While this article does a good job of showing the PS cmdlet for backup, I think it obscures the complexity of backup.  This method works ok when you treat all...

If we could get something like the following we could also avoid most of the dynamic-sql out there:

select * from @DBName.dbo.T1;

update @DBName.dbo.T1;

select * from @DBName.sys.database_files;

etc.

They force us to use dynamic-sql...

Yeah, I make a product that does this and also expands all the subgroups as well to give you not only a flat list, but also the full group chain...

This method doesn't handle nested AD groups does it?

Just wanted to let you guys know how this turned out.

I already had the issue fixed in the upcoming release. The issue is that when some table or index names...

Thanks for the heads up Grant.

Yeah, I've seen this issue before and I think you're on an older version.

Ping me in email and we'll do the needful.

That's correct, the Minion license isn't open source, but it's free.

And we've got users who have modified it to suite their purposes. They just can't turn around and re-release...

Thanks for that.

Now, I'd really love to hear your thoughts on Python vs PS.

Not really. We just don't want you taking our code and releasing your own product based off of it. As far as I know, pretty much everything else...

Not to put too find a point on it, but Minion Backup gives you this out of the box.

Cool. Let me know if you need any help getting started with Minion Backup. We have lots of videos, and other docs. And I'm always here to...

Orlando,

That was a very nice, well thought-out objection... overruled (move quote). Anyway, I can tell you've at least thought about this before and at least you've made your decision...

Don't misunderstand my enthusiasm for Minion with any disrespect for Ola's tool. A lot of people really like it. And I just get over excited about preaching Minion.

However,...

Give me an example. Because in every single case I can think of, it's much easier to update a table value than it is to add a new job,...