Facing a below error. I have already done a full backup and a differential backup, when i tried to restore a second differential backup, I'm facing the below error. I could understand i'm getting the error since my db in online state. I cannot take a full backup again because its huge size.
As of my knowledge we can restore multiple differential backup post one full backup.
How to make the db in restoring state, so that i can update a new differential backup. Please anyone assist.
TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio
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Restore failed for Server 'xxxxx-xx'. (Microsoft.SqlServer.SmoExtended)
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or batch. (Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo)
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The log or differential backup cannot be restored because no files are ready to rollforward.
RESTORE DATABASE is terminating abnormally. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 3117)