Creating Full and Differential Backups of a SQL Server Database
Creating the correct backups is essential to a successful backup-and-restore strategy. The topics in this section describe how to create the various types of data and differential backups.
In This Section
Full Database Backups
Describes how to use full database backups and differential database backups.Partial Backups
Describes how to use partial backups and differential partial backups.Full File Backups
Describes how to use file backups and differential file backups.Using Differential Backups
Describes the restrictions on using differential backups under the simple recovery model, the backup upon which a differential backup is based, and the conditions under which a file that is created after the differential base is included in new differential backups.Backing Up Read-Only Databases
Describes partial backups after changing a database to read-write access and differential backups of a read-only database.
Note
For information about how to schedule backup jobs for a database, see Maintenance Plan Wizard.
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