A policy is created at the vault level. Multiple vaults can use the same backup policy, but you must apply the backup policy to each vault. When you create a backup policy, a daily full backup is the ...

When the creation and configuration of a Recovery Services vault is complete, discovering databases and configuring backup is a two-step process. During the backup configuration, if the SQL VM and its ...

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 ...

The tail log backup in SQL Server is the last safety net you get when something breaks and you cannot afford to lose even a single committed transaction. It captures the final portion of the ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Your Microsoft SQL Server databases keep growing, but your storage hardware - and budget - aren't. You need a powerful, easy to use backup and recovery solution for SQL Server that gets the maximum, ...