From 8bb6ebffdb81bf741733acbaf7869292df6aa04d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: luizvitorf Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2025 08:48:31 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] Azure SQL Managed Instance does not back up system databases While checking some Azure SQL Managed Instance, I noticed that system databases are not backed up. However, I did not find this information explicitly here in the documentation. My suggestion would be to include the item below: - Azure SQL Managed Instance does not back up system databases (master, model and msdb). --- azure-sql/managed-instance/automated-backups-overview.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/azure-sql/managed-instance/automated-backups-overview.md b/azure-sql/managed-instance/automated-backups-overview.md index d43f2b4ed09..e8e119be300 100644 --- a/azure-sql/managed-instance/automated-backups-overview.md +++ b/azure-sql/managed-instance/automated-backups-overview.md @@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ The frequency of transaction log backups depends on the compute size and the amo A tail log backup is taken every time before a database or SQL managed instance is deleted. +- Azure SQL Managed Instance does not back up system databases (master, model and msdb). + ### Backup storage redundancy By default, Azure SQL Managed Instance stores backups in geo-redundant [storage blobs](/azure/storage/common/storage-redundancy) that are replicated to a [paired region](/azure/reliability/cross-region-replication-azure). Geo-redundancy helps protect against outages that affect backup storage in the primary region. It also allows you to restore your instance to a different region in the event of a disaster.