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SQL SERVER – Retrieve and Explore Database Backup without Restoring Database...
I recently downloaded Idera’s SQL virtual database, and tested it. There are a few things about this tool which caught my attention. Let us learn about Retrieve and Explore Database Backup without...
View ArticleSQL SERVER – Making Database to Read Only – Changing Database to Read/Write
I recently received following comments on my earlier blog about Making database to read only. “Today I was trying to attach the (MDF, NDF, LDF) SQL server 2008 database which i have received from my...
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SQL SERVER – Move Database Files MDF and LDF to Another Location
When a novice DBA or Developer create a database they use SQL Server Management Studio to create new database. Additionally, the T-SQL script to create a database is very easy as well. You can just...
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SQL SERVER – Backup and Restore Database Using Command Prompt – SQLCMD
Backup and Restore is one of the core tasks for DBAs. They often do this task more times than they would have ideally loved to do so. One thing I noticed in my career that every successful DBA knows...
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9 Things You Should be Doing with Your Backups – Backup Tips – SQL Server...
SQL Server backups are essential for any business that store their data in SQL Server. The following is a list of best practices you should be following if you are the person in charge with maintaining...
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SQL SERVER – FIX Error 3169 – The database was backed up on a server running...
At this rate, I think I am going to exhaust the whole error set available in SQL Server. I am glad that I am able to get into unique situations and then resolve them too. And this is more of a diary of...
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SQL SERVER – Database Backup and Restore Management and Automation with...
ApexSQL Backup is a powerful yet simple tool for Microsoft SQL Server which represents a fully equipped command center for database backup and restore jobs management. It enables users to create and...
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SQL SERVER – Backup Randomly Failing with Error 112 (There is not enough...
Solving puzzle is something everyone would love to do. It gets our creative thoughts and the things that it challenges how we can solve problems. Recently I bought a puzzle which my kid had to finish...
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PowerShell Script – Backup Every Database In SQL Server
Using scripts can be a powerful way to automate things that a GUI will fail in many cases. I was working with a client who wanted to write a PowerShell script that would help him automate his backups....
View ArticlePowerShell – Backup SQL Server System Databases
I have been lately writing on powershell and didn’t know there are many more scenarios that can be enabled. I was traveling for a consulting assignment over the weekend for a customer location. Though...
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What is a Master Database in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #076
The other day, I received an email from a user, who had dropped master database in their system. I told him directly that he should have not dropped master database as that is a very important system...
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SQL SERVER – How to Recover Truncated or Deleted Data When a Database Backup...
Recovering lost data that was deleted or truncated can be fairly quick and easy, depending on the environment in which the database resides, recovery measures implemented before and after the data loss...
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SQL SERVER – Fix Error – Cannot use the backup file because it was originally...
Here is a recent email which I received from Madhu. He is a beginner in the SQL Server and when he tried to take a backup from SSMS (SQL Server Management Studio), he got error related to backup file....
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SQL SERVER – Database Backup and Restore Job Management
ApexSQL Backup is a tool for Microsoft SQL Server, intended for database backup and restore job management. The application supports all native SQL Server backups (full, differential and transaction...
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What is a Backup Timeline for Restore Process? – Interview Question of the...
Question: What is a Backup Timeline for Restore Process? Answer: One of the most popular interview question about Backup and Restore Database process. I find it very interesting that after so many...
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SQL SERVER – Error: Property BackupDirectory is Not Available for Settings
I break a lot of things on my SQL environment and I believe that is a very good way to learn things. Today, I wanted to perform a restore of a database using a backup which I took earlier. In this blog...
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PowerShell – Script to Listing all Backups Taken with SQL Server
I always like to keep a number of scripts handy in my USB drive with my Laptop. These scripts are used for my internal use when I am suddenly looking for something interesting in customer environments....
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SQL SERVER – Playing with Backups and Compression
The era of innovation with SQL Server administration side of things keep happening, it is strange that a lot of us miss these capabilities getting added into the system. I have seen processes define...
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SQL SERVER – Performance Analysis of Backup to Azure
It is second to human nature to compare when given options. When I wrote about the blog, SQL SERVER – Playing with Backups and Compression, I did compare some of the space savings one will achieve when...
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When was Database Last Backed Up in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the...
Question: When was Database Last Backed Up in SQL Server? Answer: I had received this question doing my recent training on SQL Server Performance Tuning. Though this training is about performance...
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