RESTORE VERIFYONLY

  • Do we need to check the database backups periodically with RESTORE VERIFYONLY?

    Anyone has any thoughts of having this a scheduled job to check if we have a valid backup?! Or the VERIFY option while taking backup should be fine??

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  • I run this command occasionally but do perform database restoration to another server regularly to ensure the backup works.

  • The restore verify only won't tell you if the restore process wil work fine. It doesn't check the consistency of the data inside the backup. So I also think the best way to be shure of our backups, is a restore.

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