SQL Server Backup and Restore - Simple Talk

Chapter 2: Planning, Storage and Documentation
We will not discuss this topic in detail in this book, but check out the information in
Books Online (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms176064.aspx) and if you
are not already performing these checks regularly, you should research and start a DBCC
CHECKDB regimen immediately.
Documenting Critical Backup Information
Properly documenting your backup and restore plan goes beyond the SLA which we have
previously discussed. There is a lot more information that you must know, and document,
for each of the databases in your care, and the backup scheme to which they are subject.
The following checklist summarizes just some of the items that should be documented.
For further coverage, Brad McGehee is currently writing a series of articles on
documenting SQL Server databases, covering the information listed below, and much
more. See, for example, www.simple-talk.com/sql/database-administration/
database-properties-health-check/.
Database File Information
• Physical File Name:
• MDF Location:
• NDF Location(s) (add more rows as needed):
• Filegroup(s) (add more rows as needed):
• Includes Partitioned Tables/Indexes:
• Database Size:
• Has Database File Layout Been Optimized:
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