Comments on: Brent’s Backup Bottleneck: MSDB http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/05/brents-backup-bottleneck-msdb/ SQL Server MCM and MVP, performance tuning, consulting, training, and community building. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:18:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Heath Hopkins http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/05/brents-backup-bottleneck-msdb/#comment-19079 Heath Hopkins Sat, 27 Mar 2010 18:26:06 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/?p=4035#comment-19079 I ran into this problem too. We had over 7 years of uncleared backup history in MS SQL 2000, 160 databases, and transaction log backups every 15 min. The major symptom was that right clicking a database to view properties in Enterprise Manager or SSMS would lock the application for 4-9 minutes. I ran into this problem too. We had over 7 years of uncleared backup history in MS SQL 2000, 160 databases, and transaction log backups every 15 min. The major symptom was that right clicking a database to view properties in Enterprise Manager or SSMS would lock the application for 4-9 minutes.

]]> By: How to Make SQL Server Backups and Restores Faster | Brent Ozar - Too Much Information http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/05/brents-backup-bottleneck-msdb/#comment-17876 How to Make SQL Server Backups and Restores Faster | Brent Ozar - Too Much Information Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:01:40 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/?p=4035#comment-17876 [...] Brent’s Backup Bottleneck: MSDB Histories February 19th, 2010 | Tags: backup | Category: SQL Server | Leave a comment [...] [...] Brent’s Backup Bottleneck: MSDB Histories February 19th, 2010 | Tags: backup | Category: SQL Server | Leave a comment [...]

]]> By: Check All Your MSDB Cleanup Jobs With One Query | Brent Ozar - SQL Server DBA http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/05/brents-backup-bottleneck-msdb/#comment-10850 Check All Your MSDB Cleanup Jobs With One Query | Brent Ozar - SQL Server DBA Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:01:22 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/?p=4035#comment-10850 [...] and it can become a performance bottleneck during backups and restores.  I’ve written about one particular case where I cut the company’s backup times by 2/3 just by cleaning out their backup [...] [...] and it can become a performance bottleneck during backups and restores.  I’ve written about one particular case where I cut the company’s backup times by 2/3 just by cleaning out their backup [...]

]]> By: Scott R. http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/05/brents-backup-bottleneck-msdb/#comment-9111 Scott R. Sun, 07 Jun 2009 18:29:24 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/?p=4035#comment-9111 Brent, Geoff Hiten had a good post on this topic a while back, including adding some suggested performance indexes for msdb. I wonder if having these or other indexes would help make the msdb maintenance process take less time - especially for SQL 2000? http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/geoffh/archive/2008/01/21/MSDB-Performance-Tuning.aspx Scott R. Brent,

Geoff Hiten had a good post on this topic a while back, including adding some suggested performance indexes for msdb. I wonder if having these or other indexes would help make the msdb maintenance process take less time – especially for SQL 2000?

http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/geoffh/archive/2008/01/21/MSDB-Performance-Tuning.aspx

Scott R.

]]> By: Rhys http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/05/brents-backup-bottleneck-msdb/#comment-9024 Rhys Thu, 28 May 2009 09:38:55 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/?p=4035#comment-9024 "on SQL Server 2000, this is a huge problem because it’s not indexed well." Wow! Thank god I've never forgotten to setup my history cleanup tasks! “on SQL Server 2000, this is a huge problem because it’s not indexed well.”

Wow! Thank god I’ve never forgotten to setup my history cleanup tasks!

]]> By: Jeremiah Peschka http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/05/brents-backup-bottleneck-msdb/#comment-9019 Jeremiah Peschka Wed, 27 May 2009 22:17:41 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/?p=4035#comment-9019 Mr Ozar, once again you have wowed me with some crazy DBA knowledge. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us all. Especially the part where you told us how you knew to look at this. Good times. Jeremiah out! Mr Ozar, once again you have wowed me with some crazy DBA knowledge. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us all. Especially the part where you told us how you knew to look at this. Good times.

Jeremiah out!

]]> By: Chad Miller http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/05/brents-backup-bottleneck-msdb/#comment-9013 Chad Miller Wed, 27 May 2009 16:42:30 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/?p=4035#comment-9013 I was interested in preserving some history and ended up going with deletes, but tried to optimize as much as possible. This is what I came up with: <a href="http://cid-ea42395138308430.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/Blog/delbackuphist.sql" rel="nofollow">delbackuphist</A> I was interested in preserving some history and ended up going with deletes, but tried to optimize as much as possible. This is what I came up with: delbackuphist

]]> By: Brent Ozar http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/05/brents-backup-bottleneck-msdb/#comment-9011 Brent Ozar Wed, 27 May 2009 14:33:39 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/?p=4035#comment-9011 Ha! Thank you, sir. Ha! Thank you, sir.

]]> By: Tim Ford http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/05/brents-backup-bottleneck-msdb/#comment-9010 Tim Ford Wed, 27 May 2009 14:20:53 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/?p=4035#comment-9010 Quest Litespeed. Prayhap it's time I get me one of those! Great job as always Brent. When it's time for me to blog I always read your stuff to get me ramped up! Quest Litespeed. Prayhap it’s time I get me one of those!

Great job as always Brent. When it’s time for me to blog I always read your stuff to get me ramped up!

]]> By: John Sansom http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/05/brents-backup-bottleneck-msdb/#comment-9009 John Sansom Wed, 27 May 2009 14:20:36 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/?p=4035#comment-9009 Very useful to know, thanks! Very useful to know, thanks!

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