Compressed Backups

The 5 Worst Days in a DBAs Life: Day 2

Steve and the rest of the DBA Team are back for round two. In this episode they have to restore all of a business' data using nothing but a set of off-site backups, kanban, and witty repartee.

The Girl with the Backup Tattoo

The DBA Team are back, ready to save another DBA. In this episode, a rogue DBA sabotages the backups, can Robyn Page, Steve Jones, Grant Fritchey, and Phil Factor find the solution? Save the backups...save the business.

Identify the Backup used to Restore the Database

This article will help us identify the backup which was used to restore the database. This may seem simple when the database backup is from the same server but the complications begin when the backup is not from the same server.

Script to Get the Backup History

Script to get the database backup history on SQL Server 2000/2005/2008

SQL Server Database Backup and Restore with Windows Azure Blob Storage Cloud Services using T-SQL Commands

SQL Server 2012 introduces a new feature to issues backups on the Windows Azure Blob Storage service directly and restore from there when needed. But how does it work and how to get started using T-SQL commands for backup and restore operation?

Different Ways to Restore a SQL Server Database

This article describes the SQL Server database restore principles for full backups, differential backups and transaction log backups and how to perform the restores to get to a particular point in time. This tip describes SQL Server database restore principles on a database that is using the FULL recovery model.

10 Myths about Backups in SQL Server

Let's dispel a few myths about backups in SQL Server.

Database Backup Restore

Get Database Backup Details on SQL Server

DB Backup status Details