re: Backup and the evil RETAINDAYS option
Clean, useful and experience-based explanation, thanks.
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We're an ISV who uses SQL Server and I had noticed some of our client's IT staff had set this option in the maintenance plans and then complained that SQL wasn't cleaning up the old backups. Rather...
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Thanks, Tibor. That has always been confusing. Appreciate the insight.
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Thanks Tibor...yes, this option has been confusing. thanks for the insight.
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The expiredate option *do not* make a backup non-restoreable after the date. The only thing it does is to prohibit overwriting it using INIT before the date occurs. As I stated, pretty useless...
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Hi Tibor.. Please Look into this ... i created a backup with expiration date.. after that date i used the same expired backup to restore a db and it worked.. SO what is the use of EXPIRATION here
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