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A linked server has been (accidentally) removed from a SQL Server instance and nobody knows the credentials to re-create it from scratch.
So, is there a way to restore the linked server from a backup (presumably msdb) taken before its deletion?
I have finally used details in master.dbo.sysservers (SQL Server 2000) to recreate the linked server and created new credentials in order to connect.
Thanks for the comments.