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Common Actions Requiring an Updated Backup

Applies to: SQL Server Azure SQL Managed Instance

If you perform regular log backups, any replication-related changes should be captured in the log backups. If you don't perform log backups, perform a backup of the publication, distribution, subscription, msdb, and master databases after making modifications to your replication schema or topology.

Publication Database

Backup the publication database after:

  • Creating new publications.

  • Changing any publication property, including filtering.

  • Adding articles to an existing publication.

  • Performing a publication-wide reinitialization of subscriptions.

  • Making a schema change on a published table.

  • Performing on-demand script execution with sp_addscriptexec (Transact-SQL).

  • Changing any article property.

  • Dropping any publications.

  • Dropping any articles.

  • Disabling replication.

Distribution Database

Backup the distribution database after:

  • Creating or modifying replication agent profiles.

  • Modifying replication agent profile parameters.

  • Changing the replication agent properties (including schedules) for any push subscriptions.

  • A new range of identities is assigned by the automatic identity range management feature.

Subscription Database

Backup the subscription database after:

  • Changing any subscription property.

  • Changing the priority for a merge subscription at the Publisher.

  • Dropping any subscriptions.

  • Disabling replication.

msdb Database

Backup the msdb system database at the appropriate node after:

  • Enabling or disabling replication.

  • Adding or dropping a distribution database (at the Distributor).

  • Enabling or disabling a database for publishing (at the Publisher).

  • Creating or modifying replication agent profiles (at the Distributor).

  • Modifying any replication agent profile parameters (at the Distributor).

  • Changing the replication agent properties (including schedules) for any push subscriptions (at the Distributor).

  • Changing the replication agent properties (including schedules) for any pull subscriptions (at the Subscriber).

  • Creating a DTS package associated with a transactional publication that uses transformable subscriptions (at the Distributor and Subscriber).

  • Adding or dropping a transformable subscription (at the Distributor and Subscriber).

master Database

Backup the master system database at the appropriate node after:

  • Enabling or disabling replication.

  • Adding or dropping a distribution database (at the Distributor).

  • Enabling or disabling a database for publishing (at the Publisher).

  • Adding the first or dropping the last publication in any database (at the Publisher).

  • Adding the first or dropping the last subscription in any database (at the Subscriber).

  • Enabling or disabling a Publisher at a Distribution Publisher (at the Publisher and Distributor).