Idera, a provider of Microsoft SQL Server management and administration tools, has announced the latest version of its SQL Server backup and recovery solution, SQL safe 6.5. According to Idera, SQL ...

An update to Idera's SQL Server backup and recovery software cranks the speed and tightens ties with the latest version of the database.

While these restoration options are not common, they show that your backup vendor is fully integrated with SQL Server and can take advantage of all the available backup and restore options.

Despite its importance, many IT admins don’t have a solid SQL Server backup and restore plan in place. This guide from Virtualization Review is the first step in developing that plan.

The restore features of Windows Server Backup in Windows Server 2008 are appealing, but let down by inflexible backup options and lack of support for Exchange Server and tape drives.

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

Data management: Since DBA’s already have native SQL backup as a way to restore data, Sean McCown poses, “why is everyone like Quest and Red-Gate fighting over the SQL Server backup arena ...