I have received a number on questions about the download location of the SQL Server Backup Simulator. I am writing this post to let you know that the v2.0 version of the SQL Server Backup Simulator is now available on the tigertoolbox GitHub repository under Releases.
We are also working on an updated version which will account for the latest VDC_Complete enhancements.
SQL Server Backup Simulator is used by CSS to troubleshoot SQLVDI related issues and to identify if the SQLVDI DLL is functioning correctly. Based on the feedback received from the use of the tool and the current troubleshooting needs, we decided to do v2 release for SQL Server Backup Simulator.
The new features for the v2 release are:
The compression option drop-down list has three-options:
a. With Compression: This option will allow you to perform a backup with compression enabled even if the server default is not to use compression for backups.
b. No Compression: This option will allow you to perform a backup with compression disabled even if the server default is to use compression for backups.
c. Server Default: This option uses the server default setting (configuration setting: backup compression default) to perform the backup.
Screenshot of the v2 UI
Log Restore option is not currently available in this release. The incorporation of this feature will be evaluated while planning for the next release.
A big thank you to Sakthi [Blog | Twitter] for his assistance on the v2 release.
The latest release can be downloaded here.
Previous posts for Backup Simulator:
SQL Server Backup Simulator v1.0
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlserverfaq/archive/2010/10/27/sql-server-backup-simulator.aspx
SQL Server Backup Simulator v1.2
https://troubleshootingsql.com/2011/01/17/sql-server-backup-simulator-cumulative-update/
The SQL Server Backup Simulator was launched on Microsoft Code Gallery to aid and assist in troubleshooting backup issues related to SQLVDI. Thank you to everyone who has evangelized the tool and provided feedback on the same.
The current release is marked as v1.2.
We released two minor updates for the tool to incorporate the following changes:
COPY_ONLY feature while simulating backup – The COPY_ONLY feature was added to ensure that the any full backups done for a database by the tool doesn’t break an existing backup chain for a database.
The latest executable can be downloaded from: https://github.com/Microsoft/tigertoolbox/releases/latest
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