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  • Is the database read-only? Commented Feb 23, 2021 at 13:03
  • 2 hours restore seems to be too long. Is IFI enabled on the instance? Commented Feb 23, 2021 at 13:30
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    The database is not read only, it's 2 hours the bak file is absolutely massive with 13 years of data in it (and growing). The restore fails if a log file is missing (as they have to be loaded sequentially) so theoretically we could significantly speed up the process if we could force the database into NORECOVERY mode and restore the latest log/s files Commented Feb 23, 2021 at 13:50
  • To elaborate on what Dan Guzman wrote, if when you have restored the database you ONLY need to read the data i.e. for reports then you could restore with norecovery and standby which allows read-only access to the database and (once you have disconnected the readonly users) allows you to apply further transaction logs to roll the database further forward in time without the need to restore another full backup. Commented Feb 23, 2021 at 14:20