PDW Database Restore

Using below command you find the backup header information for all backup sets on a given backup devise

Restore headeronly from disk = '\\10.10.10.10\PDWBackups\FullBackup_02052015\DWLOADER_staging'

Restore a database using Full backup 

Restore database DBAAdmin from disk = '\\10.10.10.10\PDWBackups\FULL\05052015\AdventureWorksPDW2012.bak'

Restore a database using differential backup 

Restore Database DBAAdmin1 from disk = '\\10.10.10.10\PDWBackups\FULL\05052015\AdventureWorksPDW2012_Diff.bak' 

with BASE = '\\10.10.10.10\PDWBackups\FULL\05052015\AdventureWorksPDW2012.bak'  

 

In above statement full backup is '\\10.10.10.10\PDWBackups\FULL\05052015\AdventureWorksPDW2012.bak'  

and differential backup is \\10.10.10.10\PDWBackups\FULL\05052015\AdventureWorksPDW2012_Diff.bak' 

Limitations in the restoration is 

The backup set can only be restored to a SQL Server PDW destination appliance that has the same number or more Compute nodes than the source appliance. It cannot have fewer Compute nodes than the source appliance.

SEE ALSO 
How to Take PDW DB Backup
How to connect PDW Instance
Grant access on PDW Backup Share/Node