^{Simple Recovery}

With the Simple Recovery model, the database can be recovered to the point of the last backup. However, you cannot restore the database to the point of failure or to a specific point in time. To do that, choose either the Full Recovery or Bulk-Logged Recovery model.

The backup strategy for simple recovery consists of:

• Database backups.
  
  
• Differential backups (optional).

Note  This model is similar to setting the trunc. log on chkpt. database option in Microsoft® SQL Server™ version 7.0 or earlier.

To recover in the event of media failure

1. Restore the most recent full database backup.
   
   
2. If differential backups exist, restore the most recent one.

Changes since the last database or differential backup are lost.

To create a database backup