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TuningThresholds
Purpose This table holds the thresholds used to determine when to change the tuning of a backup. For more information, see the sections “About: Dynamic Ba...
Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 3:43 PM
Welcome to Minion Backup
Minion Backup by MidnightDBA is a stand-alone backup solution that can be deployed on any number of servers, for free.  Minion Backup is comprised of SQL Ser...
Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 10:22 AM
BackupSettingsServer
  Purpose This table contains server-level backup settings. Specifically, each row represents a backup scenario as defined by the database type, backup ty...
Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 3:48 PM
What’s new in MB 1.5
New Features: LogDetails column type changes: In the LogDetails table, the columns for pre/post LogSizeInMB and LogUsedPct were FLOAT, which left you ...
Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 10:22 AM
Quick Start - Minion Backup
This entire document is available within the Minion Backup product using the stored procedure Minion.HELP. System requirements:  SQL Server 2008* or a...
Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 10:22 AM
Top 20 Features - Minion Backup
Minion Backup by MidnightDBA is a stand-alone database backup module.  Once installed, Minion Backup automatically backs up all online databases on the SQL S...
Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 10:22 AM
Architecture Overview - Minion Backup
Minion Backup is made up of SQL Server stored procedures, functions, tables, and jobs.  There is also an optional PowerShell script for mass installation (Mi...
Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 10:22 AM
Overview of Tables - Minion Backup
The tables in Minion Backup fall into two categories: those that store configured settings, and those that log operational information. The settings tab...
Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 10:22 AM
Minion.BackupCert
This table allows you to configure which types of certificates to back up, and the password to use when backing them up.  As far as Minion Backup is concerne...
Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 10:22 AM
Minion.BackupEncryption
This table stores the certificate, encryption, and thumbprint data for each backup encryption scenario you define.   Name Type Description ...
Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 10:22 AM