About snapshot templates

A snapshot template contains all the settings that you implemented with the Quick Recovery Configuration Wizard for selected databases of a particular instance. After configuring settings with the wizard, you can save the template settings to a template (.tpl) file (an XML file) for reuse on another database or instance. This enables you to re-use the same schedule or use it with minor modifications. If you apply the settings without saving, they are stored in the registry so that you can view or modify them in the wizard, but they are not available to import for another instance or database.

Before you can use the template settings on another system, you must first copy the template (.tpl) file to that system. You can then import the file while using the Quick Recovery Configuration Wizard.

If settings already exist for a database, you cannot select that database and import a template to overwrite those settings. You must instead modify the settings. However, you can import a template for another database for which settings do not exist.

Templates store the following information: