Version History

14 Dec 2024

Fixed issue with cleanup of old backup files before backup on Linux.

24 Nov 2024

Fixed issue with backup @Directory = '/backup' on Linux.

Fixed issue with cleanup of old backup files on Linux.

Fixed issue with the version check for @DatabaseOrder = 'DATABASE_LAST_GOOD_CHECK_ASC' on Azure SQL Managed Instance.

Fixed issue with CHECKTABLE on tables with single quotes in the table name.

Fixed issue with server name check in DatabaseIntegrityCheck on case sensitive instances.

23 Nov 2024

Added support for backup to URL when creating jobs using MaintenanceSolution.sql.

21 Nov 2024

Added support for specifying the case in the directory structure and file name.

Added support for UTC time in the tokens used in the directory structure and file name.

18 Nov 2024

Fixed issue with server name check in DatabaseBackup on case sensitive instances.

14 Nov 2024

Added support for QAT backup compression using @CompressionAlgorithm = 'QAT_DEFLATE'.

12 Nov 2024

Fixed an issue with emojis in database names.

Fixed issue with the version check for backup encryption on Azure SQL Managed Instance.

27 Oct 2024

Support for backup to AWS S3 storage.

Support for backup to Azure Blob Storage using Managed Identity.

2 Jan 2022

Fixed an issue in DatabaseBackup with databases in standby mode.

Improved error messages in DatabaseBackup.

31 Dec 2021

Fixed an issue with performance, when backing up large databases.

Fixed an issue with backup to URL (page blobs) with compression, when the database has TDE enabled.

Fixed an issue with performing consistency checks of databases in emergency mode.

30 Dec 2021

Changed so that xp_create_subdir is only executed, when subdirectories are created.

Added a parameter, @DirectoryCheck, to control whether it should be checked if the root directory exists.

31 Dec 2020

Changed so that MAXTRANSFERSIZE is not added automatically for databases with TDE, on SQL Server 2019 CU5 and later.

6 Dec 2020

Fixed an issue with CHECKFILEGROUP and CHECKTABLE on secondary replicas.

5 Dec 2020

Added BACKUP_PROMOTION=NONE, when using Data Domain Boost.

29 Nov 2020

IndexOptimize: Added support for changing the execution context to any user.

28 Nov 2020

IndexOptimize: Added support for changing the execution context to the user dbo.

Added a token for Week in DatabaseBackup.

26 Nov 2020

Optimized performance of availability group checks.

Fixed an issue with read-only databases when using Data Domain Boost.

21 Nov 2020

Added a parameter to exclude databases configured for Log Shipping, from log backups.

15 Nov 2020

Fixed an issue with backup compression on Azure SQL Database Managed Instance.

1 Nov 2020

Fixed an issue with using the default backup directory on Linux.

25 Oct 2020

Added support for cleanup of old backup files on Linux.

Added support for backup to NUL on Linux.

26 Jan 2020

Added a parameter for the option DATA_PURITY.

11 Jan 2020

Fixed an issue where the stored procedures reported an error if you specify a database that does not exist.

9 Jan 2020

Added support for specifying a minimum size for when DatabaseBackup should back up to multiple - files. This parameter for this is @MinBackupSizeForMultipleFiles.

Added support for dynamically calculating the number of backup files, based on a parameter for the maximum file size. The parameter for this is @MaxFileSize.

8 Jan 2020

Added support for specifying a string delimiter.

6 Jan 2020

Fixed an issue with integrity checks against secondary replicas.

5 Jan 2020

Removed support for SQL Server 2005.

31 Dec 2019

Fixed an issue with deadlocks, when you are processing databases in parallel.

Changed to use sp_executesql in CommandExecute.

30 Dec 2019

Changed so that MAXTRANSFERSIZE is automatically set to 65537, for databases with TDE, when performing backup with compression in SQL Server 2016 and later.

29 Dec 2019

Added support for generating an Object Level Recovery Map when using LiteSpeed.

Fixed an issue with database_id in IndexOptimize, when running on Azure SQL Database.

26 Dec 2019

Added support for SQL Server 2019.

Added support for the option FORMAT in DatabaseBackup.

14 Jun 2019

Added support for backup to NUL.

10 Jun 2019

Changed so that the Distribution database is considered a system database.

9 Jun 2019

Changed to use sys.databases instead of DATABASEPROPERTYEX.

7 Jun 2019

Changed to use the SQL Server Agent tokens DATE and TIME in output files.

22 May 2019

Added a {NumberOfFiles} token that can be used in file names.

Performance optimization in DatabaseBackup. In the new version sys.dm_db_file_space_usage is only checked when you are using the smart differential backup feature.

28 Apr 2019

Fixed an issue with failed backups when the cluster service on the secondary replica is not running.

10 Feb 2019

Fixed an issue when backing up using Data Domain Boost 4.7.

13 Jan 2019

Improved input parameter checking for mirrored backup in DatabaseBackup.

12 Jan 2019

Added empty lines in output files for T-SQL job steps.

11 Jan 2019

Added tokens for MajorVersion, MinorVersion and Millisecond in DatabaseBackup.

6 Jan 2019

Fixed an issue with ALTER INDEX commands in IndexOptimize.

Changed so that a full backup is triggered, if you perform a differential backup of the [master] database and are using @ChangeBackupType='Y'.

Changed so that a full backup is triggered, if you perform a differential backup, the base differential LSN is a VSS backup, and you are using @ChangeBackupType='Y'.

Changed the severity from 16 to 10 for the check that databases, availability groups, file groups, objects and indexes exist.

5 Jan 2019

Changed to use the SQL Server Agent token JOBNAME in output files on SQL Server 2016 and later.

1 Jan 2019

Added support for striping to multiple storage accounts, when backing up to URL.

Improved performance of IndexOptimize.

30 Dec 2018

Fixed an issue with % in database names.

29 Dec 2018

Added support for smart differential backup in SQL Server 2014 SP3.

Added support for smart transaction log backup in SQL Server 2014 SP3.

Added support for setting MAXDOP when updating statistics in SQL Server 2014 SP3.

Added support for @DatabaseOrder = 'LOG_SIZE_SINCE_LAST_LOG_BACKUP_ASC' and @DatabaseOrder = 'LOG_SIZE_SINCE_LAST_LOG_BACKUP_DESC' in DatabaseBackup in SQL Server 2014 SP3.

Added support for @DatabaseOrder = 'DATABASE_LAST_GOOD_CHECK_ASC' and @DatabaseOrder = 'DATABASE_LAST_GOOD_CHECK_DESC' in DatabaseIntegrityCheck in SQL Server 2014 SP3.

Fixed a bug with backup to URL on case-sensitive instances.

Changed to allow leading spaces in database names.

Fixed an issue with ALTER INDEX commands in IndexOptimize in SQL Server 2005.

28 Oct 2018

Fixed a bug with database order, when you are using the option @DatabasesInParallel = 'Y'.

16 Jul 2018

Added a check that the database where you are creating the objects, is in compatibility level 90 or higher.

Added a check that ANSI_NULLS is set to ON for CommandExecute, DatabaseBackup, DatabaseIntegrityCheck, and IndexOptimize.

Added a check that QUOTED_IDENTIFIER is set to ON for CommandExecute, DatabaseBackup, DatabaseIntegrityCheck, and IndexOptimize.

27 Jun 2018

Added support for mirrored backup to URL.

24 Jun 2018

Added support for setting the severity for lock timeouts and deadlocks in IndexOptimize. Use the parameter @LockMessageSeverity.

23 Jun 2018

Added support for @DatabaseOrder = 'DATABASE_LAST_GOOD_CHECK_ASC' and @DatabaseOrder = 'DATABASE_LAST_GOOD_CHECK_DESC' in DatabaseIntegrityCheck in SQL Server 2017 CU8.

20 Jun 2018

Support for processing multiple databases in parallel. You can do this by creating multiple jobs with the same parameters, and add the parameter @DatabasesInParallel = 'Y'.

Support for doing transaction log backup in the order of log_since_last_log_backup_mb in sys.dm_db_log_stats. Use the parameter @DatabaseOrder.

18 Jun 2018

Fixed an issue with "Invalid object name 'sys.master_files'." on Azure SQL Database.

16 Jun 2018

Added support for specifying a percentage of modified rows for when the statistics should be updated. Use the parameter @StatisticsModificationLevel.

Added support for doing checkdb in the order of when the databases were last checked. Use the parameter @DatabaseOrder.

Added a @TimeLimit parameter in DatabaseIntegrityCheck.

Added support for doing consistency checks on the preferred backup replica.

15 Jun 2018

Fixed an issue with "The length of the device name provided exceeds supported limit (maximum length is:259)".

11 Jun 2018

Fixed an issue with online resumable index rebuilds.

Changed the default backup directory in MaintenanceSolution.sql from 'C:\Backup' to NULL. NULL is the default backup directory for the SQL Server instance.

10 Jun 2018

Added a version timestamp in the header of the stored procedures. Here is a script that you can use to check the version timestamps.

9 Jun 2018

Added support for online resumable index rebuilds. Use the parameter @Resumable.

Added support for the option INIT in DatabaseBackup.

6 Jun 2018

Added support for incremental statistics. It will automatically update statistics on the partition level for incremental statistics, if you have @PartitionLevel = 'Y' (which is the default).

5 Jun 2018

Fixed an issue with "Arithmetic overflow error converting expression to data type int." in IndexOptimize.

3 Jun 2018

Improved logging when updating statistics.

2 Jun 2018

Fixed an issue when backing up to Azure SQL Database Managed Instance.

1 Jun 2018

Added support for setting the maximum number of pages in IndexOptimize. Use the parameter @MaxNumberOfPages.

Changed the name of the parameter @PageCountLevel to @MinNumberOfPages. This is a breaking change. If you are using @PageCountLevel in your jobs you need to change to @MinNumberOfPages.

Added the directory and file name token {Description}.

30 May 2018

Added support for clusterless availability groups.

28 May 2018

Added support for specifying the database order. You do that by by using the @Databases parameter. It works the same in DatabaseBackup, DatabaseIntegrityCheck, and IndexOptimize.

Fixed an issue with the error "Cannot specify partition number in the alter index statement as the index is not partitioned" in IndexOptimize.

23 May 2018

Added support for a configurable directory structure. Use the parameters @DirectoryStructure and @AvailabilityGroupDirectoryStructure.

Changed default behaviour when you are backing up to URL: You will now get a directory structure (same as when you are backing up to disk). To back up directly to the URL, you can set @DirectoryStructure = NULL and @AvailabilityGroupDirectoryStructure = NULL.

Added support for configurable file names. Use the parameters @FileName and @AvailabilityGroupFileName.

Added support for configurable file extensions. Use the parameters @FileExtensionFull, @FileExtensionDiff, and @FileExtensionLog.

21 May 2018

Fixed an issue with the @@SERVERNAME check in DatabaseBackup.

13 May 2018

Changed script encoding to UTF-8.

10 May 2018

Added support for DELL EMC Data Domain Boost.

28 Apr 2018

Fixed an issue when running on Azure SQL Database.

27 Apr 2018

Added support for Azure SQL Database Managed Instance.

24 Apr 2018

Added support for smart differential backup in SQL Server 2016 SP2.

Added support for smart transaction log backup in SQL Server 2016 SP2.

Added support for setting MAXDOP when updating statistics in SQL Server 2016 SP2.

20 Apr 2018

Fixed a bug with smart differential backup and availability groups.

Changed to T-SQL jobs for SQL Server 2012 and later.

13 Apr 2018

Added support for smart differential backup in SQL Server 2017. Use the parameters @ChangeBackupType and @ModificationLevel.

Added support for smart transaction log backup in SQL Server 2017. Use the parameters @LogSizeSinceLastLogBackup and @TimeSinceLastLogBackup.

12 Apr 2018

Added support for setting MAXDOP when updating statistics in SQL Server 2017.

09 Apr 2018

Added support for Linux and Amazon RDS in the job creation in MaintenanceSolution.sql.

05 Apr 2018

Added the LiteSpeed option @AdaptiveCompression in DatabaseBackup.

02 Apr 2018

Fixed an issue with the input parameter checking for the @Indexes parameter.

Improved output from stored procedures, when executed from SQL Server Agent T-SQL jobs.

31 Mar 2018

Support for backup on SQL Server on Linux.

30 Mar 2018

Fixed an issue with the keyword AVAILABILITY_GROUP_DATABASES.

Changed the scripts, so that they first create a stub, if the stored procedure do not exist, and then alter the stored procedure.

28 Mar 2018

Added support for striping of backups to Azure Blob Storage.

Added support for MAXTRANSFERSIZE when backing up to Azure Blob Storage.

Added support for BLOCKSIZE when backing up to Azure Blob Storage.

27 Mar 2018

Improved input parameter checking for @Databases, @AvailabilityGroups, @FileGroups, @Objects, and @Indexes.

Added a check in DatabaseBackup that @@SERVERNAME is the same as SERVERPROPERTY('ServerName'). The check is only performed if Always On is enabled. The background for this is that sys.fn_hadr_backup_is_preferred_replica is not working correctly if @@SERVERNAME is not correct.

22 Mar 2018

Added a check for suspect databases in DatabaseBackup, DatabaseIntegrityCheck, and IndexOptimize.

21 Mar 2018

Fixed an issue with consistency checks on databases in availability groups in Standard Edition.

20 Mar 2018

Improved input parameter checking for @MaxTransferSize in DatabaseBackup.

02 Oct 2017

Added support for SQL Server 2017.

07 Oct 2016

Fixed a bug in DatabaseIntegrityCheck and IndexOptimize when running on Azure SQL Database.

06 Oct 2016

Fixed a collation conflict that occurred when creating the objects in a database with a collation other than the one in tempdb.

02 Oct 2016

Added support for selecting availability groups in DatabaseBackup, DatabaseIntegrityCheck, and IndexOptimize, using a new parameter, @AvailabilityGroups.

Added a new keyword, AVAILABILITY_GROUP_DATABASES in the @Databases parameter in DatabaseBackup, DatabaseIntegrityCheck, and IndexOptimize.

Added support for selecting READ_ONLY/READ_WRITE - databases in DatabaseBackup, and DatabaseIntegrityCheck.

28 Sep 2016

Changed the way spaces in database names are handled in directory names and file names in DatabaseBackup. Before all spaces in the database name were removed. Now only leading and trailing spaces are removed.

25 Sep 2016

Improved handling of databases with Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) together with backup compression. If you have databases with TDE in SQL Server 2014 and earlier, backup compression is not used. If you have databases with TDE in SQL Server 2016, backup compression is used if MAXTRANSFERSIZE is greater than 65536. You can read more here.

Added support for shared access signatures when backing up to Azure Blob Storage.

Added an option to control which replicas in availability groups that should be checked in DatabaseIntegrityCheck.

Fixed an issue with updating of statistics on memory-optimized tables in SQL Server 2016.

Changed so that line breaks are allowed when selecting databases, indexes, filegroups, objects, and directories.

22 Sep 2016

Added support for the option MAXDOP in DatabaseIntegrityCheck.

20 Jun 2016

Added support for SQL Server 2016.

19 Jul 2015

Fixed an issue with IndexOptimize when running on Azure SQL Database.

25 Jan 2015

Added support for integrity check on Azure SQL Database.

26 Dec 2014

Added support for index and statistics maintenance on Azure SQL Database.

30 Nov 2014

Added support for checking the integrity of tempdb.

24 Nov 2014

Added support for deleting old backup files, before the backup is performed.

31 Oct 2014

Added support for mirrored backup.

06 Oct 2014

Improved input parameter checking for certificates and asymmetric keys.

05 Oct 2014

Added support for backup to Azure Blob Storage.

04 Oct 2014

Added support for the option NORECOVERY in DatabaseBackup.

Fixed an issue with DBCC CHECKFILEGROUP and memory-optimized file-groups.

Fixed an issue with DBCC CHECKTABLE and memory-optimized tables.

Fixed an issue with the option READ_WRITE_FILEGROUPS and the master database.

24 Mar 2014

Added support for updating of statistics on memory-optimized tables in SQL Server 2014.

22 Mar 2014

Added support for backup encryption in SQL Server 2014.

Added support for low priority lock wait options for online index rebuilds in SQL Server 2014.

19 Mar 2014

Added support for SQL Server 2014.

Changed to use the SQL Server Agent token SQLLOGDIR for output files.

Changed the @CleanupTime parameter in the backup jobs (new jobs only) in MaintenanceSolution.sql from 24 (24 hours) to NULL (no files are deleted).

18 Mar 2014

Fixed an issue with cleanup of backup files. If you were using availability groups, and did full and differential backups on the primary replica, and transaction log backups on the secondary replica, and there has been a failover, then cleanup of transaction log backup files was not working.

23 Feb 2014

Fixed an issue with DatabaseIntegrityCheck and IndexOptimize when running on Amazon RDS.

16 Feb 2014

Changed name of the parameter @EncryptionType to @EncryptionAlgorithm.

Changed name of encryption algorithms, from AES-128 to AES_128, and from AES-256 to AES_256.

Removed support for Red Gate SQL HyperBac.

12 Feb 2014

Fixed an issue with cleanup of backup files. If you were using availability groups, and did full and differential backups on the primary replica, and transaction log backups on the secondary replica, then cleanup of transaction log backup files was not working.

07 Feb 2014

Fixed an issue with rebuilding indexes on views and computed columns.

31 Jan 2014

Added support for online rebuild of partitions in SQL Server 2014.

Changed default for the @PartitionLevel parameter to 'Y'.

19 Jan 2014

Removed edition check for the @PartitionLevel parameter. On Standard Edition it will work the same as if it was Enterprise Edition, and no tables were partitioned.

23 Dec 2013

There is an issue in SQL Server with rebuilding an index online, if the index does not have ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS enabled (kb article 2292737). The issue is that if you use multiple CPUs the index will become more fragmented, when you rebuild it. If IndexOptimize runs into this situation it changes the max degree of parallelism to 1 for that index. I have changed the workaround so that it applies to all versions.

22 Sep 2013

Optimized the cleanup of backup files.

12 Sep 2013

Improved handling for an issue in which a database exceeded the maximum length for a backup device.

02 Sep 2013

Added logging of backup preference for availability groups.

15 Jun 2013

Changed to use the SERVERPROPERTY to get the SQL Server error log directory.

09 Jun 2013

Added support for overriding the backup preference for availability groups.

23 May 2013

Fixed an issue with disabled columnstore indexes in IndexOptimize.

19 May 2013

Added support for indexes and statistics on objects that are created by internal SQL Server components.

Optimized performance in DatabaseBackup, DatabaseIntegrityCheck, and IndexOptimize when selecting large number of databases.

30 Apr 2013

Added support for setting the LOCK_TIMEOUT in DatabaseIntegrityCheck and IndexOptimize. The LOCK_TIMEOUT is not set by default.

17 Mar 2013

Added support for setting the maximum transfer size in Red Gate SQL Backup.

02 Mar 2013

Fixed an issue in which IndexOptimize did not return the correct return code.

17 Feb 2013

Optimized performance in DatabaseBackup for servers with a large number of databases.

04 Feb 2013

Changed to use path in sys.dm_os_server_diagnostics_log_configurations to get the SQL Server error log directory.

12 Jan 2013

Changed error messages in DatabaseBackup, DatabaseIntegrityCheck, and IndexOptimize.

08 Jan 2013

Moved the code that selects databases into the stored procedures DatabaseBackup, DatabaseIntegrityCheck, and IndexOptimize.

05 Jan 2013

Fixed an issue in which transaction log backups were not deleted when the last full or differential backup was a copy_only backup.

28 Dec 2012

Changed IndexOptimize to check modification_counter in sys.dm_db_stats_properties, to determine whether any rows have been modified since the most recent statistics update.

26 Nov 2012

Changed the behavior in DatabaseBackup so that databases that are setup for log shipping are skipped when you perform log backups.

28 Oct 2012

Fixed a locking issue with IndexOptimize when running multiple sessions in parallel.

04 Sep 2012

Fixed an issue with backup compression in SQL Server 2012 Business Intelligence Edition.

01 Sep 2012

Fixed an issue with performing a differential backup of a database with no full backup in SQL Server 2005.

29 Jul 2012

Added a check for columnstore indexes in IndexOptimize.

08 Jul 2012

Added support for striping of backups across multiple drives.

01 Jul 2012

Added support for check of filegroups in DatabaseIntegrityCheck.

Added support for check of tables and indexed views in DatabaseIntegrityCheck.

Added support for check of disk space allocation structures in DatabaseIntegrityCheck.

Added support for check of catalog consistency in DatabaseIntegrityCheck.

30 Jun 2012

Changed the maximum compression level for LiteSpeed from 10 to 8.

22 Jun 2012

Added support for the READ_WRITE_FILEGROUPS option in DatabaseBackup.

17 Jun 2012

Fixed an issue with a deadlock that occurred when querying the catalog view sys.database_recovery_status in SQL Server 2012.

20 May 2012

Changed the way backup of availability groups works. Full (non copy-only) and differential backups are performed on the primary replica. Full copy-only backups and transaction log backups are performed on the preferred replica.

Added logging of availability groups and availability group roles.

Added cluster name and availability group name to the backup directory and filename, for databases in availability groups.

14 Apr 2012

Added support for backing up preferred replicas in SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Availability Groups.

10 Mar 2012

Added support for SQL Server 2012.

Added support for online rebuilding of indexes with varchar(max), nvarchar(max), varbinary(max), or XML data types or large CLR types in SQL Server 2012.

12 Feb 2012

Added support for deleting old output - files on international versions of Windows.

30 Dec 2011

Added support for specifying an output file directory in MaintenanceSolution.sql.

Added support for specifying @LogToTable in MaintenanceSolution.sql.

17 Dec 2011

Fixed an issue with the job that deletes old output files.

26 Nov 2011

Fixed an issue that occurred when deleting encrypted Red Gate SQL Backup backup files.

23 Oct 2011

Added support for backup encryption that uses LiteSpeed for SQL Server, Red Gate SQL Backup and SQL HyperBac, or Idera SQL safe backup.

17 Oct 2011

Fixed an issue with rebuilding indexes on views of databases in compatibility level 80.

04 Sep 2011

Improved the checking of output filenames when creating jobs.

24 Aug 2011

Improved the checking of the @LogToTable parameter.

21 Aug 2011

Changed the command type for transaction log backups to BACKUP_LOG.

11 Aug 2011

The table CommandLog is now created in MaintenanceSolution.sql.

Added a job for deleting old rows in CommandLog.

08 Aug 2011

Fixed an issue in which blank lines were not displayed when executing the stored procedures in SQL Server Management Studio.

04 Aug 2011

Added COPY_ONLY to backup directory and filename.

Added support for deleting old backup files when performing COPY_ONLY backups.

01 Aug 2011

Modified a download link to one of the backup-application vendors.

31 Jul 2011

Aligned the positions of the @FragmentationLow, @FragmentationMedium, and @FragmentationHigh parameters with the @FragmentationLevel1 and @FragmentationLevel2 parameters. If you are passing the parameters to the stored procedure by name (recommended), this change will not affect you.

30 Jul 2011

Added download links to error messages if you select a backup application that is not installed.

09 Jul 2011

Support for logging commands to a table by using the @LogToTable parameter.

18 Jun 2011

Jobs are now created under the [Database Maintenance] category.

15 May 2011

Optimized performance in IndexOptimize for databases with a large number of indexes.

04 Mar 2011

Added handling for an issue in which a database with a very long name exceeded the maximum length for a backup device.

Added support for the TABLOCK option in DatabaseIntegrityCheck.

20 Jan 2011

Added support for Idera SQL safe backup.

16 Jan 2011

Added support for a delay between index commands in IndexOptimize.

08 Jan 2011

Added @FragmentationHigh, @FragmentationMedium, and @FragmentationLow parameters for defining your preferred index maintenance.

Added the @UpdateStatistics parameter for updating statistics.

25 Dec 2010

Added support for setting the number of threads in LiteSpeed for SQL Server and Red Gate SQL Backup.

Added support for setting the maximum CPU usage in LiteSpeed for SQL Server.

09 Dec 2010

Added support for updating column statistics.

Added support for updating statistics only when the data has been modified. Set @OnlyModifiedStatistics = 'Y' to use this option.

Added support for updating statistics by using the RESAMPLE option. Set @StatisticsResample = 'Y' to use this option.

Added support for updating statistics using NORECOMPUTE on statistics that are disabled for auto-update.

Optimized performance in IndexOptimize. It now queries the DMV sys.dm_db_index_physical_stats only if needed.

12 Sep 2010

Added support for the PAD_INDEX option in IndexOptimize.

15 Aug 2010

Improved error handling in IndexOptimize, in situations when the query that selects indexes from the system tables is blocked.

03 Aug 2010

Added support for selecting schemas, objects, and indexes in IndexOptimize.

21 Jul 2010

Added support for creating a backup description.

20 Jul 2010

Added support for Red Gate SQL HyperBac backup compression.

Changed the file extension for Red Gate SQL Backup backups; the SQL Backup default file extension .sqb is now used.

Changed the behavior for COPY_ONLY backups; deleting old backup files when you’re performing a COPY_ONLY backup is no longer supported.

30 May 2010

Fixed a collation conflict that occurred when creating the objects in a database with a collation other than the one in tempdb.

23 May 2010

Changed the default for backup compression. The compression default in sys.configurations is now used.

16 May 2010

Added a job for purging job history, using the stored procedure sp_purge_jobhistory.

Added a job for purging backup history, using the stored procedure sp_delete_backuphistory.

Added a job for deleting output files.

15 May 2010

Added a workaround for an issue in SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008, and SQL Server 2008 R2, in which fragmentation sometimes remains in an index that has page locking disabled, when you use multiple CPUs to rebuild the index online. The workaround is in IndexOptimize setting MAXDOP = 1, when you rebuild an index that has page locking disabled online.

14 May 2010

DatabaseBackup now supports backup compression in SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition.

26 Apr 2010

Added support for SQL Server 2008 R2.

05 Dec 2009

Added support for setting the compression level when you use LiteSpeed for SQL Server or Red Gate SQL Backup.

21 Nov 2009

Added support for backing up to multiple files.

Added support for Red Gate SQL Backup.

13 Nov 2009

Added support for the BLOCKSIZE option in DatabaseBackup.

Added support for the BUFFERCOUNT option in DatabaseBackup.

Added support for the MAXTRANSFERSIZE option in DatabaseBackup.

22 Aug 2009

Added support for selecting all databases: @Databases = 'ALL_DATABASES'.

Added support for databases in single-user mode.

Added a check in DatabaseBackup to determine whether database names are unique in the file system.

06 Aug 2009

Added the @TimeLimit parameter in IndexOptimize. Use this parameter to set the time in seconds, after which no commands are executed.

01 Aug 2009

Added support for the EXTENDED_LOGICAL_CHECKS option in DatabaseIntegrityCheck.

Added support for the CHECKSUM option in DatabaseBackup.

Added support for a default backup directory in DatabaseBackup.

Added a check for databases in standby mode in DatabaseBackup.

20 Jun 2009

Changed the behavior in DatabaseBackup so that when deleting old log backups, the procedure doesn't delete any log backups that are newer than the most recent full or differential backup.

06 Jun 2009

Added support for printing commands without executing them. Set the new @Execute parameter to 'N' to use this option.

21 May 2009

Added support for rebuilding and reorganizing partitioned indexes on the partition level. Set the new @PartitionLevel parameter to 'Y' to use this option.

10 May 2009

Added support for LiteSpeed for SQL Server backup.

Added the ability to exclude indexes on read-only file-groups in IndexOptimize.

16 Apr 2009

Added support for XML indexes.

Added support for spatial indexes.

Added support for indexed views.

Added a check for large CLR types in IndexOptimize.

Added a check for indexes with page locking disabled in IndexOptimize.

01 Mar 2009

Added support for the COMPRESSION option in DatabaseBackup.

Added support for the COPY_ONLY option in DatabaseBackup.

Added a check to determine whether a differential backup can be done, before performing a differential backup in DatabaseBackup.

Added a check to determine whether a transaction log backup can be done, before performing a transaction log backup in DatabaseBackup.

Added the default parameter value 'N' for backup verification in DatabaseBackup.

Added the default parameter value NULL for cleanup of old backups in DatabaseBackup.

Fixed an issue in DatabaseBackup in which non-Latin characters in the backup directory name generated an error.

Added support for the NOINDEX option in DatabaseIntegrityCheck.

Added support for the PHYSICAL_ONLY option in DatabaseIntegrityCheck.

DatabaseIntegrityCheck now uses the ALL_ERRORMSGS option to log all errors.

Added support for the MAXDOP option in IndexOptimize.

Added support for the SORT_IN_TEMPDB option in IndexOptimize.

Added support for the FILLFACTOR option in IndexOptimize.

Added support for the LOB_COMPACTION option in IndexOptimize.

Added support for the SAMPLE and FULLSCAN options in IndexOptimize.

Added support for the exclusion of disabled and hypothetical indexes in IndexOptimize.

Added support for the exclusion of read-only databases in IndexOptimize.

Added support for wild-cards in the database selection.

Added logging of duration for all commands.

Fixed an issue in which percent characters (%) in database, schema, table, or index names generated an error.

Fixed an issue in the installation script, in which SQL Server Agent check did not work in SQL Server Express.

02 Aug 2008

Added support for SQL Server 2008.

Added support for non-Latin characters in database, schema, object, and index names.

Added support for single quotes (') in schema, object, and index names.

Added support for case-sensitive databases.

Added support for characters in database names that are not allowed in the file system (\ / : * ? " < > |).

Added support for backing up to UNC paths.

Changed the behavior in DatabaseBackup so that databases that are in simple recovery model are skipped when you perform log backups.

Changed the behavior in DatabaseBackup, DatabaseIntegrityCheck, and IndexOptimize so that database snapshots are excluded.

Fixed an issue in IndexOptimize, in which a nonclustered index with a varchar(max), nvarchar(max), or varbinary(max) data type in an included column cannot be rebuilt online.

Improved error handling in IndexOptimize when the query that is checking the fragmentation is blocked.

Improved logging.

01 Jan 2008

This is the initial version of the SQL Server Maintenance Solution.