Microsoft SQL DBA Blog

Published by Peter Whyte, an experienced SQL Server Database Administrator.


  • Get Estimated Database Backup/Restore Time Script

    This post contains a SQL script to get estimated completion times and process information for your currently running database backups & restores in SQL Server. Backing up a database can often take a very long time. It depends on various factors, one obvious reason being, that the bigger…

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