How Do I Automate A Recovery Process With Lots of Transaction Logs

I have to automate a process that will restore the latest BAK file and all the TRN files that occured afterwards on a remote server. I can't use the log shipping process. The BAK file is created nightly, and TRN files are created every 15 mins. I'm using a maintenance plan, so the file names change
Can anyone think of a good way to recover all those files, without all the clicking and typing
Jeff ZuerleinJeff
Create JOB under Management -SQL Server Agent folders with RESTORE DATABASE
..... command.
"Jeff Zuerlein" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I have to automate a process that will restore the latest BAK file and all
the TRN files that occured afterwards on a remote server. I can't use the
log shipping process. The BAK file is created nightly, and TRN files are
created every 15 mins. I'm using a maintenance plan, so the file names
change.
> Can anyone think of a good way to recover all those files, without all the
clicking and typing?
> Jeff Zuerlein|||Jeff,
I'm interested in why you can't use log shipping. If it is because you're
not using Enterprise Edition, then there are scripts in the Resource Kit to
do it manually for Standard Edition and below, or online there are a few
people who provide them for free:
http://www.sql-server-performance.com/sql_server_log_shipping.asp
HTH,
Paul Ibison|||It's purely political
I'm using a maintenance plan, so the names of the transaction logs change
I think I could code my way out, but I hate to spend the time if there is a better solution
Jeff|||To load logs from a folder you can get the file names into a temp table in
date order (earliest first) using something like this pseudo code
declare @.files int
create table #files(filename varchar(255))
insert #files exec master..xp_cmdshell 'dir /B /A-D /O-D c:\logs\*.trn'
delete #files where filename is null or filename like '%File Not Found%'
select @.files = count(*) from #files
If @.files >0
begin
-- loop through files in a cursor issuing a restore log command
end
--
HTH
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"Jeff Zuerlein" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> It's purely political.
> I'm using a maintenance plan, so the names of the transaction logs change.
> I think I could code my way out, but I hate to spend the time if there is
a better solution.
> Jeffsql