Do I Need to backup the reportserver tempdb?

  • quick question.....

    Do I need to backup the reportserver tempdb database? I would think the answer is no because after all it is a tempdb. Just wondering. Currently I am not backing it up.

    Thank you.

  • I do not believe so

    If I recall correctly

    ReportServerTempDB exists because it's used as temp table/db by the Report Server, especially snapshots

    it doesn't use the native tempdb that's session-only

    so there is no harm in losing ReportServerTempDB

    SQLServerNewbieMCITP: Database Administrator SQL Server 2005
  • although its only a work area I would still keep one backup on local disk just in case you need to recover for some reason. You never know, you may lose the disks.

    thanks

    SQL_EXPAT

  • You can back it up but the purpose would be for its structure rather than its data.

    Here is a link to some guidelines, including some of the other backup considerations required such as encryption keys and report files.

    http://www.sqlhowto.co.uk/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1229333629&archive=&start_from=&ucat=4,6,9&

    James Howard

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