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 ...

Imagine the transaction log as a detailed diary of your SQL Server database. It records every single change, big or small, that happens to your data. This diary is super important because it helps ...

この記事では、Azure 仮想マシンで実行されている SQL Server データベースに関するトラブルシューティング情報を提供します。 バックアップ プロセスと制限事項の詳細については、「Azure VM ...

# Customer intent: As an IT administrator, I want to back up SQL Server databases on Azure virtual machines to the Recovery Services vault, so that I can ensure data protection with low recovery-point ...

Data loss can happen when you least expect it, whether from human error, system failures, or unexpected outages. That’s why having a reliable SQL backup strategy is essential if you want to protect ...

The first is to truncate the logs using the SQL server's Enterprise Manager. The second is that when you do a full backup, it should clear the logs for you. Neither of these will shrink the physical ...

In an earlier blog entry, I talked about “Deprecated” code and I highlighted the fact that the BACKUP LOG WITH NO_LOG and BACKUP LOG WITH TRUNCATE_ONLY statements are no longer allowed in SQL Server ...