In SQL Server, the database can be stored in different files and filegroups. If your database is small (100 MB or less), you do not need to worry too much about files and filegroups. But if you have a ...

Our normal practices for backing up SQL servers is to use the regular SQL backup tools to perform full, differential and transaction log backups and this has always worked fine. Recently we performed ...

The phone call you do not want to receive starts the same way every time. "The database is down. We are getting an error message. Nobody can connect. The last backup ...

Let's follow up the last column with a step-by-step breakdown shows how the PowerShell script automates SQL Server backups, manages retention, logs activity and verifies data integrity. In my first ...

The SQL Server backup chain is one of those things DBAs rarely think about until it breaks and when it does, recovery plans fall apart fast, which leads us directly to why this topic matters right now ...

I have a server running SQL 2008. I am backing up the SQL databases using BackupAssist, which just uses the built in SQL backup tools to save the database and transaction logs as .bak files to a ...

SQL Server tools are used across industries to improve the performance, security, and automation of databases. Modern tools support cloud-hybrid systems and faster data analysis workflows. Choosing ...

Instead of doing all the backups in the minimum time, and wait for the next backup LOG, we should be able to spread the backup operations along the RPO time frame . The main target is to dilute the ...