2. AGENDA 1.Importance of backups and backup strategy 2.Full DB backup and Restore 3.Filegroup Backup and restore 4.File Backup and Restore 5.Page restore 6.Special case scenarios example: restoring master 7.Tips on improving performance of backups 8.Q & A

3. 1.Importance of backups and backup strategy – Importance: Fulfills many needs such as disaster recovery, Dev, QA, UAT, Mirroring, Log Shipping, transaction log management, upgrade, etc. – Backup Strategy Do not have a backup strategy. Always have a restore strategy.

4. 2. Full DB Backup and Restore – Complete image of the database – Changes up to the time the backup finished. – Possible uses for recovery starting point, archiving, moving different environments, upgrades, etc. – Concerns: Can be very large in size for very large databases Log does not get cleared

5. 2. Full DB Backup and Restore – Demo Full Backup and Restore

6. 3. Filegroup backup and restore – Importance: More convenient at times than restoring the entire database. Can save time and hassle. Etc.

7. 3. Filegroup backup and restore – Demo

8. 4. File backup and restore – Importance: Even more granular restore than full or filegroup restore. One filegroup may have multiple files, so restoring only one file saves time and hassle. Etc.

9. 4. File backup and restore – Demo

10. 5. Page restores – Very granular. – Can save a lot of time and hassle. – Individual pages can be restored – Individual pages cannot be backed up

11. 5. Page restores – Demo

12. 6. Special case example, restoring master – Master database is a special database – Database instance will not start if master database is corrupt or damaged.

13. 6. Special case example, restoring master – Demo

14. 7. Tips on improving performance of backups – Use options that were discussed in full backup demos’, such as: Buffercount Maxtransfersize Blocksize Compression Striping Etc. more options on msdn.

15. Q & A

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