Production SQL Server databases generally require that data loss can be minimized in the event of the disaster. The amount of data loss is something that every administrator will need to understand from the business users who rely on the database. In this article, we’ll discuss how to create and manage your transaction log (T-Log) backups on Microsoft SQL Server 2017.
Transaction Log Backups in SQL Server
The Transaction Log is just like it sounds: A log of all transactions that have run against your database. As changes are made to a database, these records of the changes are added to the transaction log. A transaction log backup, again, is just like it sounds: A backup of all the transactions that ran against the database since the last transaction log backup.
These incremental backups allow administrators to track all the changes to...