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 ...

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 ...

So, I'm trying to update an sql script we use for dumping databases. I want to add a shrink to the script but it's not working and I don't really understand why. SQL is not a strong point for me. The ...

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Red Gate Software has released a new tool called SQL Object Level Recovery Native that enables individual database objects to be recovered from native SQL ...

Pity the poor modern DBA, now that SQL Server gets attacked by some of the same scripts that PCs do. Pity the poor modern DBA who has to keep building Microsoft SQL Servers because some idiot vice ...

Is there a way to use a SQL 2005 Maintenance Plan to do a scheduled back up of the databases to a network share? The only way I can seem to make it work is to backup to the local C drive, and I'm ...