The -ad server option is used to recover a database by applying all the transaction logs from a specified directory to the backup copy of a database. When this option is specified, the database server applies the transaction logs and then shuts down the database.

To recover from multiple transaction logs using the -ad server option

• Start the database server using -ad to apply the transaction logs to the backup copy of your database. See -ad database option.

Example

The following example applies the offline (backup) and current transaction logs to the backup copy of the sample database using the -ad database server option. The database server uses the log offsets in the transaction logs to determine the correct order in which to apply the log files.

See also

• Recover a database with multiple transaction logs using the -a server option
• Recover a database with multiple transaction logs using the dbtran utility
• The automatic recovery process
• Recover uncommitted operations