A solid database backup plan is just as critical in the cloud as it is on-premise, but running SQL Server on Azure virtual machine introduces a few new issues. Presented by Datavail's Andy McDermid ...

The transaction log file contains the SQL Server transactions of the database. It basically records the database transactions and the changes made by the transactions to the database. The logs are ...

Idera, a provider of Microsoft SQL Server management and administration tools, announced SQL virtual database 1.3, the latest release for this solution that enables backup files to look and act just ...

The task is to be able to copy a databases from production (and the source will always be production) down to staging or testing. Finally, all of these tasks need to be scriptable as SQL statements.

NEW DELHI: Network Appliance, Inc. has announced general availability of NetApp SnapManager 2.0 for SQL Server, a near-instantaneous backup and recovery solution supporting Microsoft SQL Server 2005.