Reasons to restore individual file groups.

Hi,
I'm making the decision to not backup file groups and only backup databases
(with backkup exec.)
I don't see any reason I would have to resore individual file groups.
Does anyone know why I should backup file groups or in what situation I woul
d need to restore individual file groups?Mannie,
The way I look at filegroup backup and restore is that I prefer to avoid it
if I can. If I have a database too large to handle with "regular" backup
methods, then I consider it. Just the fact that your database is toast if
you are missing one log backup taken after the filegroup you have restore
feel a bit scary to me.
I prefer to keep things as simple as possible. You can still use filegroups
and even do filegroup restore from a full backup (possibly using the PARTIAL
option of applicable).
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
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"mannie" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I'm making the decision to not backup file groups and only backup
databases (with backkup exec.)
> I don't see any reason I would have to resore individual file groups.
> Does anyone know why I should backup file groups or in what situation I
would need to restore individual file groups?