Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005 Administrator's Companion
by Edward Whalen, Marcilina Garcia, Burzin Patel, Stacia Misner, Victor Isakov
Backing Up System Databases
In addition to user databases, it is also important to back up pertinent system databases. You do not need to back up all of them, only the critical ones. Here is a list of all the system databases and optional sample databases:
master. Stores SQL Server system-level information, such as logon accounts, server configuration settings, existence of all other databases, and the location of the files
model. Contains a database template used when creating new user databases
msdb. Stores information and history on backup and restore operations, SQL Agent jobs, and replication
tempdb. Provides temporary space for various operations, and is recreated every time SQL Server is restarted
distribution. Exists only if the server is configured ...
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