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I automated Linux backups with a simple bash script and cron (and it’s better than a GUI)

Skip one-click backup apps. This rsync script gives you full control over what gets saved and when, plus logs and a few hard-won lessons.
Redmond Magazine

PowerShell Based SQL Server Backups Revisited, Part 1

A couple of months ago, I wrote an article on how to use PowerShell to back up a database within SQL Server Express Edition. Even though the technique that I described in that post works, the script ...
Ars Technica

BASH backup script

I'm using a BASH script to backup some user home directories to another machine. I'd like to keep 5 days worth of backups, and have the script automatically delete anything older than that (I do it by ...
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I use this free backup tool with my Proxmox and PBS instances, and it's a game-changer

ESXi may have solid integration with Broadcom’s virtualization suite, but Proxmox isn’t far behind when it comes to first-party tools. Although it’s still in the early development stage, Proxmox ...
Redmond Magazine

PowerShell-Based SQL Server Backups Revisited, Part 2

Let's follow up the last column with a step-by-step breakdown shows how the PowerShell script automates SQL Server backups, manages retention, logs activity and verifies data integrity. In my first ...