enable-initialization-with-backup-for-transactional-publications.md

title	Enable initialization with backup (Transactional)
description	Learn how to enable initialization from a backup for a Transactional Publication in SQL Server.
author	MashaMSFT
ms.author	mathoma
ms.date	09/25/2024
ms.service	sql
ms.subservice	replication
ms.topic	how-to
ms.custom	updatefrequency5
helpviewer_keywords	manual subscription initialization [SQL Server replication] subscriptions [SQL Server replication], initializing initializing subscriptions [SQL Server replication], without snapshots transactional replication, backup and restore backups [SQL Server replication], transactional replication

Enable Initialization with Backup for Transactional Publications

[!INCLUDE SQL Server] To initialize a subscription to a transactional publication from a backup, enable the publication to allow initialization from a backup, and then specify backup information when creating the subscription:

• Enable the publication on the Subscription Options page of the Publication Properties - <Publication> dialog box. For more information about accessing this dialog box, see View and Modify Publication Properties.

• Specify backup information with the stored procedure sp_addsubscription (Transact-SQL). For more information about the parameters required by sp_addsubscription, see Initialize a Transactional Subscription from a Backup (Replication Transact-SQL Programming).

To enable initialization with a backup

1. On the Subscription Options page of the Publication Properties - <Publication> dialog box, select a value of True for the Allow initialization from backup files option.

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