Sql server management studio backup files

Click Add in the Specify Backup window. In the left pane, click Options, and select the following: Click OK to perform the restore. How do you save a query? Click Save query. In the Save query dialog box, enter a name for your query, set the Visibility to Project editable by project members , and then click Save.

To view your saved query, click Saved queries in the left navigation pane and click Project queries. Click the name of your saved query to expand it. How do you open a query? Run the query Locate the query in the Navigation Pane. Do one of the following: Double-click the query you want to run. When the parameter prompt appears, enter a value to apply as a criterion. On the File menu, click Connect Object Explorer. In the Server type list box, select Database Engine.

In the Server name text box, type the name of the SQL cluster server for your account. For this option, enter a name in the New media set name text box, and, optionally, describe the media set in the New media set description text box.

Perform checksum before writing to media , and optional Continue on checksum error. If you are backing up to a tape drive as specified in the Destination section of the General page , the Unload the tape after backup option is active.

Clicking this option enables the Rewind the tape before unloading option. The options in the Transaction log section are inactive unless you are backing up a transaction log as specified in the Backup type section of the General page.

SQL Server Enterprise and later versions support backup compression. By default, whether a backup is compressed depends on the value of the backup-compression default server configuration option. However, regardless of the current server-level default, you can compress a backup by checking Compress backup , and you can prevent compression by checking Do not compress backup.

To view the current backup compression default, see View or Configure the backup compression default Server Configuration Option. Minimally, this statement must specify the following:. Under the full recovery model, you must also back up the transaction log. To use a complete set of full file backups to restore a database, you must also have enough log backups to span all the file backups, from the start of the first file backup.

The following examples back up one or more files of the secondary filegroups of the Sales database. This database uses the full recovery model and contains the following secondary filegroups:. The following example creates a full file backup of every file in both of the secondary filegroups. The following example creates a differential file backup of every file in both of the secondary filegroups.

Also, specify one of the following parameters:. To back up a specific file, specify the -DatabaseFile String parameter, where String is one or more database files to be backed up. To back up all the files in a given filegroup, specify the -DatabaseFileGroup String parameter, where String is one or more database filegroups to be backed up. Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported. Download Microsoft Edge More info. Contents Exit focus mode. Is this page helpful?

Please rate your experience Yes No. Feedback will be sent to Microsoft: By pressing the submit button, your feedback will be used to improve Microsoft products and services. Privacy policy. Applies to: SQL Server all supported versions. Support for tape backup devices will be removed in a future version of SQL Server. Avoid using this feature in new development work, and plan to modify applications that currently use this feature. Expand Databases , and, depending on the database, either select a user database or expand System Databases and select a system database.

Right-click the database you want to backup, point to Tasks , and then click Back Up. The Back Up Database dialog box appears. In the Destination section of the General page, click either Disk or Tape.