Simplifying Life of SQL Server DBA

a) Install SQL Server 2008. You can get RC0 from here: Download SQL 2008 RC0

b) Launch SQL Server Management  Studio ( Start -> All Programs -> Microsoft SQL Server 2008 -> SQL Server Management Studio)

c) Connect to SQL Server instance, Right click on the server node in Object Explorer and click on "Start Power Shell" menu

d) Get the list of all databases and their last backup date on this SQL instance

dir Databases | format-table Name, LastBackupDate

e) Backup all databases that were not backed up in last 1 day

$databasesNotBackedUp = dir Databases | where-object { $_.LastBackupDate -le [DateTime]::Now.AddDays(-1)}

$server = (get-item .)

foreach($db in $databasesNotBackedUp)
{
        # construct a unique backup file name
        $backupfilepath = $server.BackupDirectory + "\" + $db.Name + [DateTime]::Now.ToString('s').Replace(":","-") + ".bak"
       
        $backup = new-object ('Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Backup')
        $backup.Action = [Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.BackupActionType]::Database
        $backup.Database = $db.Name
        $backup.Devices.AddDevice($backupfilepath, [Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.DeviceType]::File)

        Write-Host "Backing up database: ", $db.Name
        $backup.SqlBackup($server)
        Write-Host "Database:" , $db.Name , " backed up to: ", $backupfilepath
}

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