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Let's follow up the last column with a step-by-step breakdown shows how the PowerShell script automates SQL Server backups, manages retention, logs activity and verifies data integrity. In my first ...

Our normal practices for backing up SQL servers is to use the regular SQL backup tools to perform full, differential and transaction log backups and this has always worked fine. Recently we performed ...

So I've taken over backups at the new job. We are running Backup Exec 2010 R3 (because 2012 is horrible, I'm told). It's time for licensing renewal, YAY! I have several full-blown SQL 2005 and 2008 ...

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 ...