Backing up a database
The topics in this section describe how to back up a database.
Offline backups
Online backups
When the log is in a non-default location
Backing up encrypted databases
When you back up an encrypted database, both the backup and the log files remain encrypted.
Parent topic:
Backing up and restoring databases
Related concepts
Roll-forward recovery
Related tasks
Restoring a database from a backup copy
Creating a database from a backup copy