SQL Server 2008 R2 Query Last Successful Database Backup For All DBs

Question

Is it possible to query the last successful backup date (and perhaps the type of backup) of each database in SQL Sever 2008 R2?

Answer 1

Try this:

SELECT Database_Name,
CONVERT( SmallDateTime , MAX(Backup_Finish_Date)) as Last_Backup, 
DATEDIFF(d, MAX(Backup_Finish_Date), Getdate()) as Days_Since_Last
FROM MSDB.dbo.BackupSet
WHERE Type = 'd'
GROUP BY Database_Name

Answer 2

Yes, as long as the history data is still in msdb database. The following block of code will get your the last 100 backups including full, differential and log backups.

SELECT TOP 100 
    s.database_name, 
    m.physical_device_name,
    CAST(DATEDIFF(second, s.backup_start_date,
    s.backup_finish_date) AS VARCHAR(100)) + ' ' + 'Seconds' TimeTaken,
    s.backup_start_date,
    CASE s.[type]
    WHEN 'D' THEN 'Full'
    WHEN 'I' THEN 'Differential'
    WHEN 'L' THEN 'Transaction Log'
    END AS BackupType,
    s.server_name,
    s.recovery_model
    FROM msdb.dbo.backupset s
    INNER JOIN msdb.dbo.backupmediafamily m ON s.media_set_id = m.media_set_id 
    WHERE s.database_name = DB_NAME() -- Remove this line for all the database
    ORDER BY backup_start_date DESC, backup_finish_date
    GO

Answer 3

If you want to use Powershell this is what I have. If you have SQL 2008 SMO DDLs on your computer use line 1. If you have SQL 2005 SMO delete line 1, remove the # and use line 2. If all else fails delete both lines 1 and 2, remove the # and use line 3. Replace Your_Server_Name_Here with the name of the server you're checking.

Add-Type -AssemblyName "Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo, Version=10.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91" -EA Stop
# Add-Type -AssemblyName "Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo, Version=9.0.242.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91" -EA Stop
# [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName('Microsoft.SqlServer.SMO') | Out-Null
$srvObject = = new-object -TypeName Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server -ArgumentList 'Your_Server_Name_Here'
$srvObject.Databases | Select Name, LastBackupDate, LastDifferentialBackupDate, LastLogBackupDate