Log Shipping
You can use log shipping to send transaction logs from one database (the primary database) to another (the secondary database) on a constant basis. Continually backing up the transaction logs from a primary database and then copying and restoring them to a secondary database keeps the secondary database nearly synchronized with the primary database. The destination server acts as a backup server and provides a way to reallocate query processing from the primary server to one or more read-only secondary servers. Log shipping can be used with databases using the full or bulk-logged recovery models.
Note
For information about which editions of SQL Server support log shipping, see Features Supported by the Editions of SQL Server 2008.
In This Section
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Introduces log shipping concepts and provides an example of a typical log shipping configuration. |
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Describes the steps involved in configuring a database for log shipping. |
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Contains information about failing over to a log shipping secondary, changing roles between primary and secondary servers, using secondary servers for query processing, removing log shipping, using log shipping as part of a recovery plan, log shipping tables and stored procedures, and monitoring log shipping. |
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Describes the server instance used to monitor log shipping activity and keep log shipping history. |