grant fritchey - common problems in backup and recovery and how to handle them
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Common Backup ProblemsGrant Fritchey
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Goals
• Identify common backup issues• Prevent those issues from occurring
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Agenda
• Disaster Recovery• SQL Server Backups• File Backups• Drive Space• Full Transaction Log• Differential Only• Broken Backup Chain• Backup Load• Backup Testing• Offsite Storage
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Grant Fritchey
Product Evangelist for Red Gate Software Email: [email protected] Twitter: @gfritchey Blog: scarydba.com
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Disaster Recovery
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SQL Server Backups
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File Backups
Data Log
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Drive Space
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Full Transaction Log
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Differential Only
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Broken Backup Chain
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Backup Load
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Backup Testing
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Offsite Storage
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Goals
• Identify common backup issues• Prevent those issues from occurring
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Resources
• Scarydba.com/backup• SQL Server Transaction Log Management
Gail Shaw & Tony Davis• Preventable Backup Errors: http
://www.simple-talk.com/sql/database-administration/7-preventable-backup-errors/
• Backup and Restore for the Accidental DBA: http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/database-administration/sql-server-backup-and-restore-for-the-accidental-dba/
• SQL Server Backups: http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/backup-and-recovery/sql-server-2005-backups/
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