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SQL SERVER 2022 – Last Valid Restore Time – Improved Backup Metadata

June 2, 2023
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Backup, SQL Restore, SQL Server 2022

One significant addition to the backup metadata is the inclusion of the last valid restore time. In SQL Server 2022, a new improved backup metadata feature.

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Compressed Backup and Performance – SQL in Sixty Seconds #196

April 12, 2022
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
SQL Backup, SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Restore, SQL Server

I was recently asked if I have a handy script that can help us take compressed backup and uncompressed backup. Backup and Performance

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Restoring State

SQL SERVER – Source Database in Restoring State

October 19, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Backup, SQL Restore, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio, SSMS

A client whom I often help with Health Check recently reached out to me with an interesting problem about Source Database in Restoring State.

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Restore Date

SQL SERVER – Get Last Restore Date

September 10, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Backup, SQL Restore, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Let us learn how to get the last restore date for the backup in SQL Server. Here is a very simple script for the same. Let me know your feedback.

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Copy Database – SQL in Sixty Seconds #169

May 27, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Video
SQL Backup, SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Restore

At that time I use this technique of copy database while keeping the database online. This method is very simple and efficient.

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Multiple Backup Copies Stripped – SQL in Sixty Seconds #156

February 19, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Backup, SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Restore, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio, SSMS

Yesterday I blogged about SQL SERVER – Creating Multiple Backup Copies. I got an amazing response to the blog post. Let us learn it today.

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backup files

SQL SERVER – Creating Multiple Backup Files – Stripped

February 18, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Backup, SQL Restore, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio, SSMS

One of my long-term clients (Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check) recently asked me question if I know a way of creating multiple backup files.

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