This tutorial demonstrates how to move and restore a [!INCLUDE [ssnoversion-md](../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] backup file into a [!INCLUDE [sssql17-md](../includes ...

Welcome to this new series -- in this column, I hope to impart some quick, short tips that will help you make quick work of managing and administering your SQL Server databases. First up is an ...

A couple of months ago, I wrote an article on how to use PowerShell to back up a database within SQL Server Express Edition. Even though the technique that I described in that post works, the script ...

This article is a revised version of the original published January 3, 2005. See Editor’s Note for details. Two major factors drive database backups these days: compliance and disk space. Some ...

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 ...

Log backups must be applied in the sequence in which they were created, without any gaps in the log chain. For more information about transaction log backups, see Transaction Log Backups (SQL Server) ...

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