Database Copy to another

Question

I have a SQL database on Server1 called DB1. I need that entire database copied over to a different
server (call it Server2) each night. I'd like to schedule a SQL Agent job to do this.
I'd prefer not to setup a linked server on Server2 so that's why I'm asking this question.
What is the best practices method of accomplishing this? Is the best route to schedule a native backup of DB1 on Server1 and then schedule a restore of that .bak onto Server2? I worry about the job failing if people are connected to DB1 on Server2 at the time
of the scheduled restore.

Answer 1

Method 1:
Sept 1 : Backup database from source to local drive,  ( What is the database size ), if size is small then you can directly place the backup the file to destination server, and if the backup size is large then you have to backup to local then you have
to copy to destination...
Sept 2 : copy the backup file to destination and restore that data base with NORECOVERY
Robocopy syntax :
::Copy all files from sourcepath to destinationpath using Robocopy
::Last updated on 23/02/2012 by Adam Rush
::Switches:
::(E)mpty folders included in copy
::(R)etry each copy up to 15 times
::(W)ait 5 seconds between attempts
::(LOG) creates log file
::(NP) do not include progress txt in logfile; this keeps filesize down
::Source path
set sourcepath=\\SourceServer\Share
::Destination path
set destinationpath=E:\Destination\Folder
::Log path
set logpath=E:\Logs\Robocopy\
::Include format yyyy-mm-dd#hh-mm-ss.ms in log filename
set filename=Robocopy_%date:~-4,4%-%date:~-7,2%-%date:~-10,2%#%time::=-%.txt
::Run command
robocopy %sourcepath% %destinationpath% /E /R:15 /W:5 /LOG:%logpath%%filename% /NP
Robocopy & CMDSHELL Link :
http://saurabhsinhainblogs.blogspot.in/2014/02/copy-all-files-from-one-drive-to-other.html
http://saurabhsinhainblogs.blogspot.in/2014/02/copy-all-files-from-one-drive-to-other_6.html
Method 2 :
If this is just for a DR then you can do the below..
You can configure database mirroring or Log shipping to implement the same.
If there is any other purpose , for example generating any nightly reports or anything then you have to restore the database with RECOVERY and etc...
Raju Rasagounder Sr MSSQL DBA