Hi gurus.
as you can tell from my previous post, I am very new to sql, so take it easy on me.
I am trying to get ahead and create a maintenance plan for on of my database, so I would like to know what are the steps to follow
1) should the database be on simple or full recovery mode
2) how do I go, in assuring that the log files don't grow huge ( do I create a MP just for this)
3) do my backup using MP be always full backups
4) Do I create a MP to apply retention time on old backup files
5) if I use full recovery do the log files get truncated
6) can you do a full backup while the database is in simple mode.
Thanks a bunch gurus , is that, simple and full recovery mode gets me confused, I am sure someone was once in my position.
Thanks a bunch for all the help