Getting Started Guide
Log Explorer
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Contents iii
Contents
About This Book.......................................................................................................................................... v
Conventions................................................................................................................................................. vi
Contacting Lumigent .................................................................................................................................vii
Chapter 1
Log Explorer Introduction 1
What Is Log Explorer?................................................................................................................................ 1
What Does Log Explorer Provide?........................................................................................................... 2
Transaction Log Browsing...........................................................................................................2
Selective Data Recovery...............................................................................................................3
Data Export....................................................................................................................................3
Why Use Log Explorer?.............................................................................................................................. 4
How Does Log Explorer Work?................................................................................................................4
Chapter 2
Installation 5
Components and Requirements.................................................................................................................5
Before You Start........................................................................................................................................... 6
Licensing......................................................................................................................................... 6
Installing Log Explorer on a Cluster.......................................................................................... 7
Client Installation .........................................................................................................................................8
Single Server Installation...........................................................................................................................10
Multiple Server Installation.......................................................................................................................12
Enabling and Disabling the Capture of Session Login Information .................................................14
Chapter 3
Getting Started 17
Connecting to Your Database..................................................................................................................19
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Attaching in a Cluster Environment.........................................................................................20
Attaching through TCP ..............................................................................................................20
Log Explorer Functions.............................................................................................................................21
Exploring the Log.......................................................................................................................................24
Browsing........................................................................................................................................24
Filtering..........................................................................................................................................31
Real-Time Monitor......................................................................................................................33
Row Revision History.................................................................................................................34
Row Transaction History............................................................................................................35
View DDL Commands...............................................................................................................36
Exporting Data............................................................................................................................................37
Export to SQL Server Table......................................................................................................37
Export to File...............................................................................................................................39
Recovering Data..........................................................................................................................................41
Undo User Transactions.............................................................................................................41
Redo User Transactions..............................................................................................................43
Salvaging Data..............................................................................................................................44
Recovery Tasks.............................................................................................................................48
Rollback a Table...........................................................................................................................48
Rollback a Row.............................................................................................................................49
Undelete (Restore) Deleted Rows.............................................................................................50
Undo a Transaction in the Browse Log View.........................................................................50
Undo an Operation in the Browse Log View .........................................................................51
Running a SQL Script ................................................................................................................................51
About This Book v
About This Book
The Getting Started Guide provides conceptual information about the Lumigent® Log
Explorer™ product (Log Explorer), as well as planning, installation, and usage
information. This book defines terminology and various related concepts.
Intended Audience
This book provides information for individuals responsible for installing and using Log
Explorer and understanding related Microsoft SQL Server concepts.
Other Information Available from Lumigent
Lumigent provides the following information resources:
Getting Started Guide
Provides conceptual information about Log Explorer, as well as planning,
installation, and usage information.
Guided Tour
Provides a tour of Log Explorer’s features, by guiding the user step-by-step in
setting up a demonstration database and using Log Explorer against that
database to solve database management, auditing, and recovery problems.
Help
Provides context-sensitive information and step-by-step guidance for common
tasks, as well as definitions for each field on each window.
FAQ
Provides answers to frequently asked questions; available from the Lumigent
website, www.lumigent.com