How to Backup a SQL Server Database
This post contains a demo on how to backup a SQL Server Database and includes some information on the types of backups available in MS SQL.
Get Estimated Backup Restore Time in SQL Server
This post contains a SQL script to get estimated completion times and process information for your currently running database backups &
How to Get Last Backup Times for all Databases in SQL Server
This is a post on how to get the last backup dates and times for all databases on a SQL Server Instance.
Get Last Database Restore DateTimes in SQL Server
This post contains a script to help you get the last dates and times for when your databases were last restored in SQL Server.
How to Restore a Database in SQL Server
Restoring a database in SQL Server is a straightforward task, and one that SQL Database Administrators have to perform thousands of times throughout their career.
Show Last Backup Times in SQL Server
If you’re running a SQL Server and you care about the data held in it, you should already be backing up the databases.
Backing up a SQL Server Database with Encryption
To backup a database in SQL Server with Encryption, run the BACKUP DATABASE command with the ENCRYPTION option added to the SQL statement, and specify the valid encryption certificate name.
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'
