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title: Restore SQL Server databases on an Azure VM
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description: This article describes how to restore SQL Server databases that are running on an Azure VM and that are backed up with Azure Backup. You can also use Cross Region Restore to restore your databases to a secondary region.
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ms.topic: conceptual
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ms.date: 07/15/2021
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ms.date: 08/11/2022
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author: v-amallick
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ms.service: backup
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ms.author: v-amallick
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This article describes how to restore SQL Server databases. For more information, see [Back up SQL Server databases on Azure VMs](backup-azure-sql-database.md).
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>[!Note]
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>See the [SQL backup support matrix](sql-support-matrix.md) to know more about the supported configurations and scenarios.
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## Restore to a time or a recovery point
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Azure Backup can restore SQL Server databases that are running on Azure VMs as follows:
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#### Excluding backup file types
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The **ExtensionSettingOverrides.json** is a JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) file, that contains overrides for multiple settings of the Azure Backup service for SQL. For "Partial Restore as files" operation, a new JSON field ``` RecoveryPointsToBeExcludedForRestoreAsFiles ``` must be added. This field holds a string value that denotes which recovery point types should be excluded in the next restore as files operation.
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The **ExtensionSettingOverrides.json** is a JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) file that contains overrides for multiple settings of the Azure Backup service for SQL. For "Partial Restore as files" operation, a new JSON field ` RecoveryPointsToBeExcludedForRestoreAsFiles ` must be added. This field holds a string value that denotes which recovery point types should be excluded in the next restore as files operation.
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1. In the target machine where files are to be downloaded, go to "C:\Program Files\Azure Workload Backup\bin" folder
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2. Create a new JSON file named "ExtensionSettingOverrides.JSON", if it doesn't already exist.
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>[!NOTE]
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>- After the restore is triggered and in the data transfer phase, the restore job can't be cancelled.
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>- The role/access level required to perform restore operation in cross-regions are _Backup Operator_ role in the subscription and _Contributor(write)_ access on the source and target virtual machines. To view backup jobs, _ Backup reader_ is the minimum premission required in the subscription.
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>- The RPO for the backup data to be available in secondary region is 12 hours. Therefore, when you turn on CRR, the RPO for the secondary region is 12 hours + log frequency duration (that can be set to a minimum of 15 minutes).
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