This is a bash script that can be used for backing up GCP Cloud SQL instances. It works by restoring an existing GCP managed backup to a new ephemeral db instance, and exporting an SQL dump from there ...

This script is designed to back up a specific database from a SQL Server instance using Python. The script interacts with the SQL Server to create a backup file at a user-specified location. Features ...

A couple of months ago, I wrote an article on how to use PowerShell to back up a database within SQL Server Express Edition. Even though the technique that I described in that post works, the script ...

Data loss can happen when you least expect it, whether from human error, system failures, or unexpected outages. That’s why having a reliable SQL backup strategy is essential if you want to protect ...

Got a MSSQL script for backing up all databases on a server. It basically backs up all but the TEMP db. But what I want to do is exclude just two of the databases from being backed up. So I've got ...

Let's follow up the last column with a step-by-step breakdown shows how the PowerShell script automates SQL Server backups, manages retention, logs activity and verifies data integrity. In my first ...