I prefer writing my own reports - thanks for the tip. This gives me all the information I need. I need a clarification though. The following is the output from a log file. As you can see, the restore started at 9:14:18pm and finished at 9:36:59pm - that is in 22 min 36 sec. What does 313.414 seconds (in the RESTORE LOG line) signify here then?
SQL Backup log file 7.3.0.57
-SQL "RESTORE LOG DW FROM DISK = 'T:\MSSQL\TLogs\DW_Log201305111456.trn' WITH DISCONNECT_EXISTING, STANDBY = 'T:\MSSQL\TLogs\DW_undoLog.log' "
----------------------- PROCESSES COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY --------------------
5/11/2013 9:14:18 PM: Restoring DW (transaction logs) on SQL042_1 instance from:
5/11/2013 9:14:18 PM: T:\MSSQL\TLogs\DW_Log201305111456.trn
5/11/2013 9:14:19 PM: ALTER DATABASE [DW] SET ONLINE RESTORE LOG [DW] FROM
VIRTUAL_DEVICE = 'SQLBACKUP_F758110E-23D1-46DC-B4A7-6422BCBC8113',
VIRTUAL_DEVICE = 'SQLBACKUP_F758110E-23D1-46DC-B4A7-6422BCBC811301',
VIRTUAL_DEVICE = 'SQLBACKUP_F758110E-23D1-46DC-B4A7-6422BCBC811302',
VIRTUAL_DEVICE = 'SQLBACKUP_F758110E-23D1-46DC-B4A7-6422BCBC811303'
WITH BUFFERCOUNT = 24, BLOCKSIZE = 65536, MAXTRANSFERSIZE = 1048576 , STANDBY = N'T:\MSSQL\TLogs\DW_undoLog.log'
5/11/2013 9:36:59 PM: Processed 0 pages for database 'DW', file 'DW' on file 1.
5/11/2013 9:36:59 PM: Processed 0 pages for database 'DW', file 'DW2' on file 1.
5/11/2013 9:36:59 PM: Processed 0 pages for database 'DW', file 'DW3' on file 1.
5/11/2013 9:36:59 PM: Processed 22082859 pages for database 'DW', file 'DW_log' on file 1.
5/11/2013 9:36:59 PM: RESTORE LOG successfully processed 22082859 pages in 313.414 seconds (550.461 MB/sec).
5/11/2013 9:36:59 PM: SQL Backup process ended.
SQL Backup log file 7.3.0.57
-SQL "RESTORE LOG DW FROM DISK = 'T:\MSSQL\TLogs\DW_Log201305111456.trn' WITH DISCONNECT_EXISTING, STANDBY = 'T:\MSSQL\TLogs\DW_undoLog.log' "
----------------------- PROCESSES COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY --------------------
5/11/2013 9:14:18 PM: Restoring DW (transaction logs) on SQL042_1 instance from:
5/11/2013 9:14:18 PM: T:\MSSQL\TLogs\DW_Log201305111456.trn
5/11/2013 9:14:19 PM: ALTER DATABASE [DW] SET ONLINE RESTORE LOG [DW] FROM
VIRTUAL_DEVICE = 'SQLBACKUP_F758110E-23D1-46DC-B4A7-6422BCBC8113',
VIRTUAL_DEVICE = 'SQLBACKUP_F758110E-23D1-46DC-B4A7-6422BCBC811301',
VIRTUAL_DEVICE = 'SQLBACKUP_F758110E-23D1-46DC-B4A7-6422BCBC811302',
VIRTUAL_DEVICE = 'SQLBACKUP_F758110E-23D1-46DC-B4A7-6422BCBC811303'
WITH BUFFERCOUNT = 24, BLOCKSIZE = 65536, MAXTRANSFERSIZE = 1048576 , STANDBY = N'T:\MSSQL\TLogs\DW_undoLog.log'
5/11/2013 9:36:59 PM: Processed 0 pages for database 'DW', file 'DW' on file 1.
5/11/2013 9:36:59 PM: Processed 0 pages for database 'DW', file 'DW2' on file 1.
5/11/2013 9:36:59 PM: Processed 0 pages for database 'DW', file 'DW3' on file 1.
5/11/2013 9:36:59 PM: Processed 22082859 pages for database 'DW', file 'DW_log' on file 1.
5/11/2013 9:36:59 PM: RESTORE LOG successfully processed 22082859 pages in 313.414 seconds (550.461 MB/sec).
5/11/2013 9:36:59 PM: SQL Backup process ended.