Warren

My view is that you should back up everything (within reason) and then it's there if you need it. Just because you can't think of a reason why a backup of a particular database might be needed, it doesn't mean there isn't one.

Your point about making test environments as close as possible to live is not one I'd considered before in the context of backups, but it's a good one. I shall use it when arguing for backups of test in my office!

John