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Database Administration
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Creating a Backup Schedule

The backup schedule is a fundamental part of the recovery plan. It determines how frequently you must perform backups, assigns responsibility for making backups, and serves as a record of when backups are performed.

Ideally, you should perform a full backup of the database every day. However, depending on availability requirements and your recovery plan, a less frequent full backup and frequent incremental backups might be sufficient. For information on determining availability requirements and developing a recovery plan, see Recovering a Database."

Several considerations affect the backup schedule:


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