To see MSSQL history Query, run this SQL query. It will show all backups between the 1 january 2021 and 1 february 2021, order by Database and then Last backup time.
It will also show if the backup is a CopyOnly job.
;WITH CTE_Backup AS
(
SELECT database_name,is_copy_only,backup_start_date,type,physical_device_name
,Row_Number() OVER(PARTITION BY database_name,BS.type
ORDER BY backup_start_date DESC) AS RowNum
FROM msdb..backupset BS
JOIN msdb.dbo.backupmediafamily BMF
ON BS.media_set_id=BMF.media_set_id
AND BS.backup_start_date >= '01/01/2021'
AND BS.backup_start_date <= '02/02/2021'
)
SELECT D.name
,ISNULL(CONVERT(VARCHAR,backup_start_date),'No backups') AS last_backup_time
,D.recovery_model_desc
,state_desc,
CASE WHEN type ='D' THEN 'Full database'
WHEN type ='I' THEN 'Differential database'
WHEN type ='L' THEN 'Log'
WHEN type ='F' THEN 'File or filegroup'
WHEN type ='G' THEN 'Differential file'
WHEN type ='P' THEN 'Partial'
WHEN type ='Q' THEN 'Differential partial'
ELSE 'Unknown' END AS backup_type
,physical_device_name,CTE.is_copy_only
FROM sys.databases D
LEFT JOIN CTE_Backup CTE
ON D.name = CTE.database_name
ORDER BY D.name,last_backup_time
The script is very cool, as it will tell you the backup information, from a database. All you need to do is change this ‘<DATABASENAME>’ to yours database name, example ‘MASTER’. It will also include if a job where COPY ONLY, and where the backup is save.
You can see in the screenshot below, that someone have run a full backup and save it on the D:\ drive, but it where a copy only so the backup is not broken.
/* ==================================================================
Author......: hot2use
Date........: 25.04.2018
Version.....: 0.1
Server......: localhost (first created for)
Database....: msdb
Owner.......: -
Table.......: various
Type........: Script
Name........: ADMIN_Retrieve_Backup_History_Information.sql
Description.: Retrieve backup history information from msdb database
............
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History.....: 0.1 h2u First created
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================================================================== */
SELECT /* Columns for retrieving information */
-- CONVERT(CHAR(100), SERVERPROPERTY('Servername')) AS SRVNAME,
msdb.dbo.backupset.database_name,
msdb.dbo.backupset.backup_start_date,
msdb.dbo.backupset.backup_finish_date,
-- msdb.dbo.backupset.expiration_date,
CASE msdb.dbo.backupset.type
WHEN 'D' THEN 'Full'
WHEN 'I' THEN 'Diff'
WHEN 'L' THEN 'Log'
END AS backup_type,
-- msdb.dbo.backupset.backup_size / 1024 / 1024 as [backup_size MB],
msdb.dbo.backupmediafamily.logical_device_name,
msdb.dbo.backupmediafamily.physical_device_name,
-- msdb.dbo.backupset.name AS backupset_name,
-- msdb.dbo.backupset.description,
msdb.dbo.backupset.is_copy_only,
msdb.dbo.backupset.is_snapshot,
msdb.dbo.backupset.checkpoint_lsn,
msdb.dbo.backupset.database_backup_lsn,
msdb.dbo.backupset.differential_base_lsn,
msdb.dbo.backupset.first_lsn,
msdb.dbo.backupset.fork_point_lsn,
msdb.dbo.backupset.last_lsn
FROM msdb.dbo.backupmediafamily
INNER JOIN msdb.dbo.backupset
ON msdb.dbo.backupmediafamily.media_set_id = msdb.dbo.backupset.media_set_id
/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Generic WHERE statement to simplify selection of more WHEREs
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
WHERE 1 = 1
/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
WHERE statement to find Device Backups with '{' and date n days back
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
-- AND physical_device_name LIKE '{%'
/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WHERE statement to find Backups saved in standard directories, msdb.dbo.backupfile AS b
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
-- AND physical_device_name LIKE '[fF]:%' -- STANDARD F: Backup Directory
-- AND physical_device_name NOT LIKE '[nN]:%' -- STANDARD N: Backup Directory
-- AND physical_device_name NOT LIKE '{%' -- Outstanding Analysis
-- AND physical_device_name NOT LIKE '%$\Sharepoint$\%' ESCAPE '$' -- Sharepoint Backs up to Share
-- AND backupset_name NOT LIKE '%Galaxy%' -- CommVault Sympana Backup
/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WHERE Statement to find backup information for a certain period of time, msdb.dbo.backupset AS b
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AND (CONVERT(datetime, msdb.dbo.backupset.backup_start_date, 102) >= GETDATE() - 7) -- 7 days old or younger
AND (CONVERT(datetime, msdb.dbo.backupset.backup_start_date, 102) <= GETDATE()) -- n days old or older
*/
/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WHERE Statement to find backup information for (a) given database(s)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
AND database_name IN ('<DATABASENAME>') -- database names
-- AND database_name IN ('rtc') -- database names
/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ORDER Clause for other statements
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
--ORDER BY msdb.dbo.backupset.database_name, msdb.dbo.backupset.backup_finish_date -- order clause
---WHERE msdb..backupset.type = 'I' OR msdb..backupset.type = 'D'
ORDER BY
--2,
2 DESC,
3 DESC