May 4, 2022
There is a new DMV currently in preview which returns information about backups of Azure SQL databases except for the Hyperscale tier. Microsoft official documentation is here. If you run the example query as-is from the above documentation some of the columns do not make sense. Instead, use this query where I am joining with […]
November 2, 2021
Definition Data warehouse snapshot A data warehouse snapshot creates a restore point you can leverage to recover or copy your data warehouse to a previous state. Since a dedicated SQL pool is a distributed system, a data warehouse snapshot consists of many files that are located in Azure storage. Snapshots capture incremental changes from the data stored […]
January 13, 2015
Database backup is one of the regular tasks DBA’s perform but few explore all the options that are built in the product. Instead of exploring and using built in switches I noticed DBA’s try writing custom scripts or buying third party tools. I explored some of the options and was able to do a full […]