A maintenance policy template for small databases with intensive data input throughout the day.
Recovery model: Full
The policy includes three QMB Jobs:
1. CPU intensive tasks for mid-sized OLTP databases (once a week)
Schedule: once a week on Monday at 1:00 AM
Tasks:
- Transaction log backup
- Switch to the bulk logged recovery model
- Full rebuilding of database indexes
- Switch to the full reсovery model
- Transaction log backup
- Update columns statistics
- Database integrity check
- Delete old backup files
- Clear the backups history
- Transaction log backup
- Full backup
- Restore backups to a temporary database with a subsequent integrity check. The task is disabled by default and can be used for verifying the latest backup.
- System databases integrity сheck and backup
Email notifications: Every time after a QMB Job is completed
2. CPU intensive tasks for mid-sized OLTP databases (every night)
Schedule: every night at 1 AM except Monday
Tasks:
- Transaction log backup
- Restore backups to a temporary database with a subsequent integrity check. The task is disabled by default. Can be used for verifying backups created during the day.
- Differential backup
- Database integrity check
- Defragment and rebuild indexes
- Update all statistics
- System databases integrity сheck and backup
Email notification: In case of errors
3. Log backup and modified statistics updates (during the workday)
Schedule: every day from 8 AM till 23 PM, every 30 minutes
Tasks:
- Transaction log backup
- Update modified statistics
Email notification: In case of errors
The user can change any parameters of a maintenance policy, add new QMB Jobs and tasks.
See Also
General Information
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