Backup and restore

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List SQL backups

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During the process of developing a script to make copies of local SQL database and transaction log backups, I needed to come up with an easy way of locating the backup files. This script queries the SQL2000 backup tables in the msdb database and returns backup start dates, types (D=database, L=Log, I=Differential) and the location […]

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2004-02-25

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MSP_Restore

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Simple Procedure to rapidly rebuild a copy of Development TEST1 DB...Lovely and fast when Tard Developers have highlevels of access  and you just need them out to restore / refresh a db...KILL KILL KILL !!! Remember to reset / resolve users and permissions after this is run. I use a DTS RUN statment with a […]

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2003-12-18

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Script to backup all databases

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A proc which gets a list of all databases (Exluding "excluded" ones) and backs them up.The backup files are stored in the directory \DatabaseName\DatabaseName.bakUNC names are supported provided SQL Server has write access to the location.It deletes backups older than x (Current 3) days.This can be changed.Add a job to execute the script of proc […]

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2003-06-26

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Full, diff and tlog backups based on recovery mode

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    This a script which creates stored procedures that can be executed adhoc or set as sql agent jobs to check the recovery status and generate full, differential or transaction log backupf for each database if the database recovery status is set to full.  We have terabytes of data and set all production databases […]

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2003-06-06

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Upgrading Admin Queries

I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?  

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