
Recovering a transaction log backup involves first restoring the latest full backup, followed by the latest incremental backup, and then restoring each transaction log backup since. You can change this default behavior in the general job settings.Ĭreates a backup file containing transaction logs. Important : By default, SQL Backup Master will remove old differential backup files whenever a full or differential backup job executes.

Differential database backups also execute and upload more quickly than full backups. Recovering a differential database backup involves first restoring the latest full backup, followed by the latest differential backup.ĭifferential database backups have the benefit of using less storage space while keeping the data backed up current. However, the database backup files tend to be larger because they represent the entirety of the database at the point of backup.Ĭreates a backup file containing only the database information that changed since the last full backup.

Recovering a full database backup will restore all data captured during the full backup process.įull database backups have the benefit of being simple to understand and restore. SQL Backup Master supports three distinct database backup types:Ĭreates a full backup of the target database(s).
