This was the slide deck that I had used for my presentation on the topic “Lesser Known facts of SQL Server Backup and Restore” at Microsoft India TechEd 2012.
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Microsoft TechEd India 2012 Backup Restore
1. Lesser Known
facts of SQL
Server Backup
GO BIG! Amit Banerjee
and Restore
www.troubleshootingsql.com
http://twitter.com/banerjeeamit
2. About Me
SQL Server
Escalation
Services
Community Speaker
Premier Field @ SQL Saturday |
SQL
Engineer based Virtual Tech Days |
Nexus, Backup
out of Bangalore Tech Ed
Simulator, SQLD
IAG
6 years as Configuration
MSFT Manager
4. Types
Backup/Restore can be done in three different ways
Native VSS VDI
T-SQL Volume Shadow Virtual Device
commands Service Interface
T-SQL Snapshot 3rd Party Tools
16. Demystifying
Some unknowns that are worth knowing!!!
BUFFERCOU MAXTRANSFERSIZ
NT E
I/O is frozen on database
msdb. No user action is
required.
I/O was resumed on database Full backup
msdb. No user action is doesn’t break
required. backup chain!
18. Thank you for time and
patience! Hope you had as
much fun as I did in
presenting the same!
Contact Details
facebook.com/TroubleshootingSQL
http://twitter.com/banerjeeamit
http://twitter.com/TblShootingSQL
www.troubleshootingsql.com
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