Using Backup Media
The topics in this section describe the format that Microsoft SQL Server uses for backup media, the correspondence between backup media and backup devices, and the organization of backups on backup media.
In This Section
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Introduces the basic backup-media terminology of SQL Server backup and restore and is intended for readers who are new to SQL Server. |
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Discusses several considerations for media sets and media families. |
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Describes initializing or formatting backup media before you use it for the first time or replace an old media set with a new media set. |
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Discusses how to overwrite old backup sets in a media set and how to append new backup sets to a media set. |
See Also
Concepts
Backup Devices
Security Considerations for Backup and Restore
Other Resources
BACKUP (Transact-SQL)
RESTORE (Transact-SQL)
RESTORE REWINDONLY (Transact-SQL)