How can I backup a remote SQL Server database to a local drive?

Question

I need to copy a database from a remote server to a local one. I tried to use SQL Server Management Studio, but it only backs up to a drive on the remote server.

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Answer 1

There is the 99% solution to get bak file from remote sql server to your local pc. I described it there in my post http://www.ok.unsode.com/post/2015/06/27/remote-sql-backup-to-local-pc

In general it will look like this:

• execute sql script to generate bak files

• execute sql script to insert each bak file into temp table with varbinary field type and select this row and download data

• repeat prev. step as many time as you have bak files

• execute sql script to remove all temporary resources

that's it, you have your bak files on your local pc.