A follow-up to my previous post: How to Restore SQL Server Databases Using SMO and PowerShell
In this post I will show you how you can restore your database to :
1. the existing database (same database name)
2. a different database (different database name, different mdf and ldf)
As with the previous post, to do a SQL Server restore in SQL Server, you will need to use the SMO SqlBackup method. In SQL Server 2008, you will need to load Microsoft.SqlServer.SmoExtended assembly otherwise, you will get the following error:
Cannot find type [Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Backup]: make sure the assembly containing this type is loaded.
Other assemblies you may want to load are:
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.SqlServer.SMO") | Out-Null
#Need SmoExtended for smo.backup
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.SqlServer.SmoExtended") | Out-Null
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo") | Out-Null
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.SqlServer.SmoEnum") | Out-Null
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