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