The Long Running Backup

“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.

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.

Generic SQL backup with Azure support

Generic SQL backup with Azure support allowing several, handy backup options.

Backup Growth Trend Check

-- Backup Growth Trend Check To Understand how much disk space you need in future

Creating Striped Backups

Learn how you can easily spread your backup across multiple files.

Check Backups

Daily maintenance script to check on backups

Powershell script to report old backup files

Get a report of backups older than 60 days.

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.

Backups Snapshot

This script gives a server level snapshot of recent backups