{"id":836,"date":"2009-06-05T15:35:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-05T15:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/blogs\/paul\/post\/TechNet-Magazine-Feature-article-on-backups-and-backup-strategy.aspx"},"modified":"2017-04-13T09:51:34","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T16:51:34","slug":"technet-magazine-feature-article-on-backups-and-backup-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/technet-magazine-feature-article-on-backups-and-backup-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"TechNet Magazine: Feature article on backups and backup strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">The July 2009 edition of TechNet Magazine is available on the web and include a feature article I wrote explaining backups. It&#39;s the first in a 3-part series, with parts 2 and 3 being on recovering from disasters using backups and recovering from disasters without backups. <\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">The backup article covers: <\/font>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Full backups <\/font>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Differential backups <\/font>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Log backups <\/font>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Putting together a backup strategy <\/font>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Bakcup integrity <\/font>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">It debunks a lot of myths about backups, explains in detail how each backup works,&nbsp;and explains the pros and cons of some different backup strategies. <\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Check it out at <\/font><a href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/magazine\/2009.07.sqlbackup.aspx\"><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Understanding SQL Server Backups<\/font><\/a><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;&#8211; enjoy! <\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">PS I&#39;ll also be presenting a session on backup strategies at <\/font><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">SQL Connections<\/font><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\"> in November and covering them in my post-con workshop at <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/summit2009.sqlpass.org\/\"><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">PASS<\/font><\/a><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\"> in November the week before. <\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">PPS I&#39;ve just signed a contract with TechNet Magazine so that there will be something on SQL Server in every issue &#8211; either my SQL Q&amp;A column or a feature article. 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