Backing up SQL databases is essential for data protection and disaster recovery, and storing backups on a network share reduces the risk of data loss even more. Why Backup SQL Databases to a Network ...

I'm backing up SQL databases directly to a UNC path. Smaller (e.g. <5GB) work just fine, larger databases (this particular one is ~27GB) fails. Here is the log file ...

Used SQL mysqldump commands (or equivalent backup scripts) to export the entire database schema and data into a .sql file. Ensured the backup included table structures, constraints, and all inserted ...

Idera, a provider of Microsoft SQL Server management and administration tools, has announced the latest version of its SQL Server backup and recovery solutions: SQL safe 6.4, SQL safe lite 6.4 and SQL ...

The transaction log file contains the SQL Server transactions of the database. It basically records the database transactions and the changes made by the transactions to the database. The logs are ...

A couple of months ago, I wrote an article on how to use PowerShell to back up a database within SQL Server Express Edition. Even though the technique that I described in that post works, the script ...

I need to create backups of few Microsoft SQL databases in our environment and have them send email notifications after the job is finished. Servers are in AD and we also have Exchange. What is the ...

Differential backups every 12 to 24 hours. Transaction log backups every 5-10 minutes. The frequency of transaction log backups is based on the compute size and the amount of database activity. When ...