“But I don’t need to back up that database.”
Brent Ozar shares four stories of people who thought they could avoid backups - and got burned.
2018-05-04
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Backups
Backup File Inventory
Are you using Ola Hallengren's Maintenance Solution? Here's a Python script that helps you keep track of your backup file inventory.
2016-01-25
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Generic SQL backup with Azure support
Generic SQL backup with Azure support allowing several, handy backup options.
2016-01-29 (first published: 2016-01-21)
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Backup Growth Trend Check
-- Backup Growth Trend Check To Understand how much disk space you need in future
2015-06-23 (first published: 2015-06-02)
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2015-02-19
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2016-02-05 (first published: 2014-05-15)
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2014-05-30 (first published: 2014-05-05)
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Backup to the Cloud: The Silver Lining
Offsite backups are vital to data integrity, allowing for preservation and backup of data in catastrophic circumstances. Cloud backups have been around for a while, but are now really coming into their own. Tony Davis looks at how to get set up with cloud backups for restores and disaster recovery.
2013-09-16
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2013-03-26 (first published: 2013-03-15)
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Windows Server 2012 Deduplication – Should you use it with SQL Server Backups?
Windows Server 2012 introduces native deduplication functionality. While this is a promising new Windows feature for other file types and characteristics, there are some potential pitfalls that you need to be aware of when it comes to deduplication specifically for SQL Server backup files.
2013-02-08
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