Minion Backup stores default settings for the entire instance in a single row (where DBName=’MinionDefault’ and BackypType=’All’) in the Minion.BackupSetting...

Minion’s Inline Tokens allow you use defined patterns to use and create dynamic names and paths. These tokens are stored in the Minion.DBMaintInlineTokens ta...

You don’t actually need Minion Backup on the target server, in order to use MB’s restore functionality. Let’s walk through this. Let’s say you want to res...

In SQL Server, we can adjust high level settings to improve server performance.  Similarly, we can  adjust settings in individual backup statements to impr...

Some shops have concerns about Minion Maintenance enabling xp_cmdshell. Xp_cmdshell is safe to enable, and here we’ll discuss why and how. First: By defau...

This guide will show you everything you need to know to install the Minion Maintenance Modules.  Do not proceed with the install until you have read this ent...

Minion Maintenance 1.2 April 2018 The main focus of this release is Minion Backup. We have streamlined MB, and applied several bug fixes. We’ve ...

First, it would be a burden to require users to have CLR installed on every single server on the network.  Not only that, but the database setting would have...

We HIGHLY recommend using Minion.BackupMaster for all of your backup operations, even when backing up a single database.  To explore the “why”, let’s look at...

Several settings tables – including Minion.BackupSettings, Minion.BackupSettingsPath, and Minion.BackupTuningThresholds – provide a MinionDefault / All row t...