Today we will discuss VLDB backups. Handling VLDBs can be challenging for many administrators. Sometimes just completing a full backup in a reasonable amount of time is challenging, not to mention restoring a database to meet your organization’s service level agreements (SLA). There are many options to consider. Some options exist outside of the BACKUP DATABASE statement. They key to improving database backups is to adjust various configurations to increase throughput, increase concurrency, and reduce the amount of data to backup.