14 April 2009

DBMS: Roll Forward (Definitions)

"To recover from disasters, such as media failure, by reading the transaction log and reapplying all readable and complete transactions. See also roll back." (Microsoft Corporation, "SQL Server 7.0 System Administration Training Kit", 1999)

"To apply all the completed transactions from a database or log backup in order to recover a database to a point in time or the point of failure." (Anthony Sequeira & Brian Alderman, "The SQL Server 2000 Book", 2003)

"To apply logged changes to data in a roll forward set to bring the data forward in time." (Thomas Moore, "MCTS 70-431: Implementing and Maintaining Microsoft SQL Server 2005", 2006)

"The process of applying committed transactions. As a part of the recovery process, committed transactions are rolled forward to ensure the database is recovered in a consistent state with the changed data in the database." (Darril Gibson, "MCITP SQL Server 2005 Database Developer All-in-One Exam Guide", 2008)

"To apply logged changes to the data in a roll forward set to bring the data forward in time." (SQL Server 2012 Glossary, "Microsoft", 2012)

"To update the data in a restored database or table space by applying changes recorded in the database log files." (Sybase, "Open Server Server-Library/C Reference Manual", 2019)

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