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 working with backups and compression. Though the space savings were significant, one of the blog readers wanted to understand how this would be on time? Is it faster or slower to do the same. I went about taking the same script and I collected the time taken. Let us learn about Performance Analysis of Backup to Azure.
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 the way how DBA’s work. In a lot of places, the processes, scripts and behaviors are brought forward without a second thought. I wanted to share a recent story that happened at one of my client’s place. Let us talk my experience about playing with backups and compressions.
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. One of the scripts that I use is shown below. Many a times I have seen customers don’t really have any backup strategy. And when I start working with them, I call out some of the basic backup techniques that they need to be doing.
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 post, let us learn how I fixed Property BackupDirectory is Not Available for Settings.
What is a Backup Timeline for Restore Process? – Interview Question of the Week #092
Question: What is a Backup Timeline for Restore Process?
Answer: One of the most popular interview question about Backup and Restore Database process.
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 log backups), and allows users to easily create, save and manage all backup related jobs. ApexSQL Backup can be used to run, schedule and monitor all backup operations across the domain from a single location.
SQL SERVER – Fix Error – Cannot use the backup file because it was originally formatted with sector size 4096 and is now on a device with sector size 512
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. As soon as he sent me an email I knew what was the exact problem, he was facing and I was able to help him quickly. Let us first recreate the same error and later on see how to fix the same.