- #STELLAR PHOENIX SQL DATABASE REPAIR INSTALL#
- #STELLAR PHOENIX SQL DATABASE REPAIR REGISTRATION#
- #STELLAR PHOENIX SQL DATABASE REPAIR WINDOWS 10#
Getting the data out was also very easy as the “save database” option allows me to save back to multiple formats - MS SQL file, XLS, HTML or CSV: I was surprised to see all the data and the views easily accessible and visible from the tool itself. For my test database, the software worked flawlessly and I have to say that it was nice that I could browse the data inside the repair app as well: I fully expect larger datasets to take longer and would probably benefit from installing the recovery software onto SSD to help leverage the faster speeds. Running the MDF through the repair tool, it all worked flawlessly and the process was very quick, of course, the database was only 146 records so it should be quick. mdf file and from there I selected the MDF I’d copied over earlier: Launching the database button on the ribbon bar gives me a fairly standard dialog box to open the. The first screen of the application also helpfully shows the repair process. Launching the Stellar Database Repair tool brings up a nice colourful and interactive interface:
#STELLAR PHOENIX SQL DATABASE REPAIR WINDOWS 10#
Taking the MDF file and copying it to my windows 10 test machine where Stellar SQL recovery repair is installed I was curious to see how the software would handle the file and the corruption I’d put into it. The database that I’m using for testing just holds a couple of hundred rows of text data about server hardware so it’ll be pretty easy to see if it works. To simulate this, I took a database offline in SQL and copied out the MDF and then ran it through a PowerShell script that I wrote which alters random bits of the data to act as corruption. mdf files are not attaching to the SQL server. None of the databases are particularly large so they are relatively easy to copy for such testing.įor testing out the database repair tool, I decided to setup a scenario that the tool might be used in, for example, with a SQL recovery tool a reasonable scenario would be one where a SQL server has crashed, the data is salvageable but there are no backups and some of that data is corrupt because the. The databases it hosts are fairly small for a few appliances and a couple of PowerShell export scripts that I run. In my lab, I’ve got a SQL2014 server that doesn’t see any really heavy action. Since I downloaded the latest version, the software did not require any update.
#STELLAR PHOENIX SQL DATABASE REPAIR REGISTRATION#
Once installed I added in the registration key and then attempted to do an update.
#STELLAR PHOENIX SQL DATABASE REPAIR INSTALL#
The install expands to 16Mbytes when installed and needs admin rights, which is totally understandable. It’s a rare and wonderful thing to see that! The free download does not prompt for logon details and at just over 4MB it doesn’t take down long to download, so top marks there to Stellar for not demanding a page of details just to download the software. They kindly send me download details and a licence key so I could initiate the review-process. A few days ago, Stellar approached me and asked if I’d like to write a review of their SQL Database Repair Software, and being the sort of person that I am, I was curious to try it out and said yes.