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SQL Server Backup to S3

Backing Up SQL Server Databases to Amazon S3

Backing Up SQL Server Databases to Amazon S3

If you run Microsoft SQL Server, you may wish to back up your databases to a cloud like Amazon Web Services (AWS). Doing so not only provides you with a virtually infinite amount of backup storage space in the cloud, but it can also make recovery easy in cases where you decide to restore your database using a cloud-based server.

In this article, we explain the main options available to backup SQL Server to Amazon S3. In particular, we’ll discuss backing up your data manually from a SQL Server database into S3, backing up data to AWS RDS and, finally, how to perform an image-based backup with the help of MSP360 Backup.
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Bootable USB for Windows Server 2008-2019

How to Create a Bootable USB for Windows Server

How to Create a Bootable USB for Windows Server

Bootable USB is a backup media that allows recovering image-based backups on machines with no operating system. (That technique is called bare-metal recovery.) This article provides instructions on how to create a bootable USB drive with MSP360 Backup (now MSP360 Backup) for Windows Server and applies to Windows Server 2008 / 2008 R2, 2012 / 2012 R2, 2016 and 2019.
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SQL Database Backup

SQL Server Database Backup with MSP360

SQL Server Database Backup with MSP360

To keep your Microsoft SQL Server databases safe, you need to back them up. Today, it is considered a best practice to have at least two backup copies of all of your data, one on-site and one off-site.

In this article, we will demonstrate how MSP360 Backup can provide both on-site and off-site SQL database backups by backing up data to both local storage and cloud storage, and how to backup a database in SQL Server.
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SQL Server Database Restore

SQL Server Database Restore with MSP360

SQL Server Database Restore with MSP360

MSP360 Backup supports backup and restore of Microsoft SQL Server databases. The product integrates with Microsoft SQL Server's built-in backup and restore mechanisms, provides SQL Server compression, and offers flexible scheduling, among a range of other useful options.

In this article, we’ll discuss how to restore SQL Server databases using MSP360’s solution. For instructions on the backup process, please refer to our article “SQL Server Database Backup.”
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