As a quick script tip for today I’ll show you a script I use regularly for reporting purposes.
It shows you the backup history on your instance for successful backups ordered by the most recent first:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 | -- Get the latest successful backups -- Shows databasename, backup start & end time, duration, backup file, -- backup size, compressed backup size (if used) and backup type. SELECT bs.database_name AS 'Database Name', bs.backup_start_date AS 'Backup Start', bs.backup_finish_date AS 'Backup Finished', DATEDIFF(MINUTE, bs.backup_start_date, bs.backup_finish_date) AS 'Duration (min)', bmf.physical_device_name AS 'Backup File', CASE WHEN bs.[type] = 'D' THEN 'Full Backup' WHEN bs.[type] = 'I' THEN 'Differential Database' WHEN bs.[type] = 'L' THEN 'Log' WHEN bs.[type] = 'F' THEN 'File/Filegroup' WHEN bs.[type] = 'G' THEN 'Differential File' WHEN bs.[type] = 'P' THEN 'Partial' WHEN bs.[type] = 'Q' THEN 'Differential partial' END AS 'Backup Type', ROUND(((bs.backup_size/1024)/1024),2) AS 'Backup Size (MB)', ROUND(((bs.compressed_backup_size/1024)/1024),2) AS 'Compressed Backup Size (MB)' FROM msdb..backupmediafamily bmf INNER JOIN msdb..backupset bs ON bmf.media_set_id = bs.media_set_id ORDER BY bs.backup_start_date DESC |
-- Get the latest successful backups -- Shows databasename, backup start & end time, duration, backup file, -- backup size, compressed backup size (if used) and backup type. SELECT bs.database_name AS 'Database Name', bs.backup_start_date AS 'Backup Start', bs.backup_finish_date AS 'Backup Finished', DATEDIFF(MINUTE, bs.backup_start_date, bs.backup_finish_date) AS 'Duration (min)', bmf.physical_device_name AS 'Backup File', CASE WHEN bs.[type] = 'D' THEN 'Full Backup' WHEN bs.[type] = 'I' THEN 'Differential Database' WHEN bs.[type] = 'L' THEN 'Log' WHEN bs.[type] = 'F' THEN 'File/Filegroup' WHEN bs.[type] = 'G' THEN 'Differential File' WHEN bs.[type] = 'P' THEN 'Partial' WHEN bs.[type] = 'Q' THEN 'Differential partial' END AS 'Backup Type', ROUND(((bs.backup_size/1024)/1024),2) AS 'Backup Size (MB)', ROUND(((bs.compressed_backup_size/1024)/1024),2) AS 'Compressed Backup Size (MB)' FROM msdb..backupmediafamily bmf INNER JOIN msdb..backupset bs ON bmf.media_set_id = bs.media_set_id ORDER BY bs.backup_start_date DESC