Tag: Backup types

The most common types of SQL Server backups are complete or full backups, also known as database backups.  These backups create a complete backup of your database as well as part of the transaction log, so the database can be recovered. This allows for the simplest form of database restoration, since all of the contents are contained in one backup. A full backup can be completed either using T-SQL or by using SSMS Create a full backup of the AdventureWorks database to one disk file T-SQL BACKUP DATABASE AdventureWorks TO DISK = ‘C:\AdventureWorks.BAK’ GO SQL Server Management Studio Right click… Read more

The different types of backups that you can create are as follows: Full backups Differential backups File backups File group backups Partial backups Copy-Only backups Mirror backups Transaction log backups   we will discuss one by one in detail in next posts.