Comments on: Have you tested your database backups lately? http://sqlserverpedia.com/blog/sql-server-backup-and-restore/have-you-tested-your-database-backups-lately/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:28:11 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: SQL Server Blog by Jason Massie http://sqlserverpedia.com/blog/sql-server-backup-and-restore/have-you-tested-your-database-backups-lately/comment-page-1/#comment-50723 SQL Server Blog by Jason Massie Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:04:45 +0000 http://sqlserverpedia.com/blog/?p=417#comment-50723 [...] struggling for some comic fodder today. Like for at least 7 minutes. Then I remembered a blog post that BrentO wrote yesterday and blam. Humor(or lack of) aside, test your fracking [...] [...] struggling for some comic fodder today. Like for at least 7 minutes. Then I remembered a blog post that BrentO wrote yesterday and blam. Humor(or lack of) aside, test your fracking [...]

]]> By: Brent Ozar http://sqlserverpedia.com/blog/sql-server-backup-and-restore/have-you-tested-your-database-backups-lately/comment-page-1/#comment-47007 Brent Ozar Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:34:42 +0000 http://sqlserverpedia.com/blog/?p=417#comment-47007 Kevinic3 - I love that sales pitch. The next question I'd ask would be, "Quick - grab the checklist of what needs to be done in order to bring that server back online. What? You don't have a checklist?" Kevinic3 – I love that sales pitch. The next question I’d ask would be, “Quick – grab the checklist of what needs to be done in order to bring that server back online. What? You don’t have a checklist?”

]]> By: KevinIC3 http://sqlserverpedia.com/blog/sql-server-backup-and-restore/have-you-tested-your-database-backups-lately/comment-page-1/#comment-47006 KevinIC3 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 05:46:05 +0000 http://sqlserverpedia.com/blog/?p=417#comment-47006 When I was a contractor, my favorite sales pitch to CIOs was "Pick your most critical database. Got it? Ok...that server just spit its guts all over the server room, nothing to recover from. How long until you are back online? Don't know? I can start Monday..." 90% success ratio selling at least a one or two day "review" engagement. :) When I was a contractor, my favorite sales pitch to CIOs was “Pick your most critical database. Got it? Ok…that server just spit its guts all over the server room, nothing to recover from. How long until you are back online? Don’t know? I can start Monday…”

90% success ratio selling at least a one or two day “review” engagement.

:)

]]> By: Jason http://sqlserverpedia.com/blog/sql-server-backup-and-restore/have-you-tested-your-database-backups-lately/comment-page-1/#comment-46993 Jason Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:12:38 +0000 http://sqlserverpedia.com/blog/?p=417#comment-46993 Another + is the fact that after you test that 500GB restore and you tell your Boss is will take XX hours, he may give you time and resources to implement partial database availability and\or a warm standby. Sometime stuff like that doesn't become a priority unless a real disaster recovery occurs. At that point, you are probably a member of the 24 or 48 hour club. Another + is the fact that after you test that 500GB restore and you tell your Boss is will take XX hours, he may give you time and resources to implement partial database availability and\or a warm standby.

Sometime stuff like that doesn’t become a priority unless a real disaster recovery occurs. At that point, you are probably a member of the 24 or 48 hour club.

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