credential or create a new one by clicking the <strong>Create\u2026<\/strong> button. \u00a0The new dialog that opens when you click create requires a management certificate or a publishing profile for the Azure subscription. If you do not have access to the management certificate or publishing profile, you can create a credential by specifying the Windows Azure storage account name and access keys.\u00a0 In SSMS, from the instance, right click <strong>Security<\/strong>, select <strong>New<\/strong>, and select <strong>Credential<\/strong> to create a new SQL Credential.<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>Azure storage container:<\/strong> The name of the Azure storage container.<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>URL prefix:<\/strong> This is generated automatically using the information you provide in the above fields.\u00a0 You don\u2019t have to edit the information in this field. If however, you do, make sure it matches with the other information. For example. If you manually edit the storage URL, then the SQL Credential should have the authentication information for the storage specified.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">2. \u00a0If you click the <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 12px;\">Create&#8230;<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"> button, you will see a new dialog titled <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 12px;\">Backup to URL \u2013 Create Credential\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">as shown below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/3666.Create20Credential.png\" original-url=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/cfs-file.ashx\/__key\/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles\/00-00-00-60-54\/3666.Create-Credential.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Create Credential\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/3666.Create20Credential.png\" original-url=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/resized-image.ashx\/__size\/550x0\/__key\/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles\/00-00-00-60-54\/3666.Create-Credential.png\" alt=\"Create Credential\" srcset=\"\"><\/a><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<strong style=\"font-size: 12px;\">SQL Credential:<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"> Enter the name for the new SQL credential.\u00a0 This credential is used by SQL Server to authenticate to the Windows Azure storage account.<\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<strong style=\"font-size: 12px;\">Windows Azure Credentials:<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">\u00a0 When using this dialog to create a credential, you must provide a Windows Azure Management Certificate added to the local certificate store or a publishing profile downloaded to your computer to validate the subscription and the storage account information.\u00a0 If you use the publishing profile, the subscription and the certificate are automatically populated.<\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">Select, type, or paste your Windows Azure subscription ID that matches the management certificate from the local certificate store.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\n<strong style=\"font-size: 12px;\">Storage Account:<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"> Select the account you want to use for storing the backups. The system stores this information in the SQL Credential that is created when you click <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 12px;\">Create<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">.<\/span>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">3. \u00a0When you select <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 12px;\">URL<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"> as the destination, you will only see certain options enabled on the <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 12px;\">Media Options<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"> page. If you want to overwrite a backup stored in Windows Azure storage, you can do so using Transact-SQL using the WITH FORMAT option.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2350.Transact20SQL.png\" original-url=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/cfs-file.ashx\/__key\/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles\/00-00-00-60-54\/2350.Transact-SQL.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Transact SQL\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2350.Transact20SQL.png\" original-url=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/resized-image.ashx\/__size\/550x0\/__key\/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles\/00-00-00-60-54\/2350.Transact-SQL.png\" alt=\"Transact SQL\" srcset=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maintenance Plan Wizard has similar changes to the <strong>Define a Backup<\/strong> Page to support backup to Windows Azure storage.<\/p>\n<h2>Restore UI Changes:\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>In the Restore task, you now have the option of selecting <strong>URL<\/strong> as the device to restore from.\u00a0 If you select URL, you are asked to specify the SQL Credential to authenticate to the Windows Azure storage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>When you select <strong>Device<\/strong> on the <strong>General<\/strong> page of the Restore task, the Backup Devices dialog that launches includes <strong>URL<\/strong> as a backup media Type.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 12px;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 12px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/6825.Select20Backup20Devices.png\" original-url=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/cfs-file.ashx\/__key\/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles\/00-00-00-60-54\/6825.Select-Backup-Devices.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/6825.Select20Backup20Devices.png\" original-url=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/resized-image.ashx\/__size\/550x0\/__key\/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles\/00-00-00-60-54\/6825.Select-Backup-Devices.png\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">2. \u00a0When you select <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 12px;\">URL<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"> as the media type and click <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 12px;\">Add<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">, you see a new dialog\u00a0 &#8211;<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 12px;\">Connect to Windows Azure Storage<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">, which allows you to specify the SQL Credential to authenticate to the storage account.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/4314.Connect20to20Windows20Azure20Storage.png\" original-url=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/cfs-file.ashx\/__key\/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles\/00-00-00-60-54\/4314.Connect-to-Windows-Azure-Storage.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/4314.Connect20to20Windows20Azure20Storage.png\" original-url=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/resized-image.ashx\/__size\/550x0\/__key\/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles\/00-00-00-60-54\/4314.Connect-to-Windows-Azure-Storage.png\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">3. \u00a0Once connected to the storage,\u00a0 the backup files are retrieved from the storage.<\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/0118.Locate20Backup20File20in20Windows20Azure.png\" original-url=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/cfs-file.ashx\/__key\/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles\/00-00-00-60-54\/0118.Locate-Backup-File-in-Windows-Azure.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/0118.Locate20Backup20File20in20Windows20Azure.png\" original-url=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/resized-image.ashx\/__size\/550x0\/__key\/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles\/00-00-00-60-54\/0118.Locate-Backup-File-in-Windows-Azure.png\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is the link to the topic that describes the feature in detail: \u00a0<a style=\"font-size: 12px;\" href=\"http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkID=324660\">SQL Server Backup to URL<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>\n<a name=\"EaseAutomate\"><\/a>SQL Server Managed Backup to Windows Azure Storage<\/h1>\n<p>Built on top of the SQL Server Backup to URL technology, SQL Server 2014 CTP2 includes the option to let SQL Server create and manage the backup strategy. SQL Server creates a backup strategy intelligently, one that is based on recoverability to a point in time within the specified retention period and transaction activity on the database. The destination for the backup file is Windows Azure Storage.\u00a0 Once you configure this feature either for a database or for an entire instance, SQL Server manages the backup frequency for full and log backups.\u00a0 It supports point in time restore based on the retention time period you specify when configuring SQL Server Managed Backup. It also supports the use of encryption.\u00a0 Encryption is also a new feature released in SQL Server 2014 CTP2 and is described later in this blog post.<\/p>\n<p>Following are sample Transact-SQL statements for configuring SQL Server Managed Backup to Windows Azure.<span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For a database:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"scroll\"><code class=\"mysql\">Use msdb;<br> GO<br> EXEC smart_admin.sp_set_db_backup <br> @database_name='TestDB' <br> ,@enable_backup=1<br> ,@retention_days =30 <br> ,@credential_name ='MyCredential'<br> ,@encryption_algorithm ='AES_256'<br> ,@encryptor_type= 'Certificate'<br> ,@encryptor_name='MyServerCert01';<br> GO<br><\/code><\/pre>\n<p>For an instance of SQL Server:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"scroll\"><code class=\"mysql\">Use msdb;<br> GO<br> EXEC smart_admin.sp_set_instance_backup<br> @enable_backup=1<br> ,@retention_days=30 <br> ,@credential_name='sqlbackuptoURL',<br> ,@encryption_algorithm ='AES_128'<br> ,@encryptor_type= 'Certificate'<br> ,@encryptor_name='MyBackupCert';<br><br> GO<br><\/code><\/pre>\n<p><strong>Important: <\/strong>To create a backup certificate to use when configuring smart backup, use the steps described in the Encrypted Backup section below.<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here is the link to the topic that describes the feature in detail: \u00a0<a style=\"font-size: 12px;\" href=\"http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkID=324662\">SQL Server Managed Backup to Windows Azure<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>\n<a name=\"Encryption\"><\/a>Encrypted Backup<\/h1>\n<p>To secure you backup data, you can now select to encrypt when you create a backup.\u00a0 The encryption options include an encryption algorithm and a certificate or asymmetric key to be used for the encryption.\u00a0 Only asymmetric keys residing in the Extended Key Management is supported.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple encryption algorithms up to AES 256 bit are supported giving you a variety of algorithms to choose from. Adding backup encryption to a TDE encrypted database, gives additional protection for your data.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You can control the process using Transact-SQL, SMO, PowerShell, or SSMS. Encryption options can also be used when configuring SQL Server Managed Backup to Windows Azure, therefore providing additional security for your off-site data.<\/p>\n<p>It is very important that the certificate or key used for encrypting must be backed up to a different location than the backup that the certificate or key is used to encrypt.\u00a0 Without this certificate or key the backup file cannot be restored.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Important<\/strong>: Restore validates the thumbprint of the certificate during the restore operation. Therefore, the certificate used to create the backup must be retained in its original state.\u00a0 Renewing the expiry date for example changes the thumbprint and thus can render the certificate unusable.<\/p>\n<p>Below are some simple steps you can follow to test out the feature.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">1. \u00a0Create a Database Master Key for the master database on the instance<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<pre class=\"scroll\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><code class=\"mysql\">USE master; <br> GO <br> CREATE MASTER KEY ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = '23987hxJ#KL95234nl0zBef'; <br><\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">2. \u00a0Create an encryption certificate\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<pre class=\"scroll\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><code class=\"mysql\">Use Master <br> GO <br> CREATE CERTIFICATE MyTestDBBackupEncryptCert <br> WITH SUBJECT = 'MyTestDB Backup Encryption Certificate'; <br><\/code><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/pre>\n<pre class=\"scroll\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">3. Backup a database and choose the encryption option, specify an encryption algorithm, specify the certificate to use.<\/span><\/pre>\n<pre class=\"scroll\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><code class=\"mysql\">BACKUP DATABASE [MyTestDB] <br> TO DISK = N'C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft SQL Server\\MSSQL12.MSSQLSERVER\\MSSQL\\Backup\\MyTestDB.bak' <br> WITH <br> ENCRYPTION <br> ( <br> ALGORITHM = AES_256, <br> SERVER CERTIFICATE = MyTestDBBackupEncryptCert <br> ), <br> STATS = 10 <br> GO<br><\/code><\/pre>\n<h2>Backup UI Changes:<\/h2>\n<p>The Backup Options page of the <strong>Back Up Database<\/strong> Task dialog has the new encryption options.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/3240.Backup20UI20Changes.png\" original-url=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/cfs-file.ashx\/__key\/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles\/00-00-00-60-54\/3240.Backup-UI-Changes.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/3240.Backup20UI20Changes.png\" original-url=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/resized-image.ashx\/__size\/550x0\/__key\/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles\/00-00-00-60-54\/3240.Backup-UI-Changes.png\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Maintenance Plan Wizard has similar changes to the\u00a0<strong>Define a Backup<\/strong>\u00a0Page to support backup to Windows Azure storage.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the topic that describes the feature in detail: \u00a0<a style=\"font-size: 12px;\" href=\"http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkID=324663&amp;\">Backup Encryption<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>\n<a name=\"Tool\"><\/a>SQL Server Backup to Windows Azure Tool<\/h2>\n<p>This stand-alone tool can be configured to redirect SQL Server backups to Windows Azure storage.\u00a0 To be used for SQL Server versions that do not have the built in ability to backup to Windows Azure, it also includes the options to encrypt and compress during backup.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, see the <a href=\"http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkID=324399&amp;WT.mc_id=Blog_SQL_Azure_CTP2\">download page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SQL Server 2014 CTP2 includes three SQL Server Backup and Restore enhancements.\u00a0 These enhancements enable using Windows Azure for backups, providing options to ease and automate backup management, and improved security for backups through encryption.\u00a0 In addition, to enable backup to Windows Azure from previous versions of SQL Server, a stand-alone tool\u00a0is now 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