Show Last Backup Times in SQL Server
One of the first things you’d want to know about a SQL Server if you’re touching it for the first time, is when the databases were last backed up.
Backing up a SQL Server Database with Encryption
Backing up a SQL Server Database with Encryption is the secure way of performing your SQL Server backups. If you’re ever worried about the data within your databases, you may consider this option when performing database backups.
Backing up a SQL Server Certificate
It’s important to backup SQL Server Certificates, but only if you’re using them really. If for example, your SQL Server database backups are encrypted and you need to restore it on another server, then you will need both the certificate and private key that was used.
Backup & Restore (WITH FILE)
In this post I’m going to show what the WITH FILE = X option does when backing-up or restoring a SQL Server database.
Backing Up a SQL Server Database
Backing up a database is something I’ve always found easier done within a query window. There’s not much to it; BACKUP DATABASE [DATABASENAME] TO DISK = N'e:\directory\databasename_backupdate.bak'
