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the next differential backup of the SQL Server data will fail. The backups will continue failing until

the third-party software creates the next "own" full backup.

 If other VSS-aware applications are running on the machine and you need to keep their logs for

any reason.

Using this parameter does not result in the truncation of Microsoft SQL Server logs. To truncate the

SQL Server log after a single-pass backup (p. 86), specify the --mssql_truncate_logs (p. 91)

parameter.

3.7 Recovery parameters

3.7.1 autorename

--autorename

The parameter is used with the recover mssql_database (p. 38) command. The parameter

enables the renaming of databases that have the same names as those in the destination instance. A

recovered database will have the following name: <original database name>-Recovered. If a

database with this name already exists, the recovered database will be named as follows:

<original database name>-Recovered (<sequence number>).

Examples: MyDatabase-Recovered, MyDatabase-Recovered (2).

If the --autorename parameter is not specified, the command execution result depends on the

--overwrite (p. 104) parameter. If the --overwrite parameter is present, the command will

overwrite the existing database. Otherwise, the database will be skipped during the recovery.

If you specify both the --autorename and the --overwrite parameters, an error will occur.

3.7.2 database

--database=<db_name>

The name of a database to be recovered.

The parameter is used with the recover exchange_database (p. 35) command only when

recovering a storage group.

The parameter is needed in the following cases:

 If the --target (p. 80) parameter value is another_database and the destination storage

group does not exist.

 If the --target parameter value is recovery_database.

You need to specify pairs of the --database and --database_location (p. 100) parameters for

each database of the storage group being recovered. Otherwise, the operation will fail.

To learn the names of the backed-up databases, use the list content (p. 45) command.

Example:

--database=DB1 --database_location=C:\databases\DB1 --database=DB4

--database_location=D:\my_documents\DB4