Here, Knowledge Center contributor Brent Ozar outlines seven actions database administrators can perform to build a sound database backup and recovery strategy.

PowerShell offers a lightweight and efficient solution for backing up SQL Server Express databases on local workstations without the need for full system backups.

In part 1, we looked at generating T-SQL style code. In part 2, let's get this thing to run!

00 01 * * * mysqldump -u root -p PASSWORD DATABASE > /home/USER/DATABASE-backup.sql Where: PASSWORD is your MySQL root user password. DATABASE is the database to be backed up.

You've overwritten your "BACKUP DATABASE" command with the "DBCC SHRINKDATABASE" command. Put an "EXEC (@SQL)" in between the two.

If a web-based GUI is better suited to your admin skills, Jack Wallen wants to show you how to back up and restore your MySQL/MariaDB databases with one of the easiest tools on the market.

The design of a database determines what method is best suited for backing it up, and those methods vary quite a bit. In order to back up a database, you need to know how it’s delivered, but you ...

Ashwood Computer, Inc., a full-service VAR and preferred systems integrator for companies utilizing MultiValue database technology, has announced version 3.2 of FastBac DR, its disk-based backup tool.