Storing Backups Locally? You have no Backups!
Me, being nice! You’ve got business critical data stored in your SQL Server, don’t you? And you’re taking backups of those databases, right? But where are you storing those backups? If you’re storing backups locally,…
Modify device path for multiple Backup Devices
Backup Devices provide a nice way to permanently configure the backup location, enabling BACKUP DATABASE to look like:
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BACKUP DATABASE [xyz] TO [backup-device-name]; |
When you create a Backup Device, you specify the physical location where backups will actually be…
Backup Performance Testing
Reliable database backups are perhaps the single most important aspect of a Database Administrator’s job. The business risk from data-loss that can occur without a reliable database backup are substantial enough to bring many smaller…