Elaborate backups might seem like a good idea at first, but they add unnecessary complexity to your recovery process. Here are some things to keep in mind to make backup and recovery as smooth as ...

If you don’t have a backup of your MS SQL database, then follow the below ways to recover deleted data. Transaction log files record each change made to the ...

Automate database backup with Prapl SQL Backup Software for PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, MariaDB, MySQL, SQLite, ...

Idera’s SQLsafe — a backup utility for Microsoft SQL Server — was designed to compete directly with Imceda’s LiteSpeed. Similar to LiteSpeed, SQLsafe improves on native SQL Server backups with ...

I've seen a few posts here and there with people talking about imaging their SQL Servers. I was wondering what you used to do that and the reasoning behind it. I assume the general idea is that if the ...

The design of a database determines what method is best suited for backing it up, and those methods vary quite a bit. In order to back up a database, you need to know how it’s delivered, but you also ...

When working as an engineer, you will surprisingly often have opportunities to interact with databases. From application ...

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For the past several weeks I’ve been doing nothing but complaining about vendors so I thought I’d take a break and write something about SQL Server for a change. So to that end today I’m gonna talk ...

What are the most common SQL VSS writer issues users encounter when backing up SQL databases with VSS-based backup software? The VSS writer error that seems to cause ...

I've been working with SQL Server for over 20 years now, Generally, I limit my tools to the things I might expect to find in a given client environment. My toolbox typically includes the tools that ...