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I like to back up the following:<br />
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Maintenance Plans <br />
Logins, at the SQL Server level<br />
Memory and Connections settings <br />
Database Mail settings, like profiles and accounts<br />
Operators <br />
Server Objects, like linked servers<br />
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If I backup the Master and msdb databases, will these things be backed up?<br />

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I like to back up the following:

Maintenance Plans 
Logins, at the SQL Server level
Memory and Connections settings 
Database Mail settings, like profiles and accounts
Operators 
Server Objects, like linked servers

If I backup the Master and msdb databases, will these things be backed up?


What do I backup when I back up the Master and msdb database?

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. Major improvements include the  Always On technologies and support for unstructured data types.