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 ...

One of the very mundane, but extremely valuable tasks that any DBA must perform is the backup and restore of databases. In this post, we’ll look at a sample script that can backup databases on a given ...

In SQL Server, the database can be stored in different files and filegroups. If your database is small (100 MB or less), you do not need to worry too much about files and filegroups. But if you have a ...