baswoo.blogg.se

Warning: The certificate you created is expired.įinally, you can restore the database with your normal method and it will with no issues.

The warning is OK, this is because the original certificate was not set with an expiration date.įROM FILE = 'E:\MSSQL\DB_Encrypt_Cert.cer'ĭECRYPTION BY PASSWORD = '7Hx81GbNaxHP65rsSfiKAaVvKvN5beUY' Notice the name must remain the same, you will need the private key, password, and pay attention on the syntax it changed from Encryption to Decryption. Restore and create a certificate in the destination based on the backup file you took in the step before. TO FILE = 'Z:\Backup\DB_Encrypt_Cert.cer'ĮNCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = 'StrongPassword' It must be with password and private key otherwise you will have the following error in the destination server “Msg 15507, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 A key required by this operation appears to be corrupted.” Next, you have to backup the certificate in the source and create a copy of it in the destination server. You need to create your own with the following syntax:ĬREATE MASTER KEY ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD ='StrongPassword' By default SQL creates one that is valid for system databases only. Next, create a master key in the destination server. Second, identify the certificate by navigating in the source server to Master –> Security –> Certificates Identify the certificate ORDER BY name Result of encrypted databases In this case we only have one certificate. Notice the thumbprint is the same as the error raised originally. With the query below you can list the encrypted databases. This includes the certificate, keys, and databases. In order to successfully make the restore in a different server you will need to create a master certificate in the detonation and transfer the certificates and backups in that order.įirst, identify all the objects affected. RESTORE DATABASE is terminating abnormally. When you restore an encrypted backup in another SQL Server, it either restored it fully encrypted with null values only, or doesn’t restore at all by raising the following error:Ĭannot find server certificate with thumbprint '0圎11A199C1059C6F1E0223B56581CDCF3F043DFE8'. This article is only valid for SQL 2008 and SQL 2008 R2 as some feature were removed/improved in further versions.