BI SQL # 264 : SQL Server DBA Scripts : Monitoring Database Backups

Hi Folks,

In this article we are going to cover the Monitoring of Database Backups.

In this post we are going to discuss following points:

• Problem Statement of SQL Script:
• Description of SQL Script:
• SQL Script Output Column
• SQL Script Code
• User Level to execute

Problem Statement of SQL Script:

How to Monitor Database Backups?

Description of SQL Script:

This script will Monitor Database Backups.

SQL Script Output Column

SQL Script Code

SELECT NAME AS database_name
    ,backup_finish_date
    ,coalesce(type, 'NO BACKUP') AS last_backup_type
FROM (
    SELECT database_name
        ,backup_finish_date
        ,CASE 
            WHEN type = 'D'
                THEN 'Full'
            WHEN type = 'I'
                THEN 'Differential'
            WHEN type = 'L'
                THEN 'Transaction Log'
            WHEN type = 'F'
                THEN 'File'
            WHEN type = 'G'
                THEN 'Differential File'
            WHEN type = 'P'
                THEN 'Partial'
            WHEN type = 'Q'
                THEN 'Differential partial'
            END AS type
    FROM msdb.dbo.backupset x
    WHERE backup_finish_date = (
            SELECT max(backup_finish_date)
            FROM msdb.dbo.backupset
            WHERE database_name = x.database_name
            )
    ) a
RIGHT OUTER JOIN sys.databases b ON a.database_name = b.NAME
WHERE b.NAME <> 'tempdb' -- Exclude   tempdb
    AND (backup_finish_date < dateadd(d, - 1, getdate()))

User Level to execute

300

Hope you will like the Monitoring Database Backups.

If you really like reading my blog and understood at least few thing then please don’t forget to subscribe my blog.

If you want daily link and analysis or interesting link go to following website which will give @ your inbox please subscribe our following link resource blog :

Link Resource Website

For More information related to BI World visit my Mentalist Blog

SQL Server Mentalist >> SQL Learning Blog

Business Intelligence Mentalist >> BI World

Infographic Mentalist >> Image worth explaining thousand Words

Microsoft Mentalist >> MVC,ASP.NET, WCF & LinQ

DBA Mentalist >>Advance SQL Server Blog

Microsoft BI Mentalist >> MS BI Development Update

Connect With me on

| FaceBook |Twitter | linkedIn| Google+ | WordPress | RSS |