Last Backup Taken, or Not

Displays the last Full, Diff, and Log backup taken. If no backup has been taken that is displayed as well.

SQL Server Compression Ratio

Full Recovery Model

Faster Restores: Best Practices to Increase Speed

Backups are an everyday part of DBA life, whereas restores tend to happen on call at 3 a.m. In this article, Grant Fritchey looks at what you should be doing to make your restores as quick and seamless as possible.

Backup Verification: Tips for Database Backup Testing

A Backup system is merely part of a recovery system. If your backups can't be used to recover the database, then they're useless. Do you regularly make sure that you can restore a database from your backups?

poor mans archival of backup files and tran logs to alternate location

This script will backup your files that have changed only. old files will not be copied just newer ones.

When is a Backup Considered Successful?

What makes a successful backup? New author Steven Bouffard talks about some things you might want to consider when evaluating if your backup process is considered a success.

SQL Server Backup, Integrity Check, Index and Statistics Maintenance

Solution for Backup, Integrity Check, Index and Statistics Maintenance in SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 R2, SQL Server 2012, SQL Server 2014, SQL Server 2016, and SQL Server 2017.

Restoring to a Point In Time

One of the lesser used features of SQL Server 2000, but the capability to restore your databases to a particular point in time can be a valuable skill. Kathi Kellenberger takes a moment to explain how this feature works and how you can use it in your environment.