2025-04-30
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Backups
“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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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
2,516 reads
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)
1,480 reads
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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Blogs
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Transaction Log Truncation
In SQL Server 2025, where can I find information about items that prevent or delay the transaction log truncation?
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