Sql-server – SQL Server 2014 Restore DB only has “Verify Backup Media” option

restoresql server 2014

I just downloaded SQL Server 2014 Management Studio. I got the backup files ".bak" from my colleague. When I try to do a restore from "Database > Restore Database…", the window dialog only has "Verify Backup Media" instead of "OK", "Cancel", etc.

Clicking the button the message on top of the dialog stated "Backup media verified successfully", but the database is not restored.

Did I miss out any configuration during installation or perhaps user permission issue? I'm using "sa" user.

Best Answer

After lots of searching it seems abit hard to figure out why restoring database only has the "Verify Backup Media" option in my SSMS.

I tried "Restore Files and Filegroups..." but hit another error "The backup set holds a backup of a database other than the existing", until I came to this post, writing the script instead to restore the ".bak" file works for me.