description: This article shows you how to create a full database backup in SQL Server using SQL Server Management Studio, Transact-SQL, or PowerShell.

You can take backups of databases from SQL Server on Linux with many different options. On a Linux server, you can use **sqlcmd** to connect to the SQL Server and take backups. From Windows, you can ...

A SQL database backup is an essential safeguard against data loss or corruption in your SQL database. Having a backup allows you to restore the data to a previous state if there is an issue with the ...

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 ...

SQL Server instances, even if equipped with provisions like automatic backup and recovery, are not sufficiently protected against sudden, disastrous situations like multi-site database failure, ...

This happens on SQL Server 2012 and 2008, on Win 2012 and 2008 servers. DPM is 2012 (not R2). The databases are from different software packages, some Microsoft, some not.