This document provides guidance on backing up SQL Server databases. It discusses why backups are important, the different ways to back up databases including manually and automatically, the types of backups like full, differential and transaction log backups, and how to compress backups to reduce size. It includes demos on how to take full database backups using SQL Server Management Studio and TSQL, schedule automatic backups, and enable backup compression.

1. HOW TO BACKUP SQL
SQL SERVER DATABASE
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2. AGENDA
• WHY Database backed is required ?
• Ways to Take SQL Server Database Backup
• Type of Backup
• DEMO : How to Take Backup
• Compress SQL Database Backup
• DEMO : How to Enable Backup Compression

3. WHY DATABASE BACKED IS REQUIRED ?
Ensuring
reliable • Computers have a tendency to go
backups of wrong from time to time, these days
corporate data total hard drive failure is rare, but it
does happen
is one of the • Viruses / SQL INJECTIONS
most important • Human Error while updating data,
roles for Developer has missed to select where
database part in update / delete statement.
administrators.

4. WAYS TO TAKE SQL SERVER DATABASE BACKUP
Manual • Graphically - using SQL Server
Management Studio by few clicks
(On • TSQL - using TSQL code
Demand)
Automatic • We can also Schedule a backup
where SQL Server will
(Scheduled) automatically take backup

5. TYPE OF BACKUP
Full - All data files and active part of the transaction log
Differential - The parts of the database that have changed since the
last full database backup
Partial - The primary filegroup, every read/write filegroup, and any
specified read-only filegroups
Transaction Log - Any database changes recorded in the log files
Tail-log Backup - Log backup taken of the tail of the log just before a
restore operation
File/File Group - Specified files or filegroups
Copy Only - The database or log (without affecting the backup
sequence)

6. DEMO
Taking SQL Server FULL Database backup
Manually using SSMS – Graphically
Taking SQL Server FULL Database backup
Manually using TSQL CODE
Schedule a Database Backup

7. COMPRESS SQL DATABASE BACKUP
Compression helps to reduce the size of backup
but it consume CPU during backing up database.
Note : -Database Compression is Available from SQL Server
2008 onwards and with Standard and higher editions

8. DEMO
How to Enable Database
Compression
Explicitly compress on
demand backup

9. DO CHECK MY OTHERS POSTS
How to check Database which are not backed up in last 24 hours
Database Backup Report, Monthly Weekly
Report for Time Consumed by Backup Operations
How to verify Database Backups are good ?
Get notified in case backup fails
How to restore database backup
Designing Backup Strategies

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