Prerequisites
Ensure that your environment meets the following requirements:
- The Microsoft application agent must be installed on the target remote instance.
- Configure the same lockbox on the target remote instance as the lockbox on the instance where you configured the restore operation. For example, if the instance where you are running the restore has a lockbox with DataDomain1 and StorageUnit1, you must create the same lockbox with DataDomain1 and StorageUnit1 on the target remote instance.
- The SQL Server Agent must be running on the target remote instance. If the remote instance is on the same domain as the server where you are configuring the restore operation, the Microsoft application agent starts the SQL Server Agent automatically during the restore operation. If the remote server is on a different domain, then you must launch the SQL Server Agent on the target server manually.
- Connection to the remote instance using the Connect to Server option in the SQL Server Management Studio.
- If the remote instance cannot be connected, the restore fails.