Minion Backup
Minion Backup Intro Webinar: 6/1/2016
This is an intro to Minion Backup that shows you
Speed SQL backups with COMPRESSION
Just a quick little talk about _why_ backup compression is
Minion Backup: Regex vs. DBGroups
In Minion Backup, you can use regex to include/exclude DBs from a backup. This actually works with all of...
Minion Backup: Exclude DBs by Size
In Minion Backup you can exclude DBs from backup based on any criteria you like. Here I’ll show you...
Minion Backup: BackupRestoreDB
We’ve got some great new functionality in 1.3 for restoring DBs. Here I tell you what you need to...
Inline Tokens
This is a great new feature of MB 1.3. It allows you to have dynamic paths and filenames for...
Who is MinionWare?
Who is MinionWare Software? Here we explain the core of our product line and give you a short demo...
Change Excel Delimiter
Description
Minion Backup: Dynamic Parts
Minion Backup 1.3 has a fabulous new feature: Dynamic Parts. This allows you to have unprecedented control over your...
Minion Backup: Backup ResourceDB
The ResourceDB in SQL Server doesn’t backup like regular DBs. Come see how to do this in Minion Backup...
Minion Backup: Shrinking Logs
When logs get too large because of large transactions or missed backups it can cause issues in your environment....
Minion Backup: Striping Backup Files
Striping backups is an important step in tuning your backups so they run nice and fast. MB makes it...
Minion Backup: Include / Exclude Databases
MB has a few ways to include and exclude databases from the backup process. Here I walk you through...
Minion Backup: Status Monitor
We consider this one of our flagship features. The status of the current backup and of the entire job...
Minion Backup: Server Labels
Server labels are one of our great high availability features. This feature allows you to organize Availability Group backups...
Minion Backup: Replacing Diff Actions
Some DBs are too small to need a differential backup. MB makes it really easy to supply different actions...
Minion Backup: Path Basics
One of the coolest aspects of MB is how it handles your backup paths. There are some really cool...
Minion Backup: File Actions
This is an important feature. MB allows you to copy or move your backup files after you take the...
Minion Backup: Mirroring Backups
Mirroring backups is not only easy it’s very flexible. Here I’ll show you the ins and outs of setting...
Minion Backup: Tuning Threshold Basics
One of Minion Backup’s most incredible features is its dynamic tuning. Here I talk about threshold basics and how...
Minion Backup: Encrypted Backups
SQL Server 2014 and above has native backup encryption and this is fully supported by Minion Backup. Here I’ll...
Minion Backup: Azure Backups
Here I show you how to setup backups to Azure blobs. This is an end to end video and...
Minion Backup: Advanced Tuning Thresholds
Here I show you how to configure MB backup thresholds using the advanced options. If you’re going to get...
Minion Backup: Certificate Backups
Minion Backup will automatically backup your server-level and database-level certificates. Here I’ll show you what you need to know...