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Feature Request - Allow a COPY_ONLY backup to be registered
It should be possible to register a COPY_ONLY backup so that it can be used in a restore in the same way as a normal backup.
A COPY_ONLY backup does not reset the dirty bits used to control a diffe...
Feature Request - ODBC Driver for SQL Backup
One of Reg Gate's competitors has a cool feature where they have provided a ODBC driver for their backup files. A similar feature would enhance SQL Backup by making any of the following possible:
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Feature Request - Offline Backup
A potential key differentiator for SQL Backup compared to the competition would be the ability to take a backup of a database that is not attached to SQL Server.
Consider the following scenario:
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Feature request - Omit indexes on restore
Description:
The restore process should have an option to omit all non-clustered indexes during a restore. The index definitions should be restored, but the index data omitted.
Pages that containe...
Feature Request - Release unused space on Restore
Description
The backup process should have an option to release unused space on a restore. Separate options may be useful for data and log files.
For a data file, where the restore finds an empty ...
Feature Request - Inline integrity check
Description
Include the processing normally done by a DBCC CHECKDB inline with running a backup.
Most of the time required to do a CHECKDB is the time needed to read the DB files. Likewise most of...
Feature Request - merge backups
Description
Ability to merge multiple backup files and create a new backup file.
e.g.1 Take a Full backup file and the subsequent transaction log backup files, and create a new full backup file to ...