Backup History Analysis

I use these scripts every now & then to look at all my database backup's history at a glance and make sure everything's happening when it's supposed to. I have an optional date filter in the where clause.


--+++++++++++++++++++++++ DISPLAY BACKUP INFORMATION

-- Display ALL backup info w/ elapsed time ... ORDER BY DATABASE, DATE

SELECT a.server_name as 'Server',
a.database_name as 'Database',
convert(varchar(25),a.backup_start_date,100) AS 'Start Date',
convert(varchar(25),a.backup_finish_date,100) AS 'Finish Date',
DATENAME(weekday, a.backup_finish_date) AS 'Day' ,
datediff(minute, a.backup_start_date, a.backup_finish_date) as 'Mins' ,
cast(cast(datediff(minute, a.backup_start_date, a.backup_finish_date)
as decimal (8,3))/60 as decimal (8,1)) as 'Hours' ,
case
when datediff(minute, a.backup_start_date, a.backup_finish_date) > 0
then cast(ceiling(a.backup_size /1048576) / datediff(minute, a.backup_start_date, a.backup_finish_date) as decimal (8,1))
else 0
end as 'Meg/Min',
ceiling(a.backup_size /1048576) as 'Size Meg' ,--cast((a.backup_size /1048576) as decimal (9,2)) as 'Size Meg' ,
cast((a.backup_size /1073741824) as decimal (9,2)) as 'Gig', -- div by 1073741824 to get gig
a.user_name,a.backup_size as 'Raw Size'
FROM msdb.dbo.backupset a
join msdb.dbo.backupset b on a.server_name = b.server_name and a.database_name = b.database_name
WHERE a.type = 'D' and b.type = 'D' AND a.backup_start_date > '2005-01-01'
group by a.server_name, a.database_name, a.backup_start_date, a.backup_finish_date, a.backup_size, a.user_name
order by a.server_name, a.database_name, a.backup_start_date desc


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-- Display ALL backup info w/ elapsed time ... ORDER BY DATE, DATABASE

SELECT a.server_name as 'Server',
a.database_name as 'Database',
convert(varchar(25),a.backup_start_date,100) AS 'Start Date',
convert(varchar(25),a.backup_finish_date,100) AS 'Finish Date',
DATENAME(weekday, a.backup_finish_date) AS 'Day' ,
datediff(minute, a.backup_start_date, a.backup_finish_date) as 'Mins' ,
cast(cast(datediff(minute, a.backup_start_date, a.backup_finish_date)
as decimal (8,3))/60 as decimal (8,1)) as 'Hours' ,
case
when datediff(minute, a.backup_start_date, a.backup_finish_date) > 0
then cast(ceiling(a.backup_size /1048576) / datediff(minute, a.backup_start_date, a.backup_finish_date) as decimal (8,1))
else 0
end as 'Meg/Min',
ceiling(a.backup_size /1048576) as 'Size Meg' ,--cast((a.backup_size /1048576) as decimal (9,2)) as 'Size Meg' ,
cast((a.backup_size /1073741824) as decimal (9,2)) as 'Gig',-- div by 1073741824 to get gig
a.user_name,a.backup_size as 'Raw Size'
FROM msdb.dbo.backupset a
join msdb.dbo.backupset b on a.server_name = b.server_name and a.database_name = b.database_name
WHERE a.type = 'D' and b.type = 'D' AND a.backup_start_date > '2004-09-01'
group by a.server_name, a.database_name, a.backup_start_date, a.backup_finish_date, a.backup_size, a.user_name
order by a.backup_start_date desc, a.server_name, a.database_name