Following the format of the previous chapters, we are going to continue on in the journey of backups and restores by delving into the second section of this book. The first section, comprised of Chapters 1–4, covered the backup portion; this second section, comprised of Chapters 5–8, is going to cover the restore portion.
At this point, we realize that a database backup is fundamental to the entire data recovery process. Without a backup, there can be no restore. For that reason, it is vital that the backups taken are correct, which we covered earlier. Now, going further ...