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Server.Restore Method (String, String, Boolean, RestoreLocation[], RestoreSecurity, String)

Restores an Analysis Services database from a backup file to the specified database, given a password, an overwrite flag, multiple remote servers, and specifying security settings.

Namespace: Microsoft.AnalysisServices
Assembly: Microsoft.AnalysisServices (in microsoft.analysisservices.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub Restore ( _
    file As String, _
    databaseName As String, _
    allowOverwrite As Boolean, _
    locations As RestoreLocation(), _
    security As RestoreSecurity, _
    password As String _
)
public void Restore (
    string file,
    string databaseName,
    bool allowOverwrite,
    RestoreLocation[] locations,
    RestoreSecurity security,
    string password
)
public:
void Restore (
    String^ file, 
    String^ databaseName, 
    bool allowOverwrite, 
    array<RestoreLocation^>^ locations, 
    RestoreSecurity security, 
    String^ password
)
public void Restore (
    String file, 
    String databaseName, 
    boolean allowOverwrite, 
    RestoreLocation[] locations, 
    RestoreSecurity security, 
    String password
)
public function Restore (
    file : String, 
    databaseName : String, 
    allowOverwrite : boolean, 
    locations : RestoreLocation[], 
    security : RestoreSecurity, 
    password : String
)

Parameters

  • file
    The name and location of the file to restore.
  • databaseName
    The database to restore to.
  • allowOverwrite
    Indicates whether the database will be overwritten if it exists.
  • locations
    An array of RestoreLocation objects specifying multiple remote servers to restore to.
  • security
    A RestoreSecurity object that specifies the security settings for the restore.
  • password
    The password to use to decrypt the restoration file.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

Target Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

See Also

Reference

Server Class
Server Members
Microsoft.AnalysisServices Namespace