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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

There are many backup options for databases, but here are recommendations for Cassandra, DB2, DynamoDB, MongoDB, MySQL, Oracle, and PostgreSQL. There are many options for backing up databases, and ...

Microsoft held many of its database announcements until after the Business Applications Summit in Atlanta, helping to keep the focus on announcements at the conference. Arpan Shah, general manager for ...

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 ...