Reviewing the configuration

Last published : Aug 04, 2026
A sample setup containing the following object names is used to illustrate how to create, refresh, and restore a snapshot set for a specified SQL Server database.
Table: Object names used in SQL Server Quick Recovery tasks
Name Drive Letter Object
billing - SQL Server instance name
billing_DB - component (SQL Server database name)
harddisk3 - Disk where the mirrors will be created
billing_DG - disk group name for the Billing disk group
billing_data L: volume for Billing database user data
billing_log M: volume for Billing database log
billing_FS N: volume for Billing FILESTREAM filegroups (if FILESTREAM is implemented)
billing_datasnap S: volume for Billing database user data snapshot
billing_logsnap T: volume for Billing database log snapshot
billing_FSsnap U: volume for FILESTREAM filegroups database snapshot (if FILESTREAM is implemented)
billing_DB.xml - name for the metadata file generated when the snapshot is created
tlog1.bak, tlog2.bak - log files saved at c:\backup prior to restoring