Schedule Backup / Restore to Different SQL Server Instance

Question

I have two SQL Server installations on two different machines. On the first machine I have database 'CUSTOMERS' which I would like to, on a scheduled basis, backup and restore as 'BACKUP_CUSTOMERS' on the second machine.

I've created a shared folder on machine 2 which is able to be read/written to by both machines SQL server services.

I have created a SQL Server Agent Job to do this but I am a bit lost on the steps after backing it up.

First step is:

BACKUP DATABASE 
CUSTOMERS
TO DISK = '\\MACHINE_2\DB Backups\CUSTOMERS.bak'
WITH COMPRESSION;

Is it possible to restore it as the next step?

I know I could potentially create a job on machine 2 to restore at regular intervals but that is subject to timing since it would presumably fail if the backup is still running.

Answer 1

You can restore and rename database using below code

RESTORE DATABASE [DB_NAME] FROM DISK='\\MACHINE_2\DB Backups\CUSTOMERS.bak'
WITH 
   MOVE 'DB_NAME' TO 'C:\DB_NAME.mdf', -- DATABASE FILES PATH YOU CAN CHANGE IT TO YOU 
CUSTOME PATH ON YOUR MACHINE
   MOVE 'DB_NAME_log' TO 'C:\DB_NAME.ldf'-- DATABASE FILES PATH YOU CAN CHANGE IT TO YOU